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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
use all necessary and appropriate force to protect the na-
tional security of the United States against the following: 
(1) Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant (ISIL), and the Afghan Taliban. 
(2) Any organized and armed group that is as-
sociated with an entity described in paragraph (1) if 
such group is a co-belligerent with such entity in 
hostilities against the United States. 
(b) SUNSET CLAUSE.—The authority granted in sub-
section (a) shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after 
the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
(c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC
STATUTORY
AUTHORIZATION.— 
Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 
Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is 
intended to constitute specific statutory authoriza-
tion within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War 
Powers Resolution. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Nothing in this joint resolution supersedes 
any requirement of the War Powers Resolution. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING AND NOTIFICATIONS. 
(a) REPORTS PURSUANT TO THIS JOINT RESOLU-
TION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—At least once every 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this joint resolu-
tion, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and publish in the Federal 
Register a list of entities and organized and armed 
groups against which such authority has been exer-
cised and the geographic location where such author-
ity has been exercised. 
(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—In the case in 
which the authority granted in section 2(a) has been 
exercised against an organized and armed group de-
scribed in paragraph (2) of such section, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a summary of the factual predicate for 
concluding that such group meets the requirements 
of paragraph (2) of such section. 
(3) FORM.—Any part of the list required by 
paragraph (1) or the additional information required 
by paragraph (2) may be submitted in classified 
form if the President determines it is necessary to 
protect the national security of the United States. 
Any such information submitted in classified form 
shall be accompanied by unclassified written findings 
to support such a determination. 
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(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The requirement to 
submit reports under subsection (a) is in addition to all 
other applicable reporting requirements under the War 
Powers Resolution or any other provision of law. 
(c) NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO USE OF AU-
THORITY TO DEPLOY GROUND FORCES IN A COMBAT 
ROLE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the President exercises 
the authority granted in section 2(a) to deploy 
ground forces in a combat role against an entity or 
organized and armed group, the President shall no-
tify appropriate congressional committees at the ear-
liest possible date after such deployment consistent 
with the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(2) MODIFICATION
OR
REPEAL
OF
AUTHOR-
ITY.—A joint resolution introduced in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate on or after the date 
on which the appropriate congressional committees 
receive a notification from the President pursuant to 
paragraph (1) that provides for the modification or 
repeal of the authority provided in section 2(a) with 
respect to the deployment of ground forces in a com-
bat role as described in such notification shall be 
considered in accordance with the procedures de-
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scribed in section 6 of the War Powers Resolution 
that are applicable to a joint resolution or bill intro-
duced pursuant to section 5(b) of the War Powers 
Resolution. 
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, ‘‘ground forces in a combat role’’ does not 
include special operations forces or other forces that 
may be deployed for purposes of training, advisory 
roles, search and rescue, intelligence gathering, 
ground support for air operations, or limited dura-
tion actions against high value targets. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR USE OF 
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. 
The following provisions of law are hereby repealed: 
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(1) The Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 
(2) The Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note). 
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