SND's policy platform consists of five specific steps that the U.S. Government can take to reduce the threat of nuclear war. They align with the objectives of the Back from the Brink Campaign.
We urge the U.S. Government to...
Our Platform
1. Actively pursue multilateral and verifiable nuclear disarmament with the Nuclear Weapon States.
2. Renounce the first use of nuclear weapons.
3. End the sole and unchecked authority of a U.S. president to launch nuclear weapons.
4. Remove all U.S. nuclear weapons from "hair-trigger alert."
5. Cancel all plans to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
From Back from the Brink's official site, preventnuclearwar.org,
under the "Congressional Legislation" page:
H. Res. 317 – Urging the United States to lead the world back from the brink of nuclear war and halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
119th Congress (2025-2026)
Sponsor: Rep. James McGovern (D-MA-2)
Res. 317 is Back from the Brink’s main congressional priority and serves as a key vehicle to cultivate congressional leadership on the issue and drives our nationwide activism efforts.
House Resolution 317 seeks to influence a shift in our national security policy by centering nuclear disarmament and leading a serious global effort to eliminate the threat of nuclear war. It includes all five of Back from the Brink’s policy solutions and explicitly calls on the President to embrace the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Read the full text of H. Res. 317 and check existing co-sponsors
You can also head to our H. Res. 317 action page to urge your representative to cosponsor H. Res. 317.