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To amend the War Powers Resolution to transfer to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the responsibilities assigned under such Resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4428 · 115th Congress · Nov 16, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Transferring Responsibilities under War Powers Resolution to House Committee on Armed Services

(a)
Referral of report by President— Section 5(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(a)) is amended by striking “Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives” and inserting “Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives”.
(b)
Procedure for consideration of joint resolutions or bills— Section 6(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545(a)) is amended by striking “Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives” and inserting “Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives”.
(c)
Procedure for consideration of concurrent resolutions— Section 7(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546(a)) is amended by striking “Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives” and inserting “Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives”.

Sec. 2 Amending Rules of House of Representatives to transfer jurisdiction for bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to intervention abroad and declarations of war

(a)
Transfer to Committee on Armed Services— Clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(b)
Conforming amendment— Clause 1(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking subparagraph (9) and redesignating the succeeding subparagraphs accordingly.
(c)
Exercise of rulemaking authority— This section is enacted by Congress—
(1)
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of House of Representatives, and as such it is deemed a part of the Rules of the House, and it supersedes other Rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such Rules; and
(2)
with full recognition of the constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change the Rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other Rule of the House.