Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 1/24/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2017-01-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-24 (00)
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
This bill prohibits the President from using the Armed Forces to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a congressional declaration of war expressly authorizing such strike.
"First-use nuclear strike" means a nuclear weapons attack against an enemy that is conducted without the President determining that the enemy has first launched a nuclear strike against the United States or a U.S. ally.
Cosponsors (13)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Al Franken (D-MN)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
Subjects
- Military command and structure
- Military operations and strategy
- Nuclear weapons
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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