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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. J. RES. 18 

Prohibiting the deployment, establishment, or maintenance of a presence 

of units and members of the United States Armed Forces on the ground 

in Libya, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 8, 2011 

Mr. WEBB (for himself and Mr. CORKER) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Prohibiting the deployment, establishment, or maintenance 

of a presence of units and members of the United States 

Armed Forces on the ground in Libya, and for other 

purposes. 

Whereas the President has not sought, and Congress has not 

provided, authorization for the introduction or continued 

involvement of the United States Armed Forces in Libya; 

and 

Whereas Congress has the constitutional prerogative to withhold funding for any unauthorized use of the United 

States Armed Forces, including for unauthorized activities regarding Libya: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 

4 Congress makes the following statements of policy: 

5 (1) The United States Armed Forces shall be 

6 used exclusively to defend and advance the national 

7 security interests of the United States. 

8 (2) The President has failed to provide Con9 gress with a compelling rationale based upon United 

10 States national security interests for current United 

11 States military activities regarding Libya. 

12 (3) The President shall not deploy, establish, or 

13 maintain the presence of units and members of the 

14 United States Armed Forces on the ground in Libya 

15 unless the purpose of the presence is limited to the 

16 immediate personal defense of United States Gov17 ernment officials (including diplomatic representa18 tives) or to rescuing members of the United States 

19 Armed Forces from imminent danger. 

20 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES GROUND COM21 BAT PRESENCE IN LIBYA. 

22 No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

23 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex24 pended for the purpose of— 


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1 (1) deploying units or members of the United 

2 States Armed Forces on to the ground of Libya for 

3 the purposes of engaging in ground combat oper4 ations, unless the purpose of such deployment is lim5 ited solely to rescuing members of the United States 

6 Armed Forces from imminent danger; 

7 (2) awarding a contract to a private security 

8 contractor to conduct any activity on the ground of 

9 Libya; or 

10 (3) otherwise establishing or maintaining any 

11 presence of units or members of the United States 

12 Armed Forces or private security contractors on the 

13 ground of Libya, unless the purpose of such pres14 ence is limited to the immediate personal defense of 

15 United States Government officials (including diplo16 matic representatives) or to rescuing members of the 

17 United States Armed Forces from imminent danger. 

18 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that— 

20 (1) the President should request authorization 

21 from Congress for the continuation of United States 

22 involvement in ongoing NATO activities in Libya; 

23 and 

24 (2) Congress should fully debate and consider 

25 such request in an expeditious manner. 


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1 SEC. 4. TRANSMITTAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH INFORMA2 TION RELATING TO OPERATION ODYSSEY 

3 DAWN AND OPERATION UNIFIED PRO4 TECTOR. 

5 Not later than 14 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of State, the 

7 Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General shall each 

8 transmit to Congress a copy of any official document, 

9 record, memo, correspondence, or other communication in 

10 the possession of such official that was created on or after 

11 February 15, 2011, and refers or relates to— 

12 (1) consultation or communication with Con13 gress regarding the employment or deployment of 

14 the United States Armed Forces for Operation Od15 yssey Dawn or NATO Operation Unified Protector; 

16 or 

17 (2) the War Powers Resolution and Operation 

18 Odyssey Dawn or Operation Unified Protector. 

19 SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

20 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 14 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, 

22 the President shall submit to Congress a report describing 

23 in detail United States security interests and objectives, 

24 and the activities of United States Armed Forces, in Libya 

25 since March 19, 2011, including a description of the fol26 lowing: 


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1 (1) The President’s justification for not seeking 

2 authorization by Congress for the use of military 

3 force in Libya. 

4 (2) United States political and military objec5 tives regarding Libya, including the relationship be6 tween the intended objectives and the operational 

7 means being employed to achieve them. 

8 (3) Changes in United States political and mili9 tary objectives following the assumption of command 

10 by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 

11 (4) Differences between United States political 

12 and military objectives regarding Libya and those of 

13 other NATO member states engaged in military ac14 tivities. 

15 (5) The specific commitments by the United 

16 States to ongoing NATO activities regarding Libya. 

17 (6) The anticipated scope and duration of con18 tinued United States military involvement in support 

19 of NATO activities regarding Libya. 

20 (7) The costs of United States military, polit21 ical, and humanitarian efforts concerning Libya as 

22 of June 3, 2011. 

23 (8) The total projected costs of United States 

24 military, political, and humanitarian efforts con25 cerning Libya. 


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1 (9) The impact on United States activities in 

2 Iraq and Afghanistan. 

3 (10) The role of the United States in the estab4 lishment of a political structure to succeed the cur5 rent Libyan regime. 

6 (11) An assessment of the current military ca7 pacity of opposition forces in Libya. 

8 (12) An assessment of the ability of opposition 

9 forces in Libya to establish effective military and po10 litical control of Libya and a practicable timetable 

11 for accomplishing these objectives. 

12 (13) An assessment of the consequences of a 

13 cessation of United States military activities on the 

14 viability of continued NATO operations regarding 

15 Libya and on the continued viability of groups op16 posing the Libyan regime. 

17 (14) The composition and political agenda of 

18 the Interim Transitional National Council (ITNC) 

19 and its representation of the views of the Libyan 

20 people as a whole. 

21 (15) The criteria to be used to determine 

22 United States recognition of the ITNC as the rep23 resentative of the Libyan people, including the role 

24 of current and former members of the existing re25 gime. 


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1 (16) Financial resources currently available to 

2 opposition groups and United States plans to facili3 tate their access to seized assets of the Libyan re4 gime and proceeds from the sale of Libyan petro5 leum. 

6 (17) The relationship between the ITNC and 

7 the Muslim Brotherhood, the members of the Libyan 

8 Islamic Fighting Group, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and 

9 any other group that has promoted an agenda that 

10 would negatively impact United States interests. 

11 (18) Weapons acquired for use, and operations 

12 initiated, in Libya by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 

13 members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, al14 Qaeda, Hezbollah, and any other group that has 

15 promoted an agenda that would negatively impact 

16 United States interests. 

17 (19) The status of the 20,000 MANPADS cited 

18 by the Commander of the United States Africa Com19 mand, as well as Libya’s SCUD–Bs and chemical 

20 munitions, including mustard gas. 

21 (20) Material, communication, coordination, fi22 nancing and other forms of support between and 

23 among al-Qaeda operatives, its affiliates, and sup24 porters in Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and North Af25 rica. 


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1 (21) Contributions by Jordan, the United Arab 

2 Emirates, Qatar, and other regional states in sup3 port of NATO activities in Libya. 

4 (b) FORM.—The report required by this section shall 

5 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas6 sified annex. 

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