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April attack Beirut Beirut area circumstances Committee on Foreign concurrent resolution conference report Congress CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES constitutional consultation D.C. DEAR deployment El Salvador enactment executive branch FASCELL fire Force in Lebanon Forces into hostilities Foreign Affairs Foreign Relations Government of Lebanon gress H.J. Res helicopters hostilities is clearly House joint resolution House of Representatives House shall otherwise imminent involvement introduction of United involvement in hostilities Iran Iran Ajr Iranian JIM WRIGHT Joint Resolution 542 language Lebanese Armed Forces legislation ment Multinational Force naval O'NEILL operation otherwise determine participation Persian Gulf Powers Resolution pursuant resolution or bill respect RONALD REAGAN Salvador section 4(b Senate amendment September 25 Silkworm missile situations where imminent sixty-day period Speaker specific statutory authorization submitted subsection termination tion Treaty U.S. Armed Forces U.S. forces U.S. military personnel United States Armed unless such House War Powers Resolution Washington yeas and nays
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Page 26 - Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situation where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and after every such introduction shall consult regularly with the Congress until United States Armed Forces are no longer engaged in hostilities or have been removed from such situations.
Page 15 - Senate to the bill (HR 4961) to make miscellaneous changes in the tax laws, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect...
Page 24 - To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 13 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Page 9 - That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be...
Page 11 - Notwithstanding subsection (b), at any time that United States Armed Forces are engaged in hostilities outside the territory of the United States, its possessions and territories without a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization, such forces shall be removed by the President if the Congress so directs by concurrent resolution.
Page 11 - Congress in writing that unavoidable 'military necessity respecting the safety of United States Armed Forces requires the continued use of such armed forces in the course of bringing about a prompt removal of such forces.
Page 70 - States. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in...
Page 13 - War Powers Resolution". PURPOSE AND POLICY SEC. 2. (a) It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such...
Page 2 - Congress (1) has declared war or has enacted a specific authorization for such use of United States Armed Forces, (2) has extended by law such sixty-day period, or (3) is physically unable to meet as a result of an armed attack upon the United States.
Page 18 - The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.