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SEC. 2. JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS AUTHORIZING, 
NARROWING, OR REPEALING USE OF MILI-
TARY FORCE. 
The War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 5 the following new 
section: 
‘‘JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS AUTHORIZING, 
NARROWING, OR REPEALING USE OF MILITARY FORCE 
‘‘SEC. 5A. (a) A joint resolution or bill introduced 
after the date of the enactment of this section pursuant 
to section 5(b) for a purpose specified in that section shall 
be eligible for expedited consideration in accordance with 
section 6(a) if the joint resolution or bill sets forth only 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The specific strategic objective of the mili-
tary force authorized for use by the joint resolution 
or bill. 
‘‘(2) A specification that the military force au-
thorized for use by the joint resolution or bill is nec-
essary, appropriate, and proportional to the purpose 
of the joint resolution or bill. 
‘‘(3) A specific naming of the nations, organiza-
tions, or forces engaged in active hostilities against 
the United States, its territories or possessions, or 
United States Armed Forces against which use of 
military force is authorized by the joint resolution or 
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bill, which may not vest in or delegate to any official 
in the Executive Branch authority to specify any 
other nation, organization, or force against which 
use of military force is authorized by the joint reso-
lution or bill. 
‘‘(4) A specification of the country or countries, 
or subdivision of a country or subdivisions of coun-
tries, in which military force is authorized for use by 
the joint resolution or bill, which may not vest in or 
delegate to any official in the Executive Branch au-
thority to specify any other country or subdivision of 
a country in which use of military force is author-
ized by the joint resolution or bill. 
‘‘(5) A specification to a date certain of the du-
ration of the authorization for use of military force 
in the joint resolution or bill, which may not exceed 
two years from the date of the enactment of the 
joint resolution or bill. 
‘‘(b) A joint resolution or bill introduced after the 
date of the enactment of this section to narrow a Joint 
Resolution or Act authorizing use of military force that 
is in effect on the date of the introduction of the joint 
resolution or bill shall be eligible for expedited consider-
ation in accordance with section 6(a) if the joint resolution 
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or bill sets forth only a narrowing or other limitation of 
the Joint Resolution or Act as follows: 
‘‘(1) To narrow the specific strategic objective 
of the military force authorized by the Joint Resolu-
tion or Act. 
‘‘(2) To strike one or more named nations, or-
ganizations, or forces against which use of military 
force is authorized by the Joint Resolution or Act, 
and to specify a date certain for the effective date 
of such strike. 
‘‘(3) To strike one or more countries or subdivi-
sions of a country in which military force is author-
ized for use by the Joint Resolution or Act, and to 
specify a date certain for the effective date of such 
strike. 
‘‘(4) To reduce the duration of the authoriza-
tion for use of military force in the Joint Resolution 
or Act to an earlier date certain specified in the 
joint resolution or bill. 
‘‘(c) A joint resolution or bill introduced after the 
date of the enactment of this section only to repeal one 
or more Joint Resolutions or Acts authorizing use of mili-
tary force that is or are in effect on the date of the intro-
duction of the joint resolution or bill shall be eligible for 
expedited consideration in accordance with section 6(a). 
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‘‘(d) A joint resolution or bill introduced as described 
in subsection (a) or (b) may also repeal any Joint Resolu-
tion or Act authorizing use of military force that is in ef-
fect on the date of the introduction of the joint resolution 
or bill without losing eligibility for expedited consideration 
in accordance with section 6(a) as otherwise provided in 
such subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR JOINT RESOLU-
TIONS AND BILLS AUTHORIZING, LIMITING, 
OR REPEALING USE OF MILITARY FORCE. 
Section 6(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1545(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as designated by para-
graph (1) of this section— 
(A) by striking ‘‘introduced pursuant to 
section 5(b) at least thirty calendar days before 
the expiration of the sixty-day period specified 
in such section’’ and inserting ‘‘introduced pur-
suant to section 5(b) for purposes of section 
5A(a) at least thirty calendar days before the 
expiration of the sixty-day period specified in 
section 5(b)’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘sixty-day period specified 
in such section’’ and inserting ‘‘sixty-day period 
specified in section 5(b)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) Any joint resolution or bill introduced pursu-
ant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 5A shall be referred 
to the committee provided for in paragraph (1), and such 
committee shall report one such joint resolution or bill, 
together with its recommendations, not later than twenty- 
four calendar days before the expiration of the thirty-day 
period beginning on the date of the introduction of such 
joint resolution or bill, unless such House shall otherwise 
determine by the yeas and nays. 
‘‘(B) In the case of any joint resolution or bill de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), any reference in this section 
to the sixty-day period specified in section 5(b) shall be 
deemed to refer instead to the thirty-day period beginning 
on the date of the introduction of such joint resolution 
or bill.’’. 
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SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION 
OF 
THE 
WAR 
POWERS 
RESOLUTION 
OR 
OTHER APPLICABLE RESOLUTIONS AUTHOR-
IZING USE OF MILITARY FORCE. 
The War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 9 and 10 as sec-
tions 10 and 11, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 8 the following 
new section 9: 
‘‘LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS 
‘‘SEC. 9. Appropriated funds may not be obligated 
or expended for the introduction or use of United States 
Armed Forces into or in hostilities or situations where im-
minent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 
circumstances in contravention of the provisions of this 
joint resolution, or another Joint Resolution or Act au-
thorizing such introduction or use (if applicable).’’. 
SEC. 5. JUSTIFICATION IN REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZA-
TIONS FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AND IN 
REPORTS ON USE OF MILITARY FORCE. 
Section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1543) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1) If in submitting a report under subsection (a) 
or in connection with an introduction of the United States 
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Armed Forces as described in that subsection the Presi-
dent also submits to Congress a request for an authoriza-
tion for use of the United States Armed Forces in the 
hostilities or situation concerned, the President shall in-
clude with such request a comprehensive justification for 
such request, including a justification for— 
‘‘(A) the nations, organizations, and forces cov-
ered by such request; 
‘‘(B) the countries and subdivisions of countries 
covered by such request; and 
‘‘(C) the duration of the request. 
‘‘(2) Each report under subsection (c) on the status 
of hostilities or a situation shall include a current com-
prehensive justification for use of the United States 
Armed Forces in the hostilities or situation, including a 
justification for— 
‘‘(A) the continuing use of the United States 
Armed Forces against the particular nations, organi-
zations, and forces concerned; 
‘‘(B) the continuing use of the United States 
Armed Forces in the particular countries and sub-
divisions of countries concerned; and 
‘‘(C) the currently anticipated duration of the 
use of the United States Armed Forces in the hos-
tilities or situation. 
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‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any 
justification submitted pursuant to this subsection shall 
be in unclassified form to the greatest extent practicable, 
including in the specification of the countries or subdivi-
sions of countries concerned and in the duration or antici-
pated duration concerned, but may include a classified 
annex (and then only to the extent required to protect the 
national security interests of the United States). 
‘‘(B) A request described in paragraph (1) shall list 
or specify the names of the nations, organizations, and 
forces covered by such request in unclassified form.’’. 
SEC. 6. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR USE OF MILI-
TARY FORCE. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION
FOR
USE
OF
MILITARY 
FORCE.—The Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is repealed. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE 
AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002.—The Authoriza-
tion for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 
2002 (Public law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is re-
pealed. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SAFE REMOVAL OF 
ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES.—Notwithstanding 
the repeal by subsections (a) and (b) of the Resolutions 
referred to in such subsections, the President is author-
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ized, during the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this joint resolution, to obligate and ex-
pend appropriated funds to safely remove United States 
Armed Forces from hostilities or situations in which use 
of United States Armed Forces is authorized by or con-
ducted pursuant to the Resolutions as of the date of the 
enactment of this joint resolution. 
Æ 
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