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S. 200 (115th)

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017

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Introduced

24 January 2017

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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5 December 2025

Summary

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.

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