,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #gj  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,october
 #ca1 #bjai,ms4 ,gabbard submitted the  
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,directing the ,president 
pursuant to section #e7;c7 of the ,war  
,powers ,resolution to remove ,united   
,states ,armed ,forces from hostilities 
in the ,syrian ,arab ,republic that have
 not been authorized by ,congress4  #a4 
,removal of ,united ,states ,armed      
,forces from hostilities in the ,syrian 
,arab ,republic that have not been      
authorized by ,congress  7a7 ,findings  
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,congress has the sole power to declare 
war under article ,i1 section #h of the 
,constitution4  7#b7 ,congress has not  
declared war with respect to1 or        
provided any specific statutory         
authorization for1 ,united ,states      
military participation in any activity  

related to securing1 guarding1          
possessing1 profiting off of1 or        
developing oil fields in northern       
,syria4 ,all of these actions are       
unconstitutional4  7#c7 ,president      
,donald ,trump stated on ,october #bg1  
#bjai regarding ,syria that we are      
leaving soldiers to secure the oil4     
,now1 we may have to fight for the oil4 
,that's ,,ok4 ,maybe somebody else wants
 the oil1 in which case they have a hell
 of a fight4 ,and that it can help us1  
because we should be able to take some  
also4 ,and what ,i intend to do1        
perhaps1 is make a deal with an         
,exxon,mobil or one of our great        
companies to go in there and do it      
properly4 ,right now it's not big4 ,it's
 big oil underground but it's not big   
oil up top44  7#d7 ,the ,secretary of   
,defense1 ,mark ,esper1 stated on       
,october #bh1 #bjai1 regarding oil in   
,syria that ,,us troops will remain     
positioned in this strategic area to    
deny ,,isis access those vital          

resources4 ,and we will respond with    
overwhelming military force against any 
group that threatens the safety of our  
forces there44 ,secretary ,esper        
confirmed that this includes denying    
access to the oil from ,russian and     
,syrian forces4  7#e7 ,oil1 natural     
resources1 and land in ,syria belong to 
the ,syrian people1 not the ,united     
,states4  7#f7 ,depriving the ,syrian   
people from the economic benefit of     
their natural resources will inhibit    
them from rebuilding their country4 ,it 
is not humane or in the national        
security interests of the ,united       
,states for the ,syrian ,arab ,republic 
to be an unstable or failed state4 ,an  
unstable or failed ,syrian state further
 proliferates the presence of terrorist 
organizations like al-,qaeda and ,,isis 
in ,syria1 and significantly            
deteriorates the humanitarian condition 
of the ,syrian people4  7#g7 ,section   
#h7;c7 of the ,war ,powers ,resolution  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aedg7;c77 defines the   

introduction of ,united ,states ,armed  
,forces to include the assignment of    
members of such armed forces to command1
 coordinate1 participate in the movement
 of1 or accompany the regular or        
irregular military forces of any foreign
 country or government when such        
military forces are engaged1 or there   
exists an imminent threat that such     
forces will become engaged1 in          
hostilities44  7b7 ,removal of armed    
forces ,pursuant to section #e7;c7 of   
the ,war ,powers ,resolution 7#ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aedd7;c771 ,congress hereby  
directs the ,president to remove ,united
 ,states ,armed ,forces from hostilities
 in the ,syrian ,arab ,republic1 except 
,united ,states ,armed ,forces engaged  
in operations authorized under the      
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note71 not later than   
#cj days after the date of the adoption 
of this concurrent resolution unless and
 until a declaration of war or specific 

authorization for such use of ,united   
,states ,armed ,forces has been enacted 
into law4