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RESTRAIN Act

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This Act may be cited as the Renewing Efforts to Suspend Testing and Reinforce Arms-control Initiatives Now Act or the RESTRAIN Act.
Section 4210 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (division D of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2530)) is amended—
by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
No explosive testing of a nuclear weapon, or any other nuclear explosion, may be conducted by the United States.
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by an Act authorizing funds for fiscal year 2026 or otherwise made available for any fiscal year may be used—
to conduct explosive testing of a nuclear weapon; or
for any other nuclear explosion.
Nothing in this section may be constructed to limit the authority of the United States to conduct a subcritical nuclear test.
In this subsection, the term subcritical nuclear test means a nuclear test of fissile materials that are not capable of sustaining an explosive nuclear chain reaction.

Legislative Timeline

4 actions
  1. Nov 19, 2025
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4779-4780)
  2. Oct 31, 2025
    Introduced in House
  3. Oct 31, 2025
    Introduced in House
  4. Oct 31, 2025 House
    Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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