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

What happened: Representative Balint (D-VT) introduced H. Con. Res. 95 on April 30, 2026, which invokes Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to direct the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and has had zero additional actions in nearly one month. It is one of at least five identical concurrent resolutions (HCONRES87-95) all stuck at the same early stage.

The money trail: This is a concurrent resolution — it does not authorize or appropriate any funds. It is a non-binding expression of congressional sentiment under the War Powers framework. No dollar amount is provided, requested, or affected by this bill. Contracting mechanisms, procurement programs, and existing troop funding remain unchanged regardless of this resolution’s outcome.

Structural winners and losers: Because this is a purely procedural messaging bill at the earliest legislative stage with no funding mechanism and no enforcement power against a presidential veto, there is no identifiable market impact on any specific company. Defense contractors — $LMT, $NOC, $GD, $RTX, $BA, $LHX, $HII, $LDOS, $BAH — face no revenue exposure from this bill. Even if passed, the resolution's exceptions for self-defense, defensive troop presence, and intelligence sharing severely limit any operational change.

Timeline: Zero legislative velocity. Referred to committee April 30, no hearings, no markup, no floor schedule. Identical companion bills exist but none have advanced. The 119th Congress has two years remaining, but this resolution would require House passage, Senate passage, and either a presidential signature (unlikely for a Democratic resolution opposing military action) or a veto override (extremely unlikely given Republican control).