Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/38

Official text excerpt

119 HCON 38 IH: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-06-17 
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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. 38 
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
 June 17, 2025 
 Mr. Massie (for himself, Mr. Khanna , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Hoyle of Oregon , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Doggett , Mr. Casar , Ms. Pressley , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Ms. Omar , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Velázquez , and Mr. McGovern ) 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 unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
 
 
 1. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Congress has the sole power to declare war under article 1, section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. 
 (2) Congress has not declared war with respect to, or provided a specific statutory authorization for, hostilities involving United States Armed Forces against the Islamic Republic of Iran. (3) Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1544(c) ) states that at any time that United States Armed Forces are engaged in hostilities outside the territory of the United States, its possessions and territories without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization, such forces shall be removed by the President if Congress so directs. 
 2. Termination of the use of united states forces for hostilities against the islamic republic or iran 
 (a) Termination Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution ( 5…

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Citations

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