,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #gg  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,november #ba1 #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 the oil fields of the ,syrian
 ,arab ,republic4  7#c7 ,president      
,donald ,trump stated on ,october #bg1  
#bjai1 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 ,when asked by ,,cnn 
on ,october #bh1 #bjai1 whether the     
,united ,states will prevent any        
,russian or ,syrian ,government forces  
from gaining access to the oil1         
,secretary of ,defense ,esper said1 ,the
 short answer is yes1 it presently      

does44  7#e7 ,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  7#f7 ,section #e7;c7 of  
the ,war ,powers ,resolution 7#ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aedd7;c77 states that at any 
time that ,united ,states ,armed ,forces
 are engaged in hostilities outside the 
territory of the ,united ,states1 its   
possessions and territories without a   
declaration of war or specific statutory
 authorization1 such forces shall be    
removed by the ,president if the        
,congress so directs4  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 for ,united ,states   
,armed ,forces engaged in operations    
directed at al ,qaeda or associated     
forces1 not later than #fj days after   
the date of the adoption of this        
concurrent resolution1 unless a         
declaration of war or specific          
authorization for such use of ,united   
,states ,armed ,forces has been enacted 
into law4  7c7 ,rule of construction    
,nothing in this concurrent resolution  
may be construed-- 7#a7 to limit1       
expand1 or otherwise modify the scope of
 the ,authorization for ,use of         
,military ,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 
#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note72 or  7#b7     
consistent with section #h7;a77#a7 of   
the ,war ,powers ,resolution 7#ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aedg7;a77#a771 to authorize  
the use of military force4