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[CITE: 50USC1544]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 33--WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
 
Sec. 1544. Congressional action


(a) Transmittal of report and referral to Congressional committees; 
        joint request for convening Congress

    Each report submitted pursuant to section 1543(a)(1) of this title 
shall be transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
to the President pro tempore of the Senate on the same calendar day. 
Each report so transmitted shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate for appropriate action. If, when the report is 
transmitted, the Congress has adjourned sine die or has adjourned for 
any period in excess of three calendar days, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, if they 
deem it advisable (or if petitioned by at least 30 percent of the 
membership of their respective Houses) shall jointly request the 
President to convene Congress in order that it may consider the report 
and take appropriate action pursuant to this section.

(b) Termination of use of United States Armed Forces; exceptions; 
        extension period

    Within sixty calendar days after a report is submitted or is 
required to be submitted pursuant to section 1543(a)(1) of this title, 
whichever is earlier, the President shall terminate any use of United 
States Armed Forces with respect to which such report was submitted (or 
required to be submitted), unless the Congress (1) has declared war or 
has enacted a specific authorization for such use of United States Armed 
Forces, (2) has extended by law such sixty-day period, or (3) is 
physically unable to meet as a result of an armed attack upon the United 
States. Such sixty-day period shall be extended for not more than an 
additional thirty days if the President determines and certifies to the 
Congress in writing that unavoidable military necessity respecting the 
safety of United States Armed Forces requires the continued use of such 
armed forces in the course of bringing about a prompt removal of such 
forces.

(c) Concurrent resolution for removal by President of United States 
        Armed Forces

    Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, at any time that 
United States Armed Forces are engaged in hostilities outside the 
territory of the United States, its possessions and territories without 
a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization, such forces 
shall be removed by the President if the Congress so directs by 
concurrent resolution.

(Pub. L. 93-148, Sec. 5, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 556.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1545, 1546 of this title.
