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Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019

Introduced: May 6, 2019 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019

This bill defines a military humanitarian operation as an operation involving the deployment of members or weapons systems of the Armed Forces where hostile activities are reasonably anticipated with the aim of preventing or responding to a humanitarian catastrophe or addressing a threat posed to international peace and security.

The President may not deploy members of the Armed Forces into a foreign country for a military humanitarian operation not authorized by statute or Congress.

What's happening now May 6, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1325: Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1325/
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"S. 1325: Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1325/.
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S. 1325, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1325/.
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[S. 1325: Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1325/)
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