[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 226 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 226

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not 
take military action against the Republic of Iraq unless that action is 
                    specifically authorized by law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 1998

 Mr. Bartlett of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Woolsey, 
  Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Shays, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Regula, Mr. 
 Metcalf, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Smith of New 
 Jersey, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Herger, Mr. Doolittle, 
Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Goodling, Mr. 
Ehrlich, Mr. Paul, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Sensenbrenner, 
Mr. Conyers, Mr. Solomon, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
Texas, Mr. Pombo, Ms. Dunn, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
     Ms. McKinney, Ms. Furse, Ms. Waters, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Brown of 
 California, Mr. Petri, Mr. Spence, Mr. Kildee, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Mink 
    of Hawaii, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Scott, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Dickey, Mr. 
  Barr of Georgia, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
 Miller of Florida, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
 Norwood, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Packard, Mr. Bilbray, 
 Mr. Wamp, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Mica, Mr. Lewis 
of Kentucky, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Talent, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. 
   Shuster) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not 
take military action against the Republic of Iraq unless that action is 
                    specifically authorized by law.

Whereas article I, section 8, of the Constitution grants to the Congress the 
        power to declare war;
Whereas a military attack on the Republic of Iraq is the equivalent of a 
        declaration of war;
Whereas the current situation in Iraq is the result of the refusal by Iraq to 
        comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions relating to the 
        inspection and destruction by the United Nations of weapons of mass 
        destruction in Iraq; and
Whereas neither the Congress nor the United Nations has authorized the use of 
        force against Iraq with respect to such current situation in Iraq: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should not 
take military action against the Republic of Iraq unless that action is 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of the adoption 
of this concurrent resolution.
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