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Union Calendar No. 2 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 37 
[Report No. 116–7] 
Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in 
the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. POCAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. BUCK, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. JONES, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CASTRO 
of Texas, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. SARBANES, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. OMAR, 
Mr. HIMES, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Mr. CROW, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
LEVIN
of 
Michigan, 
Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. 
SERRANO, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COX of Cali-
fornia, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DEUTCH, 
Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachu-
setts, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
CISNEROS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MOORE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. WELCH, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MOULTON, 
and Mr. NEGUSE) submitted the following joint resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 
Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. BASS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GOMEZ, 
Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. RUSH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
RASKIN, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Miss 
RICE of New York, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. WILD, Mr. GOLD-
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EN, Mr. TRONE, Ms. WATERS, Ms. PORTER, Mr. KILDEE, and Ms. 
DEGETTE 
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from 
hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been 
authorized by Congress. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress has the sole power to declare war 
under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the United 
States Constitution. 
(2) Congress has not declared war with respect 
to, or provided a specific statutory authorization for, 
the conflict between military forces led by Saudi 
Arabia, including forces from the United Arab Emir-
ates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, 
Senegal, and Sudan (the Saudi-led coalition), 
against the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, in 
the Republic of Yemen. 
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(3) Since March 2015, members of the United 
States Armed Forces have been introduced into hos-
tilities between the Saudi-led coalition and the 
Houthis, including providing to the Saudi-led coali-
tion aerial targeting assistance, intelligence sharing, 
and mid-flight aerial refueling. 
(4) The United States has established a Joint 
Combined Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia, in which 
members of the United States Armed Forces assist 
in aerial targeting and help to coordinate military 
and intelligence activities. 
(5) In December 2017, Secretary of Defense 
James N. Mattis stated, ‘‘We have gone in to be 
very—to be helpful where we can in identifying how 
you do target analysis and how you make certain 
you hit the right thing.’’. 
(6) The conflict between the Saudi-led coalition 
and the Houthis constitutes, within the meaning of 
section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1543(a)), either hostilities or a situation 
where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances into which United 
States Armed Forces have been introduced. 
(7) Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution 
(50 U.S.C. 1544(c)) states that, ‘‘at any time that 
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United States Armed Forces are engaged in hos-
tilities outside the territory of the United States, its 
possessions and territories without a declaration of 
war or specific statutory authorization, such forces 
shall be removed by the President if the Congress so 
directs’’. 
(8) Section 8(c) of the War Powers Resolution 
(50 U.S.C. 1547(c)) defines the introduction of 
United States Armed Forces to include ‘‘the assign-
ment of members of such armed forces to command, 
coordinate, participate in the movement of, or ac-
company the regular or irregular military forces of 
any foreign country or government when such mili-
tary forces are engaged, or there exists an imminent 
threat that such forces will become engaged, in hos-
tilities’’, and activities that the United States is con-
ducting in support of the Saudi-led coalition, includ-
ing aerial refueling and targeting assistance, fall 
within this definition. 
(9) Section 1013 of the Department of State 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 
U.S.C. 1546a) provides that any joint resolution or 
bill to require the removal of United States Armed 
Forces engaged in hostilities without a declaration of 
war or specific statutory authorization shall be con-
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sidered in accordance with the expedited procedures 
of section 601(b) of the International Security and 
Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
329; 90 Stat. 765). 
(10) No specific statutory authorization for the 
use of United States Armed Forces with respect to 
the conflict between the Saudi-led coalition and the 
Houthis in Yemen has been enacted, and no provi-
sion of law explicitly authorizes the provision of tar-
geting assistance or of midair refueling services to 
warplanes of Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emir-
ates that are engaged in such conflict. 
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 
FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF 
YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED 
BY CONGRESS. 
Pursuant to section 1013 of the Department of State 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 
U.S.C. 1546a) and in accordance with the provisions of 
section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance 
and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
329; 90 Stat. 765), Congress hereby directs the President 
to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in 
or affecting the Republic of Yemen, except United States 
Armed Forces engaged in operations directed at al-Qaeda 
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