[House Document 119-92]
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119th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-92




 
       LETTER INFORMING CONGRESS OF ACTION TAKEN CONSISTENT WITH THE
                  WAR POWERS RESOLUTION PUBLIC LAW 93-148

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

         A NOTIFICATION OF MILITARY ACTION TAKEN ON  SEPTEMBER 2,
          2025, IN  THE CARIBBEAN  SEA  AND  OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
          FURTHER SUCH ACTIONS, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543(a)(3);
          PUBLIC LAW 93-148, SEC. 4(a); (87 STAT. 555)






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 September 8, 2025.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
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                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, September 4, 2025.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I write to apprise you of military action 
taken on September 2, 2025, in the Caribbean Sea and of the 
potential for further such actions.
    Extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels that the 
United States has designated as terrorist organizations have 
wrought devastating consequences on American communities for 
decades, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of United 
States citizens each year and threatening our national security 
and foreign policy interests both at home and abroad. These 
organizations have evolved into complex structures with the 
financial means and paramilitary capabilities needed to operate 
with impunity, engaging in violence and terrorism that threaten 
the United States and destabilize other nations in our own 
Hemisphere. Friendly foreign nations have made significant 
efforts to combat these organizations, suffering significant 
losses of life due to organized violence at the hands of the 
groups designated as terrorist organizations, but these groups 
are now transnational and operate throughout the Western 
Hemisphere.
    In the face of the inability or unwillingness of some 
states in the region to address the continuing threat to United 
States persons and interests emanating from their territories, 
we have now reached a critical point where we must meet this 
threat to our citizens and our most vital national interests 
with United States military force in self-defense. Accordingly, 
at my direction, on September 2, 2025, United States forces 
struck a vessel at a location beyond the territorial seas of 
any nation that was assessed to be affiliated with a designated 
terrorist organization and to be engaged in illicit drug 
trafficking activities.
    It is not possible at this time to know the full scope and 
duration of military operations that will be necessary. United 
States forces remain postured to carry out further military 
operations.
    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 directed these actions 
consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and 
United States interests 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 to conduct United States foreign relations. I 
appreciate the support of the Congress in this action.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

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