[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1456 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1456

Directing the initiation of litigation for actions by the President or 
 other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under 
                 the Constitution of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2026

Mr. Meeks (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Massie, Mr. Amo, Ms. Jayapal, 
Mr. Crow, and Mr. Khanna) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Directing the initiation of litigation for actions by the President or 
 other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under 
                 the Constitution of the United States.

    Resolved, That the Speaker shall initiate or intervene in one or 
more civil actions on behalf of the House of Representatives in a 
Federal court of competent jurisdiction to seek any appropriate relief 
regarding the failure of the President, the head of any department or 
agency, or any other officer or employee of the executive branch, to 
act in a manner consistent with that official's duties under the 
Constitution and laws of the United States with respect to--
            (1) the ongoing hostilities reported by the President on 
        March 2, 2026, pursuant to section 4(a)(1) of the War Powers 
        Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b));
            (2) the implementation of section 5(b) of the War Powers 
        Resolution, mandating that the President terminate hostilities 
        reported pursuant to section 4(a)(1) that persist for 60 days 
        and have not been congressionally authorized; and
            (3) the implementation of the concurrent resolution, H. 
        Con. Res. 86, directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) 
        of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed 
        Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
    Sec. 2.  The Speaker shall notify the House of Representatives when 
it has complied with the first section of this resolution and initiated 
or intervened in a civil action pursuant to this resolution.
    Sec. 3.  The Office of the General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives, at the direction of the Speaker, shall represent the 
House in any civil action initiated, or in which the House intervenes, 
pursuant to this resolution, and may employ the services of outside 
counsel and other experts for this purpose.
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