Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Barack Obama should request authorization before sending the United States Armed Forces into Syria.

3.0.0 770 2019-11-15T21:07:22Z 2019-11-15T21:07:22Z House H HRES 2012-08-02 112 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-08-02T13:08:10Z 2012-08-02 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2012-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 N International Affairs Congressional oversight Human rights Middle East Military operations and strategy Political movements and philosophies Protest and dissent Syria War and emergency powers International Affairs

00 2012-08-02 Introduced in House 2012-09-26T19:17:04Z Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) only Congress has the constitutional authority to declare war, (2) President Obama should set clear objectives for the U.S. Armed Forces before sending them into battle, (3) President Obama should indicate a direct national security interest in placing the U.S. Armed Forces in harm's way, and (4) the government of Syria has surrendered all claims of legitimacy by massacring its own people and should peacefully transfer power to a democratically elected government.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Barack Obama should request authorization before sending the United States Armed Forces into Syria. Display Title Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Barack Obama should request authorization before sending the United States Armed Forces into Syria. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Barack Obama should request authorization before sending the United States Armed Forces into Syria. Introduced in House 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hres770ih/xml/BILLS-112hres770ih.xml 2012-08-02 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.