[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 101 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 101

   Expressing the sense of the Congress that Public Law 107-243, the 
  authorization to use military force against Iraq, is null and void.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2003

 Mr. Kucinich 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 Public Law 107-243, the 
  authorization to use military force against Iraq, is null and void.

Whereas on the eve of an unprovoked military attack by the United States against 
        the country of Iraq, the public is learning that the Administration's 
        rationale for commencing hostilities is based on a series of claims that 
        are untrue, unfounded, dubious, or disproven;
Whereas many of these ill-founded allegations were highlighted in a March 18, 
        2003, story in the Washington Post titled, ``Bush Clings To Dubious 
        Allegations About Iraq'', or in the March 3, 2003, edition of Newsweek 
        magazine;
Whereas on the Administration's contention that Iraq poses a nuclear threat, the 
        head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El 
        Baradei, has said that there is no evidence of resumed nuclear 
        activities in Iraq;
Whereas key evidence supporting the allegation of an Iraqi nuclear program has 
        been exposed as a forgery;
Whereas the Washington Post's March 18 story notes also that ``El Baradei also 
        contradicted Bush and other officials who argued that Iraq had tried to 
        purchase high-strength aluminum tubes to use in centrifuges for uranium 
        enrichment. The IAEA determined that Iraq did not plan to use imported 
        aluminum tubes for enriching uranium and generating nuclear weapons. El 
        Baradei argued that the tubes were for conventional weapons and `it was 
        highly unlikely' that the tubes could have been used to produce nuclear 
        material'';
Whereas on the Administration's contention that Iraq has ties to al-Qaeda and 
        potential to share weapons of mass destruction with al-Qaeda, the 
        Washington Post article states, ``But in October CIA Director George J. 
        Tenet told Congress that Hussein would not give such weapons to 
        terrorists unless he decided helping terrorists in conducting a WMD 
        [weapons of mass destruction] attack against the United States would be 
        his last chance to exact vengeance by taking a large number of victims 
        with him'';
Whereas on the Administration's contention that Iraq poses a threat to its 
        neighbors, the Washington Post article of March 18 reports: ``Inspectors 
        have found that the Al Samoud-2 missiles can travel less than 200 
        miles--not far enough to hit the targets Bush named. Iraq has not 
        accounted for 14 medium-range Scud missiles from the 1991 Persian Gulf 
        War, but the administration has not presented any evidence that they 
        still exist'';
Whereas on the Administration's contention that Iraq possesses weapons of mass 
        destruction, the March 3, 2003, edition of Newsweek reported that Iraqi 
        defector Lt. Gen. Hussein Kamel told United Nations inspectors that Iraq 
        had destroyed its chemical and biological weapons and banned missiles; 
        and
Whereas as a Nation, the United States does not have grounds for launching a war 
        against a country that poses no imminent or direct threat to us or our 
        allies: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that Public Law 107-243, the 
authorization to use military force against Iraq, passed by the 
Congress on October 11, 2002, and signed by the President on October 
16, 2002, is null and void.
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