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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 104 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 

should provide Congress with a detailed deployment and troop commitment plan prior to approval for authorization to commit United States 

Armed Forces to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 

Mr. PEARCE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the President should provide Congress with a detailed 

deployment and troop commitment plan prior to approval 

for authorization to commit United States Armed Forces 

to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 

Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, 

has taken advantage of a political power vacuum in Iraq 

left by the United States exiting the country before the 

mission was complete; 

Whereas the ongoing Syrian civil war, beginning in 2011, has 

created a freedom of mobility for radicalized networks 

and organizations to go to Syria; 


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Whereas, in the summer of 2014, ISIS grew exponentially in 

the region, ultimately threatening Bagdad; 

Whereas, on September 10, 2014, President Barack Obama 

committed to degrading and destroying ISIS through a 

global coalition; 

Whereas United States Armed Forces commitment was to air 

operations and training of opposition forces; 

Whereas, on February 6, 2015, the President signaled plans 

to submit to Congress a request for use of United States 

ground forces in the fight against ISIS; 

Whereas Use of Military Force requests should be contingent 

on the President, acting as Commander in Chief, providing Congress with a clear and definitive deployment 

and troop commitment plan; 

Whereas, in Vietnam, much of the United States Armed 

Forces fought without defined deployment commitments 

or planning resulting in troops facing repeated temporary 

duty assignment or deployment after deployment due to 

an inability to commit greater troop strength to the war; 

Whereas much of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan followed 

the same path, relying heavily on temporary duty assignment and repeated deployments with little to no downtime for the troops involved; 

Whereas President George W. Bush and President Barack 

Obama forced too much of the mission duties on too 

small of a cross-section of our Armed Forces, never committing the true strength or size of our forces to the mission; 

Whereas continual and repeated deployment without time at 

home takes a heavy and unnecessary toll on the members 

of the United States Armed Forces and their families; 


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Whereas, with more information on Post Traumatic Stress 

Disorder than ever, any military engagement must focus 

in creating a deployment strategy that minimizes 

stressors to the greatest ability possible, including the reduction in repeated deployment without time at home; 

Whereas temporary duty assignments limit the ability of the 

United States Armed Forces to counter the ISIS threat 

by providing less time at home for training and family; 

and 

Whereas temporary duty assignment limits the availability of 

support personnel and equipment often needed in combat: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) it is the sense of the House of Representa3 tives that— 

4 (A) only Congress has the constitutional 

5 authority to declare war according to article 1, 

6 section 8, clause 11 of the United States Con7 stitution; 

8 (B) the President should set clear, defin9 able objectives for the United States Armed 

10 Forces to achieve before committing such 

11 Armed Forces to battle; and 

12 (C) the President, as Commander in Chief 

13 of the United States Armed Forces, should pro14 vide Congress with a clear and definitive de15 ployment and troop commitment plan prior to 


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1 engaging in hostilities against the Islamic State 

2 of Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS; and 

3 (2) the House of Representatives should not ap4 prove a request for the Use of Military Force 

5 against ISIS— 

6 (A) unless the President provides Congress 

7 with requested information; and 

8 (B) should the President commit to defeat9 ing ISIS using temporary duty assignment as a 

10 main means of troop deployment. 

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