3.0.0 922 2023-01-11T13:42:15Z 2023-01-11T13:42:15Z House HRES 2018-06-06 115 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-06-06T14:00:13Z 2018-06-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2018-06-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-06-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 N G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 2018-06-06 True Congress Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military education and training Military operations and strategy Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents War and emergency powers Congress 00 2018-06-06 Introduced in House 2018-11-15T22:28:35Z Declares that if the President initiates wars without prior congressional declarations, such action shall constitute impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors," which shall cause the House of Representatives to vote articles of impeachment.

Prohibits the President from making the United States a co-belligerent in an ongoing war without a congressional declaration.

]]> Defining presidential wars not declared by Congress under Article I, section 8, clause 11 (Declare War Clause) as impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 of the Constitution and defining the meanings of war and cobelligerency for purposes of the Declare War Clause and Impeachment provisions. Display Title Defining presidential wars not declared by Congress under Article I, section 8, clause 11 (Declare War Clause) as impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 of the Constitution and defining the meanings of war and cobelligerency for purposes of the Declare War Clause and Impeachment provisions. Official Title as Introduced Defining presidential wars not declared by Congress under Article I, section 8, clause 11 (Declare War Clause) as impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 of the Constitution and defining the meanings of war and cobelligerency for purposes of the Declare War Clause and Impeachment provisions. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hres922ih/xml/BILLS-115hres922ih.xml 2018-06-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.