IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 101
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Public Law 107–243, the 
authorization to use military force against Iraq, is null and void. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2003
Mr. KUCINICH submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Public Law 107–
243, the authorization to use military force against Iraq, 
is null and void.
Whereas on the eve of an unprovoked military attack by the 
United States against the country of Iraq, the public is 
learning that the Administration’s rationale for com-
mencing hostilities is based on a series of claims that are 
untrue, unfounded, dubious, or disproven; 
Whereas many of these ill-founded allegations were high-
lighted in a March 18, 2003, story in the Washington 
Post titled, ‘‘Bush Clings To Dubious Allegations About 
Iraq’’, or in the March 3, 2003, edition of Newsweek 
magazine; 
Whereas on the Administration’s contention that Iraq poses 
a nuclear threat, the head of the International Atomic
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Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El Baradei, has said 
that there is no evidence of resumed nuclear activities in 
Iraq; 
Whereas key evidence supporting the allegation of an Iraqi 
nuclear program has been exposed as a forgery; 
Whereas the Washington Post’s March 18 story notes also 
that ‘‘El Baradei also contradicted Bush and other offi-
cials who argued that Iraq had tried to purchase high-
strength aluminum tubes to use in centrifuges for ura-
nium enrichment. The IAEA determined that Iraq did 
not plan to use imported aluminum tubes for enriching 
uranium and generating nuclear weapons. El Baradei ar-
gued that the tubes were for conventional weapons and 
‘it was highly unlikely’ that the tubes could have been 
used to produce nuclear material’’; 
Whereas on the Administration’s contention that Iraq has 
ties to al-Qaeda and potential to share weapons of mass 
destruction with al-Qaeda, the Washington Post article 
states, ‘‘But in October CIA Director George J. Tenet 
told Congress that Hussein would not give such weapons 
to terrorists unless he decided helping terrorists in con-
ducting a WMD [weapons of mass destruction] attack 
against the United States would be his last chance to 
exact vengeance by taking a large number of victims with 
him’’; 
Whereas on the Administration’s contention that Iraq poses 
a threat to its neighbors, the Washington Post article of 
March 18 reports: ‘‘Inspectors have found that the Al 
Samoud-2 missiles can travel less than 200 miles—not 
far enough to hit the targets Bush named. Iraq has not 
accounted for 14 medium-range Scud missiles from the
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1991 Persian Gulf War, but the administration has not 
presented any evidence that they still exist’’; 
Whereas on the Administration’s contention that Iraq pos-
sesses weapons of mass destruction, the March 3, 2003, 
edition of Newsweek reported that Iraqi defector Lt. Gen. 
Hussein Kamel told United Nations inspectors that Iraq 
had destroyed its chemical and biological weapons and 
banned missiles; and 
Whereas as a Nation, the United States does not have 
grounds for launching a war against a country that poses 
no imminent or direct threat to us or our allies: Now, 
therefore be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that Pub-
lic Law 107–243, the authorization to use military force 
against Iraq, passed by the Congress on October 11, 2002, 
and signed by the President on October 16, 2002, is null 
and void.
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