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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. J. RES. 107 

To authorize the use of military force against the Islamic Republic of Iran 

if the President determines that the Islamic Republic of Iran is planning 

or conducts an attack against any former, current, or incoming United 

States Government official or senior military personnel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Mr. GRAHAM introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

To authorize the use of military force against the Islamic 

Republic of Iran if the President determines that the 

Islamic Republic of Iran is planning or conducts an 

attack against any former, current, or incoming United 

States Government official or senior military personnel. 

Whereas, on January 19, 1984, the United States designated 

the Islamic Republic of Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism; 

Whereas Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran 

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stated the United States is 

‘‘hated in the world’’ and that ‘‘[a]s long as America continues its wickedness, the Iranian nation will not abandon 

‘Death to America’ ’’; 


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•SJ 107 IS 

Whereas, since the founding of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 

the Iranian regime has planned and conducted as many 

as 360 targeted assassinations, and victims range from 

political dissidents to foreign government officials; 

Whereas, under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic 

of Iran has plotted assassinations and attacks against 

United States Government officials and senior military 

personnel, including— 

(1) former President of the United States Donald 

Trump; 

(2) former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; 

(3) former Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook; 

(4) former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper; 

(5) former National Security Advisor John Bolton; 

(6) former National Security Advisor Robert 

O’Brien; and 

(7) former Commander of United States Central 

Command General Kenneth Frank McKenzie; 

Whereas, on January 9, 2022, the Assistant to the President 

for National Security Affairs (commonly referred to as 

the ‘‘National Security Advisor’’) Jake Sullivan stated, 

‘‘Make no mistake: the United States of America will 

protect and defend its citizens. This includes those serving the United States now and those who formerly 

served.’’; 

Whereas, in February 2022, the Department of State submitted a report to Congress that stated that the cost of 

protecting former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 

former United States Special Representative for Iran 

Brian Hook between August 2021 and February 2022 

amounted to $13,100,000; 


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•SJ 107 IS 

Whereas, on August 10, 2022, the Department of Justice 

charged an Iranian national and member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with attempting to arrange the murder of former National Security Advisor 

John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike 

Pompeo; 

Whereas, on December 19, 2023, the United States Government again renewed Secret Service protection for former 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former United 

States Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook due to 

‘‘serious and credible’’ threats against them from the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 

Whereas, on July 16, 2024, it was reported that former 

President Donald Trump’s Secret Service protection was 

further increased due to credible intelligence about an assassination plot by the Islamic Republic of Iran against 

him: Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY 

4 FORCE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 

5 IRAN. 

6 The President is authorized to use all necessary and 

7 appropriate force against the Islamic Republic of Iran if 

8 the President determines that the Islamic Republic of 

9 Iran, or its proxies, are planning or conducts an attack 

10 against any former, current, or incoming United States 

11 Government official or senior military personnel. 


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•SJ 107 IS 

1 SEC. 2. WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION.—Con3 sistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution 

4 (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)(1)), Congress declares that this reso5 lution is intended to constitute specific statutory author6 ization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Pow7 ers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)). 

8 (b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 Nothing in this resolution supersedes any requirement of 

10 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

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