JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the
Imperial Government of Japan and the Government and the people of the
United States and making provisions to prosecute the same.
Whereas the Imperial Government of Japan has committed unprovoked acts
of war against the Government and the people of the United States of
America: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the state of was between the United States and the Imperial
Government of Japan which has thus been thrust upon the United States is
hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and
directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United
States and the resources of the Government to carry on was against the
Imperial Government of Japan; and, to bring the conflict to a successful
termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by
the Congress of the United States.
Approved, December 8, 1941, 4:10 p.m. E.S.T.
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