HALT Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3356 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3356 To reduce and eliminate threats posed by nuclear weapons to the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 4, 2025 Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reduce and eliminate threats posed by nuclear weapons to the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2025'' or the ``HALT Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) The use of nuclear weapons poses an existential threat to humanity, a fact that led President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to declare in a joint statement i…