HR 4140 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act

Introduced Oct 26, 2017 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

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

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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; 60 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Oct 26, 2017
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Oct 26, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Oct 26, 2017
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Nov 8, 2017

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 Oct 26, 2017
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 173, October 26, 2017, page H8271.

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

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the introduction of the Armed Forces into hostilities in North Korea without a declaration of war or explicit statutory authorization, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 26, 2017Introduced in House

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