IV 
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) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Urging Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authoriza-
tion for any sustained United States combat role in 
Iraq or Syria. 
Whereas Congress has a constitutional duty, enshrined in ar-
ticle I, section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitu-
tion, 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 intro-
duced Armed Forces into an overseas theater, the Presi-
dent ‘‘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 mili-
tary 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 Au-
thorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Reso-
lution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243) is obsolete and has 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 ter-
rorized and committed unconscionable atrocities against 
religious and ethnic minority communities in the course 
of attempting to create a de-facto state within the bor-
ders of Iraq and Syria; 
Whereas the threat posed by ISIS requires a robust response 
from a broad international coalition, with regional part-
ners 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 
addressing the legitimate political grievances and aspira-
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tions of local religious and ethnic communities in Iraq 
and Syria; 
Whereas this issue should be immediately referred to and de-
bated by the United Nations Security Council; 
Whereas the House of Representatives passed House Concur-
rent 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 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) should debate and vote on a statutory au-
thorization for any sustained United States combat 
role in Iraq or Syria; 
(2) does not support the deployment of ground 
combat troops in Iraq or Syria; 
(3) should ensure that any such statutory au-
thorization is narrowly tailored and limited; and 
(4) should ensure that any statutory authoriza-
tion includes robust reporting requirements. 
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