Bill > H3211

This bill calls on the President of the United States to make it the policy of the United States that it will not start a nuclear war and will not use nuclear weapons first. It also urges the U.S. Congress to pass legislation supporting this policy. The bill highlights the catastrophic global consequences of even a small number of nuclear weapons being used, the large stockpile of nuclear weapons still existing worldwide, and the risks associated with the U.S. maintaining a large nuclear arsenal on high alert. It argues that the U.S. president's sole authority to order a nuclear attack without consultation increases the chance of nuclear use, and that a policy renouncing the first use of nuclear weapons would help constrain this authority.

Military Affairs and Security

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3211