IA 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 110
Authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2002
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on International Relations 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces against 
Iraq.
Whereas on September 11, 2001, it was demonstrated that 
the United States is a known target of terrorism; 
Whereas in 1988 Congress concluded that Iraq was then in 
material and unacceptable breach of its international ob-
ligations and thereby threatened the vital interests of the 
United States and international peace and security, stat-
ed the reasons for that conclusion, and urged the Presi-
dent to take appropriate action to bring Iraq into compli-
ance with its international obligations (Public Law 105–
235); 
Whereas Iraq persists in violating resolutions of the United 
Nations Security Council by continuing to engage in bru-
tal repression of its civilian population, including the
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Kurdish people, thereby threatening peace and security in 
the region, by refusing to release, repatriate, or account 
for non-Iraqi citizens wrongfully detained by Iraq, and by 
failing to return property wrongfully seized by Iraq from 
Kuwait; 
Whereas Iraq is in breach of United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 687, to cease repression of its civilian popu-
lation pursuant to Security Council Resolution 688, and 
to cease threatening its neighbors or United Nations op-
erations in Iraq pursuant to Security Council Resolution 
949; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 au-
thorizes use of all necessary means to compel Iraq to 
comply with these ‘‘subsequent relevant resolutions’’; 
Whereas Congress, in the Authorization for Use of Military 
Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102–1), au-
thorized the President to use United States Armed 
Forces to achieve full implementation of Security Council 
Resolutions 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 
670, 674, and 677, pursuant to Security Council Resolu-
tion 678; 
Whereas Congress, in section 1095 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Pub-
lic Law 102–190), has stated that it ‘‘supports the use 
of all necessary means to achieve the goals of Security 
Council Resolution 687 as being consistent with the au-
thorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (Pub-
lic Law 102–1)’’, that Iraq’s repression of its civilian 
population violates United Nations Security Council Res-
olution 688 and ‘‘constitutes a continuing threat to the 
peace, security, and stability of the Persian Gulf Region’’,
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and that Congress ‘‘supports the use of all necessary 
means to achieve the goals of Resolution 688’’; 
Whereas Congress, in the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–338), has expressed its sense that it should 
be the policy of the United States to support efforts to 
remove from power the current Iraqi political structure 
and promote the emergence of a democratic government 
to replace that political structure; 
Whereas in 1998 Iraq rejected full cooperation with the 
United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to en-
sure the destruction of all weapons of mass destruction; 
Whereas since 1998 Iraq has remained in noncompliance with 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 660, 661, 
662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 674, and 677, pursu-
ant to Security Council Resolution 678, providing it with 
an open-ended ability to build its weapons of mass de-
struction programs; 
Whereas a key threat from Iraq is its development of weap-
ons of mass destruction and its potential to transfer 
weapons of mass destruction to the terrorists and ter-
rorist groups it sponsors; 
Whereas a key threat from Iraq is the potential of an Iraqi 
preemptive strike against the United States or its allies 
or interests in the region; 
Whereas the President contends that Iraq remains an imme-
diate threat to the national security of the United States; 
Whereas the United States is fighting a war on terrorism and 
seeks the widest possible support of its allies and the sup-
port of United Nations Security Council; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council in approving 
Resolution 1377 affirmed that ‘‘the acts of international