IA 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 118 
Authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces against al-Qaeda, the 
Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and any associated 
persons engaged in hostilities against the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2017 
Mr. COFFMAN (for himself, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. BACON, and Mr. PANETTA) 
submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces against 
al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq 
and Syria, and any associated persons engaged in hos-
tilities against the United States, and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES TO PREVENT FUTURE ACTS 
OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AGAINST 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—For the five-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this joint resolu-
tion, the President is authorized to use all necessary and 
appropriate force against any person described in sub-
section (b) in order to prevent any future acts of inter-
national terrorism against the United States by such per-
son. 
(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The persons described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant. 
(2) Any person, other than a sovereign nation, 
that is a part of, or substantially supports, one or 
more of the persons described under paragraph (1), 
and has engaged in hostilities against the United 
States, the United States Armed Forces, or civilian 
personnel supporting such Armed Forces. 
(c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC
STATUTORY
AUTHORIZATION.— 
Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 
Resolution, Congress declares that this section is in-
tended to constitute specific statutory authorization 
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within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Pow-
ers Resolution. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Nothing in this section supercedes any re-
quirement of the War Powers Resolution. 
SEC. 3. REPORT REQUIRED. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this joint resolution, and every 90 days thereafter 
for the following five years, the President shall submit to 
Congress a report describing any actions taken pursuant 
to the authorization under section 3. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) REPEAL OF 2001 AUTHORIZATION.—The Author-
ization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 
U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed. 
(b) REPEAL OF 2002 AUTHORIZATION.—The Au-
thorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolu-
tion of 2002 (Public Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) 
is hereby repealed. 
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