US SJR83

Directs the President to terminate use of U.S. Armed Forces for hostilities against organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations or specially designated global terrorists on or after February 20, 2025, states where those entities operate, or non-state drug trafficking organizations, unless Congress declares war or enacts specific military force authorization

Responds to U.S. military strikes on vessels on September 2, 2025, and September 15, 2025, which the resolution characterizes as hostilities under the War Powers Resolution requiring congressional authorization

Asserts Congress has not declared war nor authorized military force against newly designated terrorist organizations, drug trafficking groups, or states where they operate, and that terrorist designations alone provide no legal authority for presidential use of force

Preserves the right of the U.S. to defend against armed attacks or imminent armed attacks and to use Armed Forces in support of civil authorities for authorized counternarcotics operations, while clarifying that drug trafficking alone does not constitute an armed attack

Invokes expedited legislative procedures under Section 1013 of the Department of State Authorization Act (50 U.S.C. 1546a) for consideration of this war powers resolution