No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act
Latest action · Oct 26, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a conflict on the Korean peninsula would have catastrophic consequences; (2) actions and statements that increase tensions between the United States and North Korea should be avoided; and (3) the President should engage in talks with North Korea to reduce tensions and improve communication, initiate negotiations to achieve a diplomatic agreement to halt and eventually reverse North Korea's nuclear pursuits, and move toward denuclearization and a permanent peace in the Korean peninsula.
Funds available to the Department of Defense or to any other federal department or agency may not be used to launch a military strike against North Korea or otherwise introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities in North Korea before the earlier of: (1) the date on which Congress declares war on North Korea, or (2) the date of an authorization that meets the requirements of the War Powers Resolution and that is enacted after the enactment of this bill. Such prohibition shall not apply to military force used to: (1) repel a sudden attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, its Armed Forces, or its allies; or (2) rescue or remove U. S. personnel.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2017 to Nov 8, 2017, with 60 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 26, 2017Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2016 | No Unconstitutional Strike Against North Korea Act of 2017 | Related bill | Oct 26, 2017 |
| HR 4837 | No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act | Identical bill | Jan 18, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Alliances
- Appropriations
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Executive agency funding and structure
- International Affairs
- Japan
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- North Korea
- Nuclear weapons
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- South Korea
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in House
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