Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 24, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 82
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2017 to Sep 13, 2018; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jan 30, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 30, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jan 30, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jan 30, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 7, 2017 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 7, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Feb 7, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Feb 14, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Feb 14, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 14, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 16, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Feb 27, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 1, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 17, 2017 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 12, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 3, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 11, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | May 19, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 26, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jun 2, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 8, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 6, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 17, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Aug 11, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Aug 11, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Aug 11, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Aug 11, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Aug 15, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Aug 15, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Aug 15, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 18, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Sep 6, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Oct 6, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Oct 16, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Oct 16, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 16, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Nov 9, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Jan 5, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jan 5, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 9, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | May 23, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Sep 13, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7497 | Barbara Lee D-CA | Sep 26, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 13, January 24, 2017, page H688.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 200 | Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Jan 24, 2017 |
| HR 669 | Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 17, 2019 |
| HR 6179 | Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Sep 27, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the conduct of a first-use nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in House
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