IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 138 
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution 
to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic 
of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Ms. LEE, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. JONES, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 
MOORE, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DEUTCH, 
Mr. WELCH, and Mrs. LOWEY) submitted the following concurrent resolu-
tion; 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 hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that 
have not been authorized by Congress. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
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SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 
FROM HOSTILITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF 
YEMEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED 
BY CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress has the sole power to declare war 
under article I, section 8 of the Constitution. 
(2) Congress has not declared war with respect 
to, or provided any specific statutory authorization 
for, United States military participation in the con-
flict between military forces led by Saudi Arabia and 
the United Arab Emirates (the ‘‘Saudi-led coali-
tion’’) against the Houthis in the Republic of 
Yemen, and the United States has not designated 
Yemen’s Houthis under any authorization for use of 
military force, despite members of the United States 
Armed Forces having provided intelligence sharing 
and mid-flight aerial refueling for Saudi-led coalition 
warplanes conducting airstrikes against the Houthis 
since March 2015. 
(3) President Obama reported to Congress on 
October 14, 2016, consistent with the reporting re-
quirements of the War Powers Resolution (Public 
Law 93–148; 50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), that the 
Houthis attacked United States ships operating in 
international waters on October 9 and October 12, 
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2016, and the United States responded to threats 
against United States vessels, personnel, and free-
dom of navigation with strikes against three radar 
facilities in Houthi-controlled territory. 
(4) 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’’. 
(b) REMOVAL OF ARMED FORCES.—Pursuant to sec-
tion 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1544(c)), Congress hereby directs the President to remove 
United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Repub-
lic of Yemen, except United States Armed Forces engaged 
in operations authorized under the 2001 Authorization for 
Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 
1541 note), not later than 30 days after the date of the 
adoption of this concurrent resolution unless and until a 
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declaration of war or specific authorization for such use 
of United States Armed Forces has been enacted into law. 
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