MARTIN HELLMAN

Encouraged additional members to co-sponsor HR 3564 The Nuclear First-Strike Security Act of 2025 which would require the Secretary of Defense to notify key Congresssional leader of a decision to use nuclear weapons prior to the use of nuclear weapons (with certain exceptions, including a nuclear attack on the United States or an ally, a Congressional declaration of war, or warning of a nuclear attack).

Encouraging additional Members of the House to become cosponsors of HR 3564 The Nuclear First-Strike Security Act of 2025, which would require the Secretary of Defense to nofify key Congressional leaders of Presidential decision to use nuclear weapons prior to that use (with certain exceptions, including a nuclear attack against the United States or an ally, a Congressional declaration of war, or warning of a nuclear attack in progress). I also discussed inclusion of similar or related provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, and some discussion of the international implications of resumed U.S. nuclear explosive testing.

HR 3564 and related measures to reduce the risk of nuclear war