HALT Act of 2025

The HALT Act of 2025 aims to halt the new nuclear arms race by requiring the U.S. to lead international negotiations for a global nuclear freeze. It mandates congressional approval for any future nuclear test (prohibiting funding for tests until Congress passes a joint resolution) and directs the U.S. to pursue specific arms control agreements with nuclear-armed nations, including a verifiable freeze on testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons and delivery systems. The bill also calls for ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and seeks commitments to no-first-use policies, limits on intermediate-range missiles, and transparency measures. It directly affects all nuclear-armed countries (the P5 plus others like India and Pakistan) by setting new negotiation frameworks for arms control. The policy focuses on concrete steps to reduce nuclear risks, not immediate disarmament.