Title: To amend the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the responsibilities assigned under such Resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This bill amends the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the House Armed Services Committee the responsibilities assigned under such resolution to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended to include under the jurisdiction of the House Armed Services Committee matters relating to intervention abroad and declarations of war.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4428 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4428

  To amend the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the Committee on 
  Armed Services of the House of Representatives the responsibilities 
 assigned under such Resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
         the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2017

Mr. Gallego (for himself and Mr. Byrne) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the Committee on 
  Armed Services of the House of Representatives the responsibilities 
 assigned under such Resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
         the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSFERRING RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO 
              HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES.

    (a) Referral of Report by President.--Section 5(a) of the War 
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(a)) is amended by striking 
``Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'' and 
inserting ``Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives''.
    (b) Procedure for Consideration of Joint Resolutions or Bills.--
Section 6(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545(a)) is 
amended by striking ``Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives'' and inserting ``Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives''.
    (c) Procedure for Consideration of Concurrent Resolutions.--Section 
7(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546(a)) is amended by 
striking ``Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives'' and inserting ``Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives''.

SEC. 2. AMENDING RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO TRANSFER 
              JURISDICTION FOR BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS 
              RELATING TO INTERVENTION ABROAD AND DECLARATIONS OF WAR.

    (a) Transfer to Committee on Armed Services.--Clause 1(c) of rule X 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(17) Intervention abroad and declarations of 
                war.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Clause 1(i) of rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by striking subparagraph (9) 
and redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly.
    (c) Exercise of Rulemaking Authority.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of House of 
        Representatives, and as such it is deemed a part of the Rules 
        of the House, and it supersedes other Rules only to the extent 
        that it is inconsistent with such Rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        the House of Representatives to change the Rules at any time, 
        in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
        any other Rule of the House.
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