[House Document 118-104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-104

 
 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

                              transmitting

 A REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES AS PART OF A MULTINATIONAL OPERATION 
  ALONGSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH SUPPORT FROM AUSTRALIA, BAHRAIN, 
 CANADA, DENMARK, THE NETHERLANDS, AND NEW ZEALAND, CONDUCTED DISCRETE 
     STRIKES IN YEMEN AGAINST FACILITIES, LOCATIONS, AND EQUIPMENT 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUTHIS' MISSILE AND AIR SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES, 
     UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CAPABILITIES, AND COMMAND AND CONTROL 
 CAPABILITIES, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543(c); PUBLIC LAW 93-148, SEC. 
                          4(c); (87 STAT. 556)




  February 5, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         
                         
                         
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             U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
 49-011            WASHINGTON : 2024 
                        
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, February 5, 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 and January 
22, 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 February 3, 2024, at my direction, United States forces 
as part of a multinational operation alongside the United 
Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, 
the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted discrete strikes in 
Yemen against facilities, locations, and equipment associated 
with the Houthis' missile and air surveillance capabilities, 
unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities, and command and control 
capabilities. I directed the strikes against targets used by 
Houthi militants to support attacks in the Red Sea region in 
order to protect and defend our personnel and assets, and to 
disrupt the Houthi capabilities used to conduct or support 
further attacks that could further destabilize the region and 
threaten United States strategic interests. The strikes were 
taken to 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.