House joint resolution · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 15, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 16, 2019 · 354–60
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 77.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 162, October 15, 2019, Page H8144):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 77, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/77
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc30259efe0f1b68ebe59cc68354adbf0ffa3da0a03aae9fd74ea118a7ca2ac6
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
64 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 1 independent
24 of 64 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ken Buck (R-CO), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), John Curtis (R-UT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Garret Graves (R-LA), Mark Green (R-TN), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Clay Higgins (R-LA), J. Hill (R-AR), Katie Hill (D-CA), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Will Hurd (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI) and 34 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel.
- H.Res. 517 (116th) Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment.
- H.R. 31 (116th) Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 3190 (116th) BURMA Act of 2019
- H.R. 2615 (116th) United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act
- H.Res. 1033 (116th) Condemning acts by the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that violate…
- H.R. 4995 (116th) Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.