Sponsors (6)
The resolution shifts control of offensive military action toward Congress—reducing immediate combat exposure for U.S. troops and increasing legislative oversight—while constraining presidential flexibility, raising risks of escalation and economic cost, and heightening institutional tensions.
U.S. service members: immediate withdrawal from hostilities against Iran unless Congress authorizes force, reducing near-term combat exposure for troops.
All Americans and their representatives: reaffirms Congress's exclusive power to declare war and the War Powers Resolution's consultation requirements, strengthening legislative oversight and transparency over decisions to use force.
Congress and military planners: explicitly labels recent strikes as an "introduction into hostilities," which can trigger statutory removal authorities or expedited congressional procedures and enable faster legislative response.
Military personnel and U.S. policymakers: constrains the President's ability to conduct rapid military operations and may reduce operational flexibility and deterrent signaling, potentially delaying responses to emerging threats and affecting troop safety and mission success.
Military personnel, border communities, and allied governments: continuing intelligence sharing and providing defensive assistance risks drawing the U.S. into broader confrontations or escalation with adversaries if not tightly controlled.
Taxpayers and businesses: findings of unauthorized strikes and expanded material/defense support to partners create political and market uncertainty and increase U.S. logistical and financial commitments, raising costs and fiscal risk.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities in or against Iran unless Congress declares war or authorizes force, while preserving narrow defensive and intelligence exceptions.
Introduced March 5, 2026 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress March 5, 2026
Requires the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in or against Iran unless and until Congress enacts a declaration of war or a specific authorization for use of military force. It preserves narrow exceptions that allow defensive actions, intelligence activities (including sharing with Israel and partner countries), and assistance to Israel and partner countries in response to attacks by Iran or its proxies since February 28, 2026. Also contains congressional findings that Congress has not declared war on Iran or authorized the strikes described, cites the War Powers Resolution and related statutes, states that President-ordered strikes on February 28, 2026 were without congressional authorization or consultation, and invokes statutory expedited procedures for congressional action to remove forces.