WAR POWERS ACT

Amendments

Reagan, President: compliance with provisions (S.J. Res. 194), 27260, 27261, 27316, 27317 [9OC], 28293 [16OC], 28381, 28385, 28403, 28404, 28433, 28434 [20OC], 28634, 28650, 28653, 28752 [21OC]

Articles and editorials

Congress and the Gulf—The Case Against Invoking the War Powers Resolution, 28528 [20OC]

War Powers Act Allows President Too Much Elbow Room, 21053 [23JY]

War Powers in the Gulf, 25841 [30SE]

War Powers Resolution Doesn't Apply in Gulf, 29746 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: use in absence of declaration of war by Congress (see H.R. 508)

Congress: authority to declare war (see H.J. Res. 73)

Foreign relations: policy restrictions (see H.J. Res. 387)

Persian Gulf: continued involvement of U.S. Armed Forces (see S.J. Res. 213, 217)

———involvement of U.S. naval forces (see H.J. Res. 296)

———require that use of U.S. Armed Forces to escort, protect, or defend certain reregistered vessels comply with the War Powers Act (see S. 1343)

Reagan, President: compliance with provisions (see S.J. Res. 194)

Repeal (see H.R. 2525)

Cloture motions

Reagan, President: compliance with provisions (S.J. Res. 194), 28265 [16OC], 28383 [20OC]

Court decisions

Constitutional issues involved in War Powers Act: Supreme Court, 28635 [21OC]

Descriptions

Proposed modification of the War Powers Resolution, 26204 [1OC]

Documents

Provisions, 24487, 24493 [18SE]

Letters

Persian Gulf decision is too much for one person: Allen B. Maxwell, 31694 [10NO]

Lists

Consultations between President Reagan, Members of Congress, and other officials relative to Persian Gulf, 28369 [20OC]

Remarks in House

Foreign relations: policy restrictions, 27163, 27165 [9OC], 27637 [13OC], 27846 [14OC], 28556 [21OC]

Iran: monitoring congressional proceedings relative to the Persian Gulf, 31714 [10NO]

National defense: executive and legislative roles, 21052 [23JY]

Persian Gulf: application, 19837 [15JY], 29746 [28OC], 31694 [10NO]

———President Reagan compliance, 17962 [29JN], 18104 [29JN], 23489 [7AU], 28451 [20OC], 28528 [20OC], 28765 [21OC]

———reflagging of Kuwaiti tankers, 28536 [20OC]

———U.S. naval forces (H.J. Res. 296), 13981 [28MY], 14512 [3JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: President's constitutional powers in self-defense, 28404 [20OC]

Foreign relations: policy restrictions, 14291 [2JN], 24480-24503 [18SE]

Persian Gulf: continued involvement of U.S. Armed Forces (S.J. Res. 213), 31145 [5NO]

———continued involvement of U.S. Armed Forces (S.J. Res. 217), 31536 [10NO], 33234 [30NO], 33977 [3DE], 34268-34270 [4DE], 34566 [9DE]

———President compliance with provisions (S.J. Res. 194), 28179, 28183, 27180, 27211-27219, 27241, 27260 [9OC], 28264, 28293 [16OC], 28368-28406 [20OC], 28403 [20OC], 28624, 28625-28653 [21OC]

———President compliance with provisions (S.J. Res. 194), unanimous-consent agreement, 27185, 27219 [9OC]

———submission of required report, 28634 [21OC]

———U.S. Armed Forces to escort, protect, or defend certain reregistered vessels comply with the War Powers Act (S. 1343), 15064-15066 [9JN], 23114 [7AU]

Reports

National Commission on Review of the War Powers Resolution, 26203-26204 [1OC]

Persian Gulf Crisis: Senator Sasser, 16354 [17JN]

Provisions: Committee on Armed Services (House), 25833 [30SE]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Rept. 93-220), 24484 [18SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Persian Gulf: continued use of U.S. Armed Forces (S.J. Res. 217), 33977 [3DE]

Statements

Charge to George Washington: Continental Congress, 24502 [18SE]

War Powers: Abraham Lincoln, 24481 [18SE]

———Alexander Hamilton, 24481 [18SE]

———James Madison, 24480 [18SE]

———Richard W. Murphy, Dept. of State, 24480 [18SE]

Texts of

S. 1343, compliance with War Powers Act relative to U.S. protection of Persian Gulf shipping, 15064 [9JN]

S.J. Res. 194, compliance, 28644, 28645, 28652 [21OC]

S.J. Res. 213, continued involvement of U.S. Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf, 31147 [5NO], 31536 [10NO]

S.J. Res. 217, continued involvement of U.S. Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf, 31536 [10NO]