Prohibiting the President from deploying or maintaining United States Armed Forces in a sustained combat role in Iraq without specific, subsequent statutory authorization.
Latest action · Jul 28, 2014 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2014
- Agreed to in HouseJul 25, 2014
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the President from deploying or maintaining U.S. Armed Forces in a sustained combat role in Iraq without specific statutory authorization enacted after the adoption of this concurrent resolution.
States that nothing in this concurrent resolution supersedes the requirements of the War Powers Resolution.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 452 | On Agreeing to the Resolution, As Amended | Passed370–40 | Jul 25, 2014 |
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2014 to Jul 24, 2014; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 11, 2014 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jul 11, 2014 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 24, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jul 24, 2014 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2014 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2014 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2014Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jul 25, 2014Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
- Jul 25, 2014Considered pursuant to a previous order. (consideration: CR H6819-6825)
- Jul 25, 2014DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House of Wednesday, July 23, 2014, the amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record is considered adopted. The House proceeded with one hour debate on H.Con.Res. 105.
- Jul 25, 2014The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House. (CR H6825)
In the Congressional Record 9
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7687 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Sep 18, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7543 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Sep 16, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7420 | Mark Pocan D-WI | Sep 10, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6979 | Walter B. Jones R-NC | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1247 | Sam Farr D-CA | Jul 28, 2014 |
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1242, H6819–H6825Text printed H6819Recorded votes H6833remove | Adam Kinzinger R-IL, Barbara Lee D-CA, Colleen Hanabusa D-HI, David N. Cicilline D-RI, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, James P. McGovern D-MA, Niki Tsongas D-MA, Rush Holt D-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Thomas Massie R-KY, Walter B. Jones R-NC | Jul 25, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6695Amendments H6746 | James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Richard B. Nugent R-FL | Jul 23, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6384–H6391 | Barbara Lee D-CA, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jim Bridenstine R-OK, Walter B. Jones R-NC | Jul 17, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6127 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Jul 11, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47603 | War Powers Resolution: Expedited Procedures in the House and Senate | Report | Jun 24, 2025 |
| R42699 | The War Powers Resolution: Concepts and Practice Archived | Report | Mar 8, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- Prohibiting the President from deploying or maintaining United States Armed Forces in a sustained combat role in Iraq without specific, subsequent statutory authorization.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2014Referred in Senate
- Jul 25, 2014Engrossed in House
- Jul 11, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
