Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

This joint resolution may be cited as the " Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" . The President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, successor organizations, and associated forces. Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution ( (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)(1)) ), Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution. Nothing in this joint resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution ( (50 U.S.C. 1541) et seq.). The authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to section 2(a) includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain, pending disposition under the law of war, persons who are a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, any successor organization, or any associated force of those organizations. The disposition of a person under the law of war described in subsection (a) includes the following: Detention under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by section 2(a). Trial under (chapter 47A) of title 10, United States Code. Transfer for trial by an alternative court or competent tribunal having lawful jurisdiction. Transfer to the custody or control of the person's country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign entity. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The comprehensive strategy required by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, detail the following: Vital and important United States national security interests threatened by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Strategic and operational objectives. Milestones for assessing progress toward political, diplomatic, development, informational, and military goals. Risks for the strategy. Public diplomacy, information operations, and cyber strategies to isolate and delegitimize the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its radical Islamist ideology. Actual and proposed contributions of coalition partners. Humanitarian assistance and support for displaced civilian populations. Mechanisms to cut off or seize the financial support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, including financial transfers, money laundering, oil revenue, human trafficking, sales of looted art and historical artifacts, and other sources of revenue. Plans for countering the international travel of terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Plans for the law of war detention and interrogation of combatants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Plans for sustainable governance and security in areas retaken from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. An endstate and exit strategy for any planned combat deployment of United States conventional ground forces. An estimate of the costs of carrying out the strategy. Plans to inform periodically the people of the United States about the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in classified form with an unclassified summary. In this section, the term meansâ€” the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. Not less frequently than once every 60 days, the President shall submit to Congress a report on matters relevant to this joint resolution, including actions taken pursuant to the exercise of authority granted by this joint resolution. To the extent that the submission of any report described in subsection (a) coincides with the submission of any other report on matters relevant to this joint resolution otherwise required to be submitted to Congress pursuant to the reporting requirements of the War Powers Resolution, all such reports may be submitted as a single consolidated report to Congress. The Authorization for Use of Military Force ( (Public Law 107â€“40) ; (50 U.S.C. 1541) note) is hereby repealed. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the continuation after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution of operations and activities being carried out under the Authorization for Use of Military Force as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ( (Public Law 107â€“243) ; 116 Stat. 1498; (50 U.S.C. 1541) note) is hereby repealed.

Summary: Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Congress from making any law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to the Senators and Representatives.