[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 590 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 590 To require that any request by the President for a declaration of war include a cost/benefit statement, and to require that any declaration of war by the Congress include such a statement. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 1993 Mr. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require that any request by the President for a declaration of war include a cost/benefit statement, and to require that any declaration of war by the Congress include such a statement. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION. 1. PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR DECLARATION OF WAR MUST INCLUDE COST/BENEFIT STATEMENT. Whenever the President submits a request to the Congress for a declaration of war, the President shall include with that request a cost/benefit statement that shall identify areas of risk and uncertainty in terms of the cost in dollars as well as human misery and sorrow and describe them clearly so that the decision whether to declare war can be made with knowledge of the degree of reliability of the estimated benefits and costs and the effectiveness of alternate plans. SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF WAR MUST INCLUDE COST/BENEFIT STATEMENT. Any declaration of war by the Congress shall include a cost/benefit statement that shall identify areas of risk and uncertainty in terms of the cost in dollars as well as human misery and sorrow and describe them clearly so that the decision to declare war is made with knowledge of the degree of reliability of the estimated benefits and costs and the effectiveness of alternate plans. <all>