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US SB3356

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Edward Markey

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Prohibits federal funds from being used to conduct or prepare for any explosive nuclear weapons test that produces any yield, unless the President submits a stockpile condition report to Congress and Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the test

  • Establishes U.S. policy to lead international negotiations on a "21st century global nuclear freeze," seeking multilateral agreements to verifiably freeze testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles

  • Calls for the U.S. to engage with Russia on resuming New START Treaty inspections and negotiating a follow-on agreement, and to pursue arms control talks with all nuclear-armed nations including China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea

  • Urges the President to seek Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and convene head-of-state summits on nuclear disarmament modeled on the Nuclear Security Summits

  • Directs the U.S. to refrain from developing new nuclear warhead designs that could create pressure to resume nuclear explosive testing, and to seek reciprocal commitments from other nuclear-armed countries

Legislative Description

HALT Act of 2025 Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2025

International affairs

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

12/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations12/4/2025

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