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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 142 

Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution 

to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic 

of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 

Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. POCAN, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. JONES of North 

Carolina, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. GABBARD, and Ms. LEE) 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 in the Republic of Yemen that 

have not been authorized by Congress. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 

4 FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF 

5 YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED 

6 BY CONGRESS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Congress has the sole power to declare war 

2 under article I, section 8 of the Constitution. 

3 (2) Congress has not declared war with respect 

4 to, or provided any specific statutory authorization 

5 for, United States military participation in the con6 flict between military forces led by Saudi Arabia and 

7 the United Arab Emirates (the ‘‘Saudi-led coali8 tion’’) against the Houthis in the Republic of 

9 Yemen, and the United States has not designated 

10 Yemen’s Houthis under any authorization for use of 

11 military force, despite members of the United States 

12 Armed Forces having provided intelligence sharing 

13 and mid-flight aerial refueling for Saudi-led coalition 

14 warplanes conducting airstrikes against the Houthis 

15 since March 2015. 

16 (3) President Obama reported to Congress on 

17 October 14, 2016, consistent with the reporting re18 quirements of the War Powers Resolution (Public 

19 Law 93–148; 50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), that the 

20 Houthis attacked United States ships operating in 

21 international waters on October 9 and October 12, 

22 2016, and the United States responded to threats 

23 against United States vessels, personnel, and free24 dom of navigation with strikes against three radar 

25 facilities in Houthi-controlled territory. 


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1 (4) Section 8(c) of the War Powers Resolution 

2 (50 U.S.C. 1547(c)) defines the introduction of 

3 United States Armed Forces to include ‘‘the assign4 ment of members of such armed forces to command, 

5 coordinate, participate in the movement of, or ac6 company the regular or irregular military forces of 

7 any foreign country or government when such mili8 tary forces are engaged, or there exists an imminent 

9 threat that such forces will become engaged, in hos10 tilities’’. 

11 (b) REMOVAL OF ARMED FORCES.—Pursuant to sec12 tion 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 

13 1544(c)), Congress hereby directs the President to remove 

14 United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Repub15 lic of Yemen, except United States Armed Forces engaged 

16 in operations authorized under the 2001 Authorization for 

17 Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 

18 1541 note), not later than 30 days after the date of the 

19 adoption of this concurrent resolution unless and until a 

20 declaration of war or specific authorization for such use 

21 of United States Armed Forces has been enacted into law. 

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