Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Government Operations, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025.
- Section H12342252555D4560A266DCE3C1A68C38: 2. Findings and declaration of policy Congress finds the following: The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. The framers of the...
- Section H187325BA3510431CBA78651B897CBBFA: 3. Prohibition on conduct of first-use nuclear strikes No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Government Operations, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
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