To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against vessels operating in the Caribbean Sea or the Eastern Pacific Ocean that have not been authorized by Congress.

Summary

Directs the President to stop using U.S. Armed Forces in strikes against vessels operating in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean unless Congress has declared war or passed a specific authorization for the use of military force. The directive preserves the President’s authority to act in self-defense against an actual or imminent armed attack and invokes expedited congressional procedures tied to existing statutes governing removal of forces.

• Directs the President to end use of U.S. forces in strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific unless Congress has declared war or authorized the force.
• Labels the referenced strikes beginning September 2, 2025, as "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution because forces were introduced without congressional authorization.
• Notes that more than 60 days elapsed after the President's War Powers notice without Congressional authorization or extension.
• Invokes statutory expedited procedures for congressional action on removal of forces under existing law.
• Keeps an explicit self-defense exception for actual or imminent armed attacks.
• Does not appropriate funds or create new programs — it is a directive restricting certain military operations.
• Targets a specific geographic and operational set of actions (vessel strikes in two maritime regions).
• Asserts Congress’s exclusive constitutional power to declare war and presses for legislative authorization for ongoing use of force.