HR 6751 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act

Latest action · Dec 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 16, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act

This bill repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force signed into law September 18, 2001, with the repeal effective 240 days after the date of the enactment of the bill.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2025 to Sep 14, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZElijah CraneOriginalDec 16, 2025
D-TXGreg CasarOriginalDec 16, 2025
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalDec 16, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalDec 16, 2025
R-KYThomas MassieOriginalDec 16, 2025
D-MAAyanna PressleySep 3, 2026
D-PABrendan F. BoyleSep 3, 2026
D-MNIlhan OmarSep 3, 2026
D-NYJerrold NadlerSep 3, 2026
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaSep 3, 2026
D-CAJohn GaramendiSep 3, 2026
D-CAMaxine WatersSep 3, 2026
D-MIRashida TlaibSep 3, 2026
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 3, 2026
D-DESarah McBrideSep 3, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Dec 16, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 16, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Dec 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I ofThe United States Constitution, specifically Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 212, December 16, 2025, page H5942.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal Public Law 107-40.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 16, 2025Introduced in House

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