BILL NUMBER: SJR 17	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

   Relative to the Syrian government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 17, as introduced, Anderson. Syrian government: military
action.
   This measure would urge President Barack Obama to obtain
congressional authorization prior to using military force against the
Assad regime in Syria in accordance with the United States
Constitution, and would urge United States Senators Barbara Boxer and
Dianne Feinstein to request that the President obtain congressional
approval prior to taking military action against the Assad regime in
Syria.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Clause 11 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States
Constitution grants exclusive power to Congress to declare war; and
   WHEREAS, Neither the Syrian Government nor President Bashar
Al-Assad has directly attacked any vital security interests of the
United States; and
   WHEREAS, Legitimate uncertainty exists as to what the character
and makeup of a post-President Al-Assad Syrian regime will be; and
   WHEREAS, The American people through their chosen Congressional
Representatives should have their constitutional rights defended in
order to determine the true necessity of escalated United States
military involvement; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California,
on behalf of its citizens, urges President Barack Obama to obtain
congressional authorization prior to using military force against the
Assad regime in Syria; and be it further
   Resolved, That United States Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne
Feinstein request that President Barack Obama obtains congressional
authorization prior to any military action against the Assad regime
in Syria; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author
for appropriate distribution.