,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjai,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for
 himself1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1   
,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1  
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4   
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,beyer1   
,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4        
,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 
,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4         
,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 
and ,mr4 ,grijalva7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the research and   
development1 production1 and deployment 
of the ,trident ,d#e low-yield nuclear  
warhead1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,hold the ,low-,yield ,nuclear      
,explosive ,act or the ,hold the ,,lyne 
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,the ,united ,states  

has an unparalleled nuclear arsenal1    
including #a1cej strategic nuclear      
warheads deployed on intercontinental   
ballistic missiles1 submarine-launched  
ballistic missiles1 and strategic       
bombers4  7#b7 ,a new low-yield nuclear 
weapon to be carried on a ballistic     
missile submarine risks lowering the    
threshold for nuclear use and increasing
 the chance of miscalculation that could
 escalate into all-out nuclear exchange4
  7#c7 ,when launched1 such a low-yield 
nuclear warhead would be                
indistinguishable to an adversary from  
the high-yield ,w#gf and ,w#hh          
submarine-launched warheads4  7#d7 ,on  
,january #be1 #bjah1 former ,secretary  
of ,state ,george ,schultz testified    
before the ,committee on ,armed         
,services of the ,senate that ,a nuclear
 weapon is a nuclear weapon4 ,you use a 
small one1 and then you go to a bigger  
one4 ,i think nuclear weapons are       
nuclear weapons and we need to draw the 
line there44  7#e7 ,former ,senator ,sam

 ,nunn and former ,secretary of ,energy 
,ernest ,moniz stated in an op-ed on    
,february #a1 #bjah1 that1 ,the most    
immediate priority should be to         
structure and posture ,u4,s4 and        
,russian nuclear forces to deter nuclear
 use and reduce the risk of an          
accidental1 mistaken or unauthorized    
launch4 ,against this backdrop1 the     
current ,russian concept of escalate to 
de-escalate--i4e41 limited nuclear use  
designed to create a pause in the       
conflict and open a pathway for a       
negotiated settlement on ,moscow's      
terms--and ,u4,s4 calls for more usable 
nuclear weapons taken together make the 
world a vastly more dangerous place44   
7#f7 ,the ballistic missile submarines  
of the ,united ,states have never       
carried low-yield nuclear warheads1 and 
setting a historical precedent could    
undermine the unique and paramount role 
of ballistic-missile submarines as the  
assured1 survivable second-strike       
capability of the ,united ,states to    

deter large-scale nuclear war4  7#g7    
,the ,united ,states should reject      
policies that increase the likelihood of
 nuclear war and weaken national        
security1 including investments in      
low-yield nuclear weapons4  #c4         
,prohibition on research and            
development1 production1 and deployment 
of ,trident ,d#e low-yield nuclear      
warhead  7a7 ,in general                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 none of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any fiscal    
year thereafter for the ,department of  
,defense or the ,department of ,energy  
may be obligated or expended for the    
research and development1 production1 or
 deployment of the ,trident ,d#e        
low-yield nuclear warhead4  7b7         
,conforming repeal and restoration      
,section #caaa of the ,john ,s4 ,mc,cain
 ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act 
for ,fiscal ,year #bjai 7,public ,law   
#aae-bcb2 #acb ,stat4 #bbhi7 is         

repealed1 and the provisions of law     
amended by such section are restored as 
if such section had not been enacted4