1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 . 2. Findings and declaration of policy (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. (2) The framers of the Constitution understood that the monumental decision to go to war, which can result in massive death and the destruction of civilized society, must be made by the representatives of the people and not by a single person. (3) As stated by section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( Public Law 93–148