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HR 2108 117th Congress House International Affairs Congressional-executive branch relations Defense spending Military operations and strategy War and emergency powers

War Powers Act Enforcement Act

Introduced: March 19, 2021 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 19, 2021
Introduced in House
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War Powers Act Enforcement Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds in contravention of the War Powers Resolution. That resolution provides procedures for Congress and the President to participate in decisions to send the Armed Forces into hostilities.

What's happening now March 19, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2471 Related bill Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 23
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jul 22, 2021
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jun 17, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 7, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 14, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Apr 14, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 23, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Mar 19, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Mar 19, 2021
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 19, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Mar 19, 2021
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Mar 19, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 19, 2021
Wild, Susan
· Mar 19, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2108: War Powers Act Enforcement Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2108/
MLA
"H.R. 2108: War Powers Act Enforcement Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2108/.
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H.R. 2108, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2108/.
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