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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 81 

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

to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities 

in the Republic of Yemen. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 

Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. JONES) 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 Republic of 

Yemen. 

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) A state of war has not been declared to 

4 exist with respect to the conflict between forces led 

5 by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates 

6 against the Houthi-Saleh alliance in the Republic of 

7 Yemen. 

8 (3) United States Armed Forces have been in9 volved in hostilities between Saudi-led forces and the 

10 Houthi-Saleh alliance, including through assisting 

11 Saudi and United Arab Emirates warplanes con12 ducting aerial bombings in Yemen with selecting tar13 gets and by providing midair refueling services to 

14 such warplanes, amounting to millions of pounds of 

15 jet fuel delivered during thousands of Saudi and 

16 United Arab Emirates airstrikes. 

17 (4) According to the Department of State’s 

18 Country Reports on Terrorism 2016, the conflict be19 tween Saudi-led forces and the Houthi-Saleh alliance 

20 is counterproductive to ongoing efforts by the United 

21 States to pursue Al Qaeda and its associated forces 

22 under the Authorization for the Use of Military 

23 Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 

24 (5) No authorization for the use of United 

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1 tween Saudi-led forces and the Houthi-Saleh alliance 

2 in Yemen has been enacted, and no provision of law 

3 authorizes the provision of midair refueling services 

4 to warplanes of Saudi Arabia or the United Arab 

5 Emirates that are engaged in such conflict. 

6 (6) The conflict between Saudi-led forces and 

7 the Houthi-Saleh alliance in Yemen constitutes, 

8 within the meaning of section 4(a)(1) of the War 

9 Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543(a)(1)), either 

10 hostilities or a situation where imminent involvement 

11 in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir12 cumstances into which United States Armed Forces 

13 have been introduced. 

14 (b) REMOVAL OF ARMED FORCES.—Pursuant to sec15 tion 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 

16 1544(c)), Congress hereby directs the President to remove 

17 United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Repub18 lic of Yemen, except United States Armed Forces engaged 

19 in operations directed at Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penin20 sula or associated forces, by not later than the date that 

21 is 30 days after the date of the adoption of this concurrent 

22 resolution (unless the President requests and the Congress 

23 authorizes a later date), and unless and until a declaration 


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1 of war or specific authorization for such use of United 

2 States Armed Forces has been enacted. 

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