HCONRES115Referred to Committee

Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere.

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-09-02

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Gregory W. Meeks

Democrat · NY · Representative

Votes with party: 98.2% (626 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2026-09-02

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House Committee on Foreign AffairsReferred To · 2026-09-02

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Con. Res. 115 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 115 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 2, 2026 Mr. Meeks (for himself, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Himes, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 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 with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. Resolved, That, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), Congress directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with any presidentially designated terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere, unless authorized by a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization for use of military force against such presidentially designated terrorist organization. <all>

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