A resolution expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
Latest action · Feb 5, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S673-674)
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution condemns Russia's nuclear escalatory rhetoric and implied threats on the potential use of nuclear weapons in the context of its invasion of Ukraine. The resolution also (1) condemns Russia's purported suspension of participation in the New START Treaty, (2) emphasizes the value of arms control agreements between the United States and Russia, and (3) calls on the administration to continue pursuing nuclear arms control and risk reduction with Russia and China.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2025 to Feb 25, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 29, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Jan 28, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jan 28, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jan 29, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jan 29, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 25, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2025Submitted in Senate
- Feb 5, 2025Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S673-674)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S673 | — | Feb 5, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12717 | Nuclear Risk Reduction: Executive Branch Policies and Congressional Approaches in the 119th Congress | Insight | Jul 24, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 100 | Expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces. | Identical bill | Feb 4, 2025 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
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 resolution 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.
