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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3019 

To amend the War Powers Resolution to provide for the use of military 

force against non-state actors. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 16, 2014 

Mr. LEVIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the War Powers Resolution to provide for the 

use of military force against non-state actors. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘War Powers Against 

5 Non-State Actors Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST NON-STATE AC7 TORS. 

8 The War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) 

9 is amended by inserting after section 5 (50 U.S.C. 1544) 

10 the following section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 5a. NON-STATE ACTORS. 

2 ‘‘(a) TERMINATION OF USE OF UNITED STATES

3 ARMED FORCES; EXCEPTIONS.—In the event that a re4 port submitted by the President to Congress consistent 

5 with the requirements of section 4 relates to the use of 

6 the United States Armed Forces against a non-state orga7 nization or entity— 

8 ‘‘(1) the requirement in section 5(b) shall not 

9 apply; and 

10 ‘‘(2) not later than 60 days after the date on 

11 which the President submits the report, the Presi12 dent shall terminate the use of the Armed Forces of 

13 the United States unless— 

14 ‘‘(A) the legal authority under which the 

15 President has made the approval is a law pro16 viding authority to use the Armed Forces of the 

17 United States against the non-state organiza18 tion or entity; or 

19 ‘‘(B)(i) the President notifies Congress 

20 that continuing military action is necessary be21 cause the non-state organization or entity is a 

22 terrorist organization that poses a continuing 

23 and imminent threat to the United States and 

24 United States persons; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Congress does not enact a joint reso2 lution disapproving such report pursuant to 

3 subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(b) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR JOINT RESOLU5 TION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) JOINT RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.—For 

7 purposes of this section, the term ‘joint resolution’ 

8 means only a joint resolution which is introduced 

9 within the 10-day period beginning on the date on 

10 which the President submits a notification pursuant 

11 to subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), the matter after the re12 solving clause of which is as follows: ‘That Congress 

13 disapproves the authorization to use for the Armed 

14 Forces of the United States to use direct action as 

15 submitted by the President in the notification sub16 mitted to Congress on llllll’, the blank 

17 space being filled in with the appropriate date. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—Any joint 

19 resolution introduced pursuant to this subsection 

20 shall be subject to the congressional priority proce21 dures established for concurrent resolutions in sec22 tion 7 and section 1013 of the Department of State 

23 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 

24 U.S.C. 1546a), except that such resolution shall not 

25 be subject to amendment. 


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1 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion is intended to alter the constitutional authority of 

3 Congress or the President.’’. 

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