[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6752 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6752

 To require prompt reporting of any incident in which the Armed Forces 
   are involved in an attack or hostilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2023

 Mr. Gallego introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require prompt reporting of any incident in which the Armed Forces 
   are involved in an attack or hostilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON HOSTILITIES INVOLVING UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 48 hours after any incident in 
which the United States Armed Forces are involved in an attack or 
hostilities, whether in an offensive or defensive capacity, the 
President shall transmit to the congressional defense committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the 
incident, unless the President--
            (1) otherwise reports the incident within 48 hours pursuant 
        to section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543); or
            (2) has determined prior to the incident, and so reported 
        pursuant to section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization 
        Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (50 U.S.C. 1549), that the United 
        States Armed Forces involved in the incident would be operating 
        under specific statutory authorization within the meaning of 
        section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)).
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report required by subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) the authority or authorities under which the United 
        States Armed Forces were operating when the incident occurred;
            (2) the date, location, and duration of the incident and 
        the other parties involved;
            (3) a description of the United States Armed Forces 
        involved in the incident and the mission of such Armed Forces;
            (4) the numbers of any combatant casualties and civilian 
        casualties that occurred as a result of the incident; and
            (5) any other information the President determines 
        appropriate.
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