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This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a congressional authorization for use of military force against Iran.
Elements of the U.S. Armed Forces needed to defend the United States, an ally, or a partner from imminent attack are not covered by this requirement provided the President complies with a specified provision of the War Powers Resolution. (The provision generally requires the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities no more than 60 days after the President notifies or is required to notify Congress of such involvement, unless Congress authorizes such use. For more information on the War Powers Resolution, see CRS In Focus 13134.)
House floor actionsConsideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
Library of CongressFailed of passage/not agreed to in House On agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 213 - 214, 1 Present (Roll no. 114).
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House floor actionsORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Mast asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider H. Con. Res. 40 in the House if called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee; that the concurrent resolution be considered as read; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution to adoption without intervening motion except for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by Representative Mast of Florida and Representative Meeks of New York, or their respective designees. Agreed to without objection.
Library of CongressSubmitted in House
House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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What Congress Said
Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.
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Pursuant to the order of the House of April 15, 2026, I call up the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 40) directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
This resolution is a terrible idea. We should stand with our President. We should stand with our troops. We must end the 47-year war that Iran has had with the United States.
I ask my colleagues, again, how can you hate U.S. success so much? I have been deployed on three continents with the United States Army, and I will tell you the support of the American people is what sustained you when you are deployed overseas.
I rise today in strong support of my War Powers Resolution, and I do so today because the Constitution of the United States actually demands it, and so does the conscience of the House of Representatives.
Now, this war of choice, this reckless and costly war, was entered into without any plan, any objective, any exit strategy, any public support, and any approval of the United States Congress. Those are five different objective reasons to have a problem about what is going on in the Middle East right now.
We should support our troops, but our troops deserve a strategy. They deserve a sense of mission. They deserve to know that the people's House debated their life or their death.
Yes, we should support our troops. That means doing our jobs and asking these questions before they are asked to sacrifice their lives. That is why Congress needs to do our job or else we will keep paying the cost in terms of lives lost and taxpayer dollars.
Today, Republicans have a choice. Are you going to continue to enable him and his madness, or are you going to prioritize Americans, the working families of this country, and vote ``yes'' for this resolution?
I urge our colleagues to respect who they are, Members of Congress with the power to declare war, and insist on voting on this motion put forth by the distinguished, soon-to-be-chairman-again of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Meeks.
Let's not forget that one of the opening acts of this war of choice against Iran was the massacre of scores of school children, little girls committed by our military, in our name.
President Trump has illegally and unconstitutionally taken us into an expensive and dangerous war with Iran. The war has cost taxpayers $50 billion already, and the Pentagon will request $200 billion more on top of a record $1.5 trillion budget request.
As a cosponsor of this War Powers Resolution, this debate is making me sick: the lies and colleagues who are so weak that they won't enforce the Constitution to rein in a President who is clearly out of control.
I rise today not just as a Member of Congress but as someone who knows the human cost of war, what it takes, what it destroys, and what it never gives back.
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