U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HR1575: Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution directing a President to withdraw forces from a war zone under the Act. Donald J. Trump disregarded this unprecedented bicameral, bipartisan rebuke, and in so doing usurped Congress' war-making authority. (3) After a brief pause in active hostilities, Donald J. Trump resumed strikes against Iran on July 7, 2026, notifying Congress only after the fact and asserting that the 60 day clock restarted with each new round of strikes. This flawed and disingenuous interpretation was designed to permit indefinite unilateral warfare while nominally complying with the Act's notice requirement.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
a resolution directing a President to withdraw forces from a war zone under the Act. Donald J. Trump disregarded this unprecedented bicameral, bipartisan rebuke, and in so doing usurped Congress' war-making authority. (3) After a brief pause in active hostilities, Donald J. Trump resumed strikes against Iran on July 7, 2026, notifying Congress only after the fact and asserting that the 60 day clock restarted with each new round of strikes. This flawed and disingenuous interpretation was designed to permit indefinite unilateral warfare while nominally complying with the Act's notice requirement. The pattern was intended to evade compliance, not respect the Constitution's structure or Federal law. (4) Article I, section 8 of the Constitution vests the power to declare war in Congress alone, and no statute extends to strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities or the sustained bombing campaign that followed. Donald J. Trump refused to identify any specific congressional authorization for the June 2025 strikes or their July 2026 resumption, relying instead on his assertion that Article II provides authority to commit the Nation to war. Such a reading purposefully disregards the plain words of the Constitution and centuries of constitutional practice that Donald J. Trump swore to protect and uphold. Through this conduct, Donald J. Trump has arrogated to himself the power to initiate and continue war against a …