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US SB3356
Bill
AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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