IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 763 
Reaffirming the United States commitment to respecting the sovereignty 
of Mexico and condemning calls for military action in Mexico without 
Mexico’s consent and congressional authorization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2023 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. CASAR, Ms. OMAR, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. TITUS, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCOR-
MICK, Mr. CARSON, Mr. LIEU, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. SALINAS, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. BARRAGA´N) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the United States commitment to respecting the 
sovereignty of Mexico and condemning calls for military 
action in Mexico without Mexico’s consent and congres-
sional authorization. 
Whereas Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations, 
to which the United States is a party, states, ‘‘All Mem-
bers shall refrain in their international relations from the 
threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or 
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political independence of any state, or in any other man-
ner . . .’’; 
Whereas the Charter of the Organization of American States, 
to which the United States is a party, Article 3(h) of 
Chapter III states, ‘‘An act of aggression against one 
American State is an act of aggression against all the 
other American States’’, and Article 3(i) states, ‘‘Con-
troversies of an international character arising between 
two or more American States shall be settled by peaceful 
procedures’’; 
Whereas Article 19 of the Charter of the Organization of 
American States declares, ‘‘No State or group of States 
has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any 
reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any 
other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only 
armed force but also any other form of interference or at-
tempted threat against the personality of the State or 
against its political, economic, and cultural elements’’; 
Whereas Article 22 of the Charter of the Organization of 
American States declares, ‘‘The American States bind 
themselves in their international relations not to have re-
course to the use of force, except in the case of self de-
fense in accordance with existing treaties or in fulfillment 
thereof’’; and 
Whereas the United States and Mexico have cooperated for 
several decades on a variety of issues such as trade, in-
vestment, counter-narcotics, migration, rule of law, and 
security, including through recent high-level security and 
economic dialogues: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) respects the sovereignty of Mexico, as pro-
tected by the principles of the Charter of the United 
Nations and the Charter of the Organization of 
American States; 
(2) rejects the use of military force by the 
United States against entities based in Mexico, in-
cluding transnational criminal organizations, if con-
ducted without the consent of the Mexican Govern-
ment and without an explicit authorization for the 
use of military force enacted by Congress; 
(3) condemns calls for military action in Mexico 
without the consent of the Mexican Government and 
proper congressional authorization; 
(4) recognizes that any act of aggression on 
Mexico’s sovereign territory without their consent 
could be considered an act of war and a violation of 
international law; 
(5) reinforces that any actions by the President 
to engage in hostilities in Mexico without congres-
sional authorization and for purposes other than re-
pelling a sudden attack would violate the constitu-
tional separation of powers and implicate the War 
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); 
(6) recognizes that any designation of an entity, 
including transnational criminal organizations, as a 
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foreign terrorist organization under United States 
law on its own does not provide the President the 
authority to conduct military actions against that 
entity; 
(7) reaffirms the President’s inherent power to 
repel sudden attacks on United States persons and 
territory while noting that the manufacture, trans-
portation, and sale of fentanyl and related chemical 
compounds is not considered an armed invasion or 
sudden attack by a foreign adversary and should not 
serve as the basis for using military force without 
congressional authorization; and 
(8) calls on continued United States engage-
ment with Mexico and strong bilateral relations to 
support productive and effective means of combating 
rising crime, violence, and drug trafficking. 
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