23.3036.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3012
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representative Heilman
1 A concurrent resolution recognizing the constitutional duty of Congress to declare war and the
2 unconstitutional deployment of military personnel to active duty pursuant to clause 11 of
3 section 8 of article I of the United States Constitution.
4 WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has not constitutionally declared war since
5 1942; and
6 WHEREAS, the President of the United States and Congress of the United States should
7 execute the constitutional duty to formally declare war when it is necessary with no other
8 alternative; and
9 WHEREAS, a defined end goal must be identified by the Congress, the President, and
10 military leaders before deploying any military personnel overseas in active combat; and
11 WHEREAS, leaders have unconstitutionally deployed troops abroad without declaration of
12 war, usurping the principles of a restrained and limited government; and
13 WHEREAS, it is not in the best interest of the United States to be policing the world; and
14 WHEREAS, it is not in the best interest of the United States to be sending money to foreign
15 nations in conflicts of low priority;
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
17 NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
18 That the Sixty-eighth Legislative Assembly recognizes the constitutional duty of Congress to
19 declare war and the unconstitutional deployment of military personnel to active duty pursuant to
20 clause 11 of section 8 of article I of the United States Constitution; and
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution
22 to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of
23 Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, each member of the
24 North Dakota Congressional Delegation, the Attorney General of the United States, and the
25 Secretary of Defense.
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