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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 100 

To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al Qaeda, 

the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the Afghan Taliban. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2017 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 

EVANS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

MOULTON, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. WALZ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 

addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against 

al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 

(ISIL), and the Afghan Taliban. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Consoli5 dated Authorization for Use of Military Force Resolution 

6 of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FORCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 

3 use all necessary and appropriate force to protect the na4 tional security of the United States against the following: 

5 (1) Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

6 Levant (ISIL), and the Afghan Taliban. 

7 (2) Any organized and armed group that is as8 sociated with an entity described in paragraph (1) if 

9 such group is a co-belligerent with such entity in 

10 hostilities against the United States. 

11 (b) SUNSET CLAUSE.—The authority granted in sub12 section (a) shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after 

13 the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

14 (c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION.— 

16 Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 

17 Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is 

18 intended to constitute specific statutory authoriza19 tion within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War 

20 Powers Resolution. 

21 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIRE22 MENTS.—Nothing in this joint resolution supersedes 

23 any requirement of the War Powers Resolution. 

24 SEC. 3. REPORTING AND NOTIFICATIONS. 

25 (a) REPORTS PURSUANT TO THIS JOINT RESOLU26 TION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—At least once every 90 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this joint resolu3 tion, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

4 congressional committees and publish in the Federal 

5 Register a list of entities and organized and armed 

6 groups against which such authority has been exer7 cised and the geographic location where such author8 ity has been exercised. 

9 (2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—In the case in 

10 which the authority granted in section 2(a) has been 

11 exercised against an organized and armed group de12 scribed in paragraph (2) of such section, the Presi13 dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees a summary of the factual predicate for 

15 concluding that such group meets the requirements 

16 of paragraph (2) of such section. 

17 (3) FORM.—Any part of the list required by 

18 paragraph (1) or the additional information required 

19 by paragraph (2) may be submitted in classified 

20 form if the President determines it is necessary to 

21 protect the national security of the United States. 

22 Any such information submitted in classified form 

23 shall be accompanied by unclassified written findings 

24 to support such a determination. 


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1 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The requirement to 

2 submit reports under subsection (a) is in addition to all 

3 other applicable reporting requirements under the War 

4 Powers Resolution or any other provision of law. 

5 (c) NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO USE OF AU6 THORITY TO DEPLOY GROUND FORCES IN A COMBAT

7 ROLE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the President exercises 

9 the authority granted in section 2(a) to deploy 

10 ground forces in a combat role against an entity or 

11 organized and armed group, the President shall no12 tify appropriate congressional committees at the ear13 liest possible date after such deployment consistent 

14 with the national security interests of the United 

15 States. 

16 (2) MODIFICATION OR REPEAL OF AUTHOR17 ITY.—A joint resolution introduced in the House of 

18 Representatives or the Senate on or after the date 

19 on which the appropriate congressional committees 

20 receive a notification from the President pursuant to 

21 paragraph (1) that provides for the modification or 

22 repeal of the authority provided in section 2(a) with 

23 respect to the deployment of ground forces in a com24 bat role as described in such notification shall be 

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1 scribed in section 6 of the War Powers Resolution 

2 that are applicable to a joint resolution or bill intro3 duced pursuant to section 5(b) of the War Powers 

4 Resolution. 

5 (3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub6 section, ‘‘ground forces in a combat role’’ does not 

7 include special operations forces or other forces that 

8 may be deployed for purposes of training, advisory 

9 roles, search and rescue, intelligence gathering, 

10 ground support for air operations, or limited dura11 tion actions against high value targets. 

12 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

13 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con14 gressional committees’’ means— 

15 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

16 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 

17 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

18 Representatives; and 

19 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

20 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

21 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

22 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR USE OF 

23 UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. 

24 The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: 


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1 (1) The Authorization for Use of Military Force 

2 Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

3 243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 

4 (2) The Authorization for Use of Military Force 

5 (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 

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