IA 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 89 
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al-Qaeda, the 
Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, successor organizations, 
and associated forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2017 
Mr. BANKS of Indiana (for himself and Mr. JONES) submitted the following 
joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against 
al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and 
Syria, successor organizations, and associated forces. 
Whereas, on September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda committed acts 
of treacherous violence against the United States and the 
citizens of the United States; 
Whereas such acts render it both necessary and appropriate 
that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense 
and to protect the citizens of the United States both at 
home and abroad; 
Whereas al-Qaeda and its affiliates continue to represent a 
threat to the people of the United States and the national 
security of the United States; 
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Whereas the Taliban continues to conduct attacks against 
people of the United States and allies of the United 
States, including the Government of Afghanistan; 
Whereas the terrorist organization referred to as the ‘‘Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria’’ (ISIS), also known as the ‘‘Is-
lamic State in Iraq and the Levant’’ (ISIL), the ‘‘Islamic 
State’’, or ‘‘Daesh’’, has systematically targeted, kid-
napped, and killed innocent men, women, and children 
throughout Iraq and Syria; 
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria poses a grave 
threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, the stability of the 
Middle East, and the national security interests of the 
United States and allies and partners of the United 
States; 
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has conducted, 
supported, and inspired terrorist attacks that have re-
sulted in the murder of people of the United States and 
allies of the United States; 
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has committed 
genocide, despicable acts of violence, and mass executions 
against religious and ethnic minorities who do not sub-
scribe to the depraved, violent, and oppressive ideology of 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; and 
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has targeted 
women and girls with horrific acts of violence, including 
abduction, enslavement, torture, rape, and forced mar-
riage: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Authoriza-
tion for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the 
Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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. 
(b) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC
STATUTORY
AUTHORIZATION.— 
Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)(1)), Congress de-
clares that this section is intended to constitute spe-
cific statutory authorization within the meaning of 
section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Nothing in this joint resolution supercedes 
any requirement of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO DETAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 
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of war, persons who are a part of or substantially sup-
ported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria, any successor organization, or any associated 
force of those organizations. 
(b) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—The dis-
position of a person under the law of war described in 
subsection (a) includes the following: 
(1) Detention under the law of war without 
trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by 
section 2(a). 
(2) Trial under chapter 47A of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(3) Transfer for trial by an alternative court or 
competent tribunal having lawful jurisdiction. 
(4) Transfer to the custody or control of the 
person’s country of origin, any other foreign coun-
try, or any other foreign entity. 
SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO DEFEAT THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ 
AND SYRIA. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a comprehensive strategy to defeat the 
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive strategy re-
quired by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, detail the 
following: 
(1) Vital and important United States national 
security interests threatened by the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria. 
(2) Strategic and operational objectives. 
(3) Milestones for assessing progress toward po-
litical, diplomatic, development, informational, and 
military goals. 
(4) Risks for the strategy. 
(5) Public diplomacy, information operations, 
and cyber strategies to isolate and delegitimize the 
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its radical 
Islamist ideology. 
(6) Actual and proposed contributions of coali-
tion partners. 
(7) Humanitarian assistance and support for 
displaced civilian populations. 
(8) Mechanisms to cut off or seize the financial 
support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, in-
cluding financial transfers, money laundering, oil 
revenue, human trafficking, sales of looted art and 
historical artifacts, and other sources of revenue. 
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(9) Plans for countering the international travel 
of terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 
(10) Plans for the law of war detention and in-
terrogation of combatants of the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria. 
(11) Plans for sustainable governance and secu-
rity in areas retaken from the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria. 
(12) An endstate and exit strategy for any 
planned combat deployment of United States con-
ventional ground forces. 
(13) An estimate of the costs of carrying out 
the strategy. 
(14) Plans to inform periodically the people of 
the United States about the campaign to defeat the 
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 
(c) FORM
OF SUBMISSION.—The plan submitted 
under subsection (a) shall be submitted in classified form 
with an unclassified summary. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For-
eign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Secu-
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rity and Governmental Affairs, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not less frequently than once every 
60 days, the President shall submit to Congress a report 
on matters relevant to this joint resolution, including ac-
tions taken pursuant to the exercise of authority granted 
by this joint resolution. 
(b) SINGLE CONSOLIDATED REPORT.—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 re-
quirements of the War Powers Resolution, all such reports 
may be submitted as a single consolidated report to Con-
gress. 
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SEC. 6. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY 
FORCE. 
(a) REPEAL.—The Authorization for Use of Military 
Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is here-
by repealed. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF ONGOING OPERATIONS AND 
ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the continuation after the date of the enact-
ment of this joint resolution of operations and activities 
being carried out under the Authorization for Use of Mili-
tary Force as of the date of the enactment of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY 
FORCE AGAINST IRAQ. 
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against 
Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243; 116 Stat. 
1498; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed. 
Æ 
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