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This bill, known as the HALT Act of 2025 (Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act), seeks to reduce nuclear weapons threats through a comprehensive approach to arms control and disarmament. The bill begins by highlighting the historical context of nuclear weapons, including past efforts to reduce nuclear risks and the ongoing challenges of global nuclear proliferation. It establishes a new United States policy focused on negotiating multilateral arms control agreements, including provisions for freezing nuclear weapons testing, production, and deployment, establishing numerical ceilings on nuclear arsenals, and promoting a "no first use" policy. The bill calls for the United States to pursue several key diplomatic initiatives, such as convening high-level disarmament summits, seeking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), and engaging with nuclear-armed countries to develop new arms reduction agreements. Specifically, the bill prohibits funding for nuclear weapons testing after fiscal year 2026 unless Congress approves a joint resolution after reviewing a detailed report on the nuclear weapons stockpile, while still allowing for non-explosive stockpile maintenance activities. The legislation aims to build upon previous arms control efforts and reduce the risk of nuclear conflict by promoting transparency, verification, and mutual constraints on nuclear weapons development and deployment.

Military Affairs and Security

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