A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 124 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 124

 To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities 
within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by 
                               Congress.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2026

  Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Gallego) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

 
 To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities 
within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by 
                               Congress.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Congress has the sole power to declare war under 
        article I, section 8, clause 11 of the United States 
        Constitution.
            (2) The President has a constitutional responsibility to 
        take actions to defend the United States, its territories, its 
        possessions, citizens, service members, and diplomats from 
        attack.
            (3) Congress has not declared war upon Cuba or upon any 
        person or organization within Cuba, nor enacted a specific 
        statutory authorization for the use of military force within or 
        against Cuba.
            (4) The use of force by the United States Armed Forces 
        within or against Cuba, including the use of the United States 
        Coast Guard and other components of the Armed Forces to conduct 
        a blockade or quarantine of Cuba, constitutes the introduction 
        of United States Armed Forces into hostilities within the 
        meaning of section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
        1543(a)).
            (5) Section 1013 of the Department of State Authorization 
        Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 U.S.C. 1546a) provides that 
        any joint resolution or bill requiring the removal of United 
        States Armed Forces from imminent engagement in hostilities 
        without a declaration of war or specific statutory 
        authorization shall be considered in accordance with the 
        expedited procedures under section 601(b) of the International 
        Security and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-
        329).

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES WITHIN 
              OR AGAINST CUBA.

    (a) Removal.--Pursuant to section 1013 of the Department of State 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 U.S.C. 1546a), and in 
accordance with section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance 
and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-329), Congress 
hereby directs the President to remove the United States Armed Forces 
from hostilities within or against Cuba, unless explicitly authorized 
by a declaration of war or a specific authorization for use of military 
force.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to prevent the United States from defending itself from an armed 
attack, the threat of an imminent armed attack, or the lawful execution 
of counternarcotics operations.
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