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A concurrent resolution declaring that the President's decision to commit United States military personnel to El Salvador requires that he comply with section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution.

Introduced: March 4, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 10, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs.
Mar 10, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Mar 4, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 4, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the President's decision to commit U.S. military personnel to El Salvador requires the President to submit to Congress a specified report required by the War Powers Resolution in order to preserve the integrity of such Resolution and to ensure the full and cooperative judgment of both Congress and the President with respect to the introduction of U.S. military personnel into El Salvador.

What's happening now March 10, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 1981
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 87: A concurrent resolution declaring that the President's decision to commit United States military personnel to El Salvador requires that he comply with section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-87/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 87: A concurrent resolution declaring that the President's decision to commit United States military personnel to El Salvador requires that he comply with section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-87/.
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H. Con. Res. 87, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-87/.
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[H. Con. Res. 87: A concurrent resolution declaring that the President's decision to commit United States military personnel to El Salvador requires that he comply with section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-87/)
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