United States · Bill · S
S. 200 (115th)
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
Introduced
24 January 2017
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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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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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 January 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 January 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 January 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/200
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/200