Bill HCONRES-61, Remove Forces from Western Hemisphere Hostilities, directs the President to withdraw armed forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist groups in the Western Hemisphere unless Congress authorizes force. It is at Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. as of December 17, 2025. Sponsored by Gregory Meeks (D), Adam Smith, James Himes, Bennie Thompson, Jason Crow, Ilhan Omar, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Joe Courtney, William Keating, Greg Stanton, Donald Beyer, Donald Norcross, Seth Moulton, Sarah Elfreth, Sara Jacobs, Christopher Deluzio, Betty McCollum, Gabe Amo, Johnny Olszewski, Kweisi Mfume, Robert Scott, John Garamendi, Stephen Lynch, Val Hoyle, John Larson, Patrick Ryan, Dina Titus, Emily Randall, Salud Carbajal, Maxine Dexter, James McGovern, Sam Liccardo, Maggie Goodlander, Lizzie Fletcher, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Kelly Morrison, Al Green, Mark Pocan, Yassamin Ansari, Madeleine Dean, and Suzan DelBene.
This concurrent resolution directs the President, under section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with any presidentially designated terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere. The removal is required unless Congress authorizes the use of force by a declaration of war or a specific authorization for use of military force. The resolution was introduced in the House on November 17, 2025.
If this resolution is agreed to by both chambers, it would require the President to stop U.S. military hostilities against presidentially designated terrorist groups in the Western Hemisphere unless Congress has separately approved such military action. It applies specifically to presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere and invokes the War Powers Resolution process.
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Sponsors introduced the resolution to limit continued U.S. military hostilities in the Western Hemisphere against presidentially designated terrorist organizations, and to require congressional authorization for such hostilities.
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