1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Unconstitutional Strike Against North Korea Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The President is currently prohibited from initiating a war or launching a first strike without congressional approval under the United States Constitution and United States law. (2) The Constitution, in article I, section 8, grants Congress the sole power to declare war. (3) George Washington, in a letter to William Moultrie dated August 28, 1793, wrote, The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. . (4) In Examination Number 1 of the Hamilton Papers, dated December 17, 1801, Alexander Hamilton wrote, The Congress shall have the power to declare war