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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 763 

Reaffirming the United States commitment to respecting the sovereignty 

of Mexico and condemning calls for military action in Mexico without 

Mexico’s consent and congressional authorization. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2023 

Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

Mr. CASAR, Ms. OMAR, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 

KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. 

GOMEZ, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. CARSON, Mr. LIEU, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. NORTON, 

Ms. SALINAS, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. 

SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. BARRAGA ́N) submitted the following resolution 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Reaffirming the United States commitment to respecting the 

sovereignty of Mexico and condemning calls for military 

action in Mexico without Mexico’s consent and congressional authorization. 

Whereas Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations, 

to which the United States is a party, states, ‘‘All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the 

threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or 


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political independence of any state, or in any other manner . . .’’; 

Whereas the Charter of the Organization of American States, 

to which the United States is a party, Article 3(h) of 

Chapter III states, ‘‘An act of aggression against one 

American State is an act of aggression against all the 

other American States’’, and Article 3(i) states, ‘‘Controversies of an international character arising between 

two or more American States shall be settled by peaceful 

procedures’’; 

Whereas Article 19 of the Charter of the Organization of 

American States declares, ‘‘No State or group of States 

has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any 

reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any 

other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only 

armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or 

against its political, economic, and cultural elements’’; 

Whereas Article 22 of the Charter of the Organization of 

American States declares, ‘‘The American States bind 

themselves in their international relations not to have recourse to the use of force, except in the case of self defense in accordance with existing treaties or in fulfillment 

thereof’’; and 

Whereas the United States and Mexico have cooperated for 

several decades on a variety of issues such as trade, investment, counter-narcotics, migration, rule of law, and 

security, including through recent high-level security and 

economic dialogues: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) respects the sovereignty of Mexico, as pro2 tected by the principles of the Charter of the United 

3 Nations and the Charter of the Organization of 

4 American States; 

5 (2) rejects the use of military force by the 

6 United States against entities based in Mexico, in7 cluding transnational criminal organizations, if con8 ducted without the consent of the Mexican Govern9 ment and without an explicit authorization for the 

10 use of military force enacted by Congress; 

11 (3) condemns calls for military action in Mexico 

12 without the consent of the Mexican Government and 

13 proper congressional authorization; 

14 (4) recognizes that any act of aggression on 

15 Mexico’s sovereign territory without their consent 

16 could be considered an act of war and a violation of 

17 international law; 

18 (5) reinforces that any actions by the President 

19 to engage in hostilities in Mexico without congres20 sional authorization and for purposes other than re21 pelling a sudden attack would violate the constitu22 tional separation of powers and implicate the War 

23 Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); 

24 (6) recognizes that any designation of an entity, 

25 including transnational criminal organizations, as a 


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1 foreign terrorist organization under United States 

2 law on its own does not provide the President the 

3 authority to conduct military actions against that 

4 entity; 

5 (7) reaffirms the President’s inherent power to 

6 repel sudden attacks on United States persons and 

7 territory while noting that the manufacture, trans8 portation, and sale of fentanyl and related chemical 

9 compounds is not considered an armed invasion or 

10 sudden attack by a foreign adversary and should not 

11 serve as the basis for using military force without 

12 congressional authorization; and 

13 (8) calls on continued United States engage14 ment with Mexico and strong bilateral relations to 

15 support productive and effective means of combating 

16 rising crime, violence, and drug trafficking. 

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