Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/61

Official text excerpt

119 HCON 61 IH: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-11-17 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 61 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2025 Mr. Meeks (for himself, Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Himes , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Crow , and Ms. Omar ) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. 
 That, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1544(c) ), Congress directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with any presidentially designated terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere, unless authorized by a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization for use of military force against such presidentially designated terrorist organization.

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Contributing member votes

Citations

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