[House Document 118-100]
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118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-100
 
 REPORT INFORMING CONGRESS OF U.S. FORCES' FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN A 
                    MULTINATIONAL OPERATION IN YEMEN

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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  A REPORT ON STRIKES AGAINST UNDERGROUND STORAGE SITES AND LOCATIONS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUTHIS' MISSILE AND AIR SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES 
 TO DETER, DEGRADE, AND DISRUPT THE ABILITY OF THE HOUTHI MILITANTS TO 
    CARRY OUT FUTURE ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND VESSELS 
OPERATING IN THE RED SEA REGION, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543(c); PUBLIC 
                 LAW 93-148, SEC. 4(c); (87 STAT. 556)







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  January 25, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
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                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 24, 2024.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: As I reported previously, since at least 
November 2023, Yemen-based Houthi militants have engaged in a 
series of attacks against United States military forces, 
including ships and aircraft, and against maritime commercial 
shipping, operating in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, 
and the Gulf of Aden. These attacks pose a threat to the safety 
of United States forces and commercial ships and their crews, 
regional political and economic stability, and navigational 
rights and freedoms. The Houthi militants continue to pose a 
threat of future attacks against United States forces and 
military vessels and against other maritime traffic in the 
region.
    I previously reported that on January 11, 2024, in response 
to these attacks and the threat of future attacks, at my 
direction, United States forces as part of a multinational 
operation alongside the United Kingdom, with support from 
Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted 
discrete strikes against facilities in Yemen that facilitate 
Houthi militants' attacks in the Red Sea region.
    On January 22, 2024, at my direction, United States forces 
as part of a multinational operation alongside the United 
Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the 
Netherlands, conducted discrete strikes against Houthi 
underground storage sites and locations associated with the 
Houthis' missile and air surveillance capabilities in Yemen 
that support and facilitate Houthi militants' attacks in the 
Red Sea region. I directed the strikes in order to protect and 
defend our personnel and assets, to degrade and disrupt the 
ability of the Houthi militants to carry out future attacks 
against the United States and against vessels operating in the 
Red Sea region, and to prevent the Houthi militants from 
conducting or supporting further attacks that could further 
destabilize the region and threaten United States strategic 
interests. The strikes were taken to deter and degrade Houthi 
capacity to conduct future attacks and were conducted in a 
manner designed to limit the risk of escalation and avoid 
civilian casualties.
    I directed this military action consistent with my 
responsibility to protect United States citizens both at home 
and abroad and in furtherance of United States national 
security and foreign policy interests, pursuant to my 
constitutional authority as Commander in Chief and Chief 
Executive and to conduct United States foreign relations. The 
United States took this necessary and proportionate action 
consistent with international law and in the exercise of the 
United States' inherent right of self-defense as reflected in 
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. The United States 
stands ready to take further action, as necessary and 
appropriate, to address further threats or attacks.
    I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep 
the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers 
Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I appreciate the support of the 
Congress in this action.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

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