[House Document 118-108]
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118th Congress, 2d Session---------------------HOUSE DOCUMENT 118-108

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         LETTER INFORMING CONGRESS OF ACTION TAKEN CONSISTENT WITH 
                        THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

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  A LETTER INFORMING CONGRESS OF ACTION TAKEN CONSISTENT WITH THE WAR 
  POWERS RESOLUTION, PUB. LAW 93-148, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543(c); 
              PUBLIC LAW 93-148, SEC. 4(c); (87 STAT. 556)

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 February 26, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 26, 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.
    On February 24, 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 against Houthi underground storage sites and locations 
associated with the Houthis' missile and air surveillance 
capabilities, attack capabilities, unmanned aerial vehicle 
capabilities, and command and control facilities 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 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.

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