United States · Bill · S
S. 1186 (118th)
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023
Introduced
18 April 2023
Last action
18 April 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sponsors
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023 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.
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Timeline
18 April 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
18 April 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 April 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023
- related to ← Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1186
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1186
- us · 118-s-1186 · source updated 5 December 2025