PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

Resolution · HRES

H.Res. 50 (119th)

Recognizing that article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution explicitly reserves to the States the sovereign power to repel an invasion and defend their citizenry from the overwhelming and "imminent danger" posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels, terrorists and criminal actors who seized control of our southern border.

Original

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

16 January 2025

Last action

16 January 2025 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19], Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3], Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6], Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14], Beth Van Duyne, Pat Fallon, Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22], Nathaniel Moran, Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36], Roger Williams, Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2], Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5], Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15], Morgan Luttrell, Ronny Jackson, Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23], Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], John Carter, Tim Burchett, Pete Sessions, Chip Roy, Wesley Hunt, August Pfluger, Rep. Goldman, Craig [R-TX-12], Michael Cloud, Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26], Barry Moore, Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3], Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19], William Timmons, Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5], Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1], Diana Harshbarger, Mike Collins, Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17], David Rouzer, Gregory Murphy, Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11], Thomas Massie, Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1], Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

Subjects

Defence, Rule of law, Immigration

Source updated

17 July 2026

Defence · Rule of law · Immigration

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

This resolution declares that every state within the United States has the sovereign right to exclude any person who does not have the right to be there. It also declares that the states along the southern border (1) were invaded by terrorists, narco-terrorist cartels, and criminal actors from 2021 through 2024; and (2) have the sovereign and unilateral authority to defend themselves against such an invasion.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 16 January 2025

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 January 2025

    Committee

    Submitted in House

    Source: Committee

  3. 16 January 2025

    Introduced

    Submitted in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

2 official files

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.