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Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Syria.

Source: Congress.gov  ·  164 words in original text
This concurrent resolution (a formal statement passed by Congress) directs the President to remove all United States Armed Forces from Syria. Congress is using a section of the War Powers Resolution (a law that governs how the President uses the military) to make this direction.
The President of the United States, the United States Armed Forces, and Syria.
• Congress directs the President to remove all United States Armed Forces from Syria within 15 days after Congress passes this resolution (Sec. 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution).
If this resolution becomes law, the President would be required to remove all United States Armed Forces from Syria by a date that is 15 days after the resolution is adopted (officially passed).
Concurrent resolution: A formal statement passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate that expresses the position of Congress but does not have the force of a law that the President must follow in the same way as legislation.
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