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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 114 

Urging Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any 

sustained United States combat role in Iraq or Syria. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. ELLISON, and Ms. LEE of California) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Urging Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained United States combat role in 

Iraq or Syria. 

Whereas Congress has a constitutional duty, enshrined in article I, section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution, to debate and examine the significant consequences 

of another multi-year United States military intervention 

in the Middle East; 

Whereas the War Powers Resolution provides that 60 days 

after the President informs Congress that he has introduced Armed Forces into an overseas theater, the President ‘‘shall terminate any use of United States Armed 

Forces’’ unless Congress has authorized such use of the 

Armed Forces; 


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Whereas the United States military has engaged in over 100 

airstrikes in Iraq since August 8, 2014; 

Whereas currently there are over 1,000 United States military personnel deployed in Iraq; 

Whereas the United States military has flown surveillance 

sorties over Syria to collect information on the Islamic 

State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS); 

Whereas the Obama administration has stated that the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243) is obsolete and has 

supported its repeal; 

Whereas the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public 

Law 107–40) should not apply to ISIS because ISIS has 

no operational connection to al Qaeda or the Taliban and 

is not currently considered an ‘‘associated force’’ of al 

Qaeda; 

Whereas any new authorization for the use of military force 

should be narrowly tailored and limited; 

Whereas ISIS is a violent extremist organization that has terrorized and committed unconscionable atrocities against 

religious and ethnic minority communities in the course 

of attempting to create a de-facto state within the borders of Iraq and Syria; 

Whereas the threat posed by ISIS requires a robust response 

from a broad international coalition, with regional partners playing prominent and leading roles; 

Whereas Congress should support a comprehensive strategy 

for defeating ISIS that cuts off access to ISIS supplies 

and financial resources and isolates extremist elements by 

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tions of local religious and ethnic communities in Iraq 

and Syria; 

Whereas this issue should be immediately referred to and debated by the United Nations Security Council; 

Whereas the House of Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 105 on July 25, 2014, by a vote of 370– 

40; and 

Whereas House Concurrent Resolution 105 expressed the 

sense of Congress that the President shall not deploy or 

maintain United States Armed Forces in a sustained 

combat role in Iraq without statutory authorization: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) should debate and vote on a statutory au4 thorization for any sustained United States combat 

5 role in Iraq or Syria; 

6 (2) does not support the deployment of ground 

7 combat troops in Iraq or Syria; 

8 (3) should ensure that any such statutory au9 thorization is narrowly tailored and limited; and 

10 (4) should ensure that any statutory authoriza11 tion includes robust reporting requirements. 

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