HOUSE 669117th CongressReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 2/1/2021
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-01 (00)
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike pursuant to a declaration of war. A first-use nuclear strike is an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.
Cosponsors (20)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- FRANK PALLONE (D-NJ)
- Katherine Clark (D-MA)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- JOHN LARSON (D-CT)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Defense spending
- Military command and structure
- Military operations and strategy
- Nuclear weapons
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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