The Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2025 directs the United States to pursue international negotiations aimed at reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons threats. The bill establishes a policy supporting a "global nuclear freeze" that would halt the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons and related delivery systems, while seeking multilateral agreements with all nuclear-armed nations. Key negotiation goals include follow-on treaties to the New START Treaty with Russia, a verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons development, potential "no first use" policies, restrictions on certain weapons systems like hypersonic missiles, and renewed U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The legislation prohibits spending federal funds on any nuclear weapons test that produces yield unless the President reports changes to the nuclear stockpile and Congress approves the test through a joint resolution, though the ban does not restrict non-explosive nuclear testing activities. The bill affects all nuclear-armed countries and has broad implications for U.S. defense and foreign policy, with no specific funding amount or implementation deadline specified in the legislation itself.
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