,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cefd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjbe,mr4  
,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 and   
,mr4 ,deluzio7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to limit the use of funds to
 conduct first-use nuclear strikes1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,the     
,nuclear ,first-,strike ,security ,act  
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,limitation on use of    
funds to conduct first-use nuclear      
strikes  7a7 ,limitation ,no amounts    
authorized to be appropriated for any   
fiscal year may be obligated or expended
 to conduct a first-use nuclear strike  
unless--  7#a7 the ,president decides   

the strike is in the best interests of  
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 except as
 provided in subsection 7b71 not more   
than #g days before conducting such     
strike1 the ,secretary of ,defense      
submits to the ,speaker of the ,house of
 ,representatives1 the ,minority ,leader
 of the ,house ,representatives1 the    
,majority ,leader of the ,house of      
,representatives1 the ,minority ,leader 
of the ,senate1 and the ,majority       
,leader of the ,senate a certification  
that the decision of the ,president     
under paragraph 7#a7 to conduct the     
strike is valid and legal4  7b7         
,exceptions ,subsection 7a77#b7 does not
 apply with respect to a first-use      
nuclear strike conducted-- 7#a7 under a 
declaration of war enacted by ,congress2
  7#b7 in response to a nuclear attack  
against the ,united ,states or an ally  
of the ,united ,states2 or  7#c7 during 
a launch-on-warning scenario4  7c7      
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
section3 7#a7 ,the term ally of the     

,united ,states means a member of the   
,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization1 
,japan1 the ,republic of ,korea1 and the
 ,commonwealth of ,australia4  7#b7 ,the
 term first-use nuclear strike means an 
attack conducted by the ,united ,states 
using nuclear weapons against a foreign 
country in any instance where the       
,secretary of ,defense and the ,chairman
 of the ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff have   
not jointly confirmed to the ,president 
that the foreign country has conducted a
 nuclear attack against the ,united     
,states or an ally of the ,united       
,states4  7#c7 ,the term                
launch-on-warning scenario means a      
situation in which the ,united ,states  
early warning systems have detected a   
launch of a missile whose trajectory    
would result in an impact on the        
territory of the ,united ,states or an  
ally of the ,united ,states4  7#d7 ,the 
term nuclear attack means that one or   
more nuclear detonations have occurred  
on the territory of the ,united ,states 

or an ally of the ,united ,states4