The Nuclear First-Strike Security Act of 2025
Latest action · May 21, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2025 to Jun 9, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Jan 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 9, 2026 |
Committees 2
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 May 21, 2025 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 21, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2025Introduced in House
- May 21, 2025Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 171, no. 86, May 21, 2025, page H2362.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10521 | Authority to Launch Nuclear Forces | Resource | Dec 11, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To limit the use of funds to conduct first-use nuclear strikes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- The Nuclear First-Strike Security Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
