IA 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 83 
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces to defend the territorial 
integrity of United States allies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2022 
Mr. KINZINGER 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 to 
defend the territorial integrity of United States allies. 
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 to defend America’s Allies 
Resolution of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Upon making a determination 
that the Russian Federation has used chemical, biological, 
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or nuclear weapons in the territory of Ukraine, the Presi-
dent is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United 
States as the President determines to be necessary and 
appropriate in order to— 
(1) protect the national security interests of the 
United States with respect to Ukraine; and 
(2) assist in defending and restoring the terri-
torial integrity of Ukraine. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION.—In connection 
with the exercise of the authority granted in subsection 
(a) to use force the President shall, prior to such exercise 
or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, but no later than 
48 hours after exercising such authority, make available 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President pro tempore of the Senate the President’s deter-
mination that reliance by the United States on further 
diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either— 
(1) will not adequately protect the national se-
curity interests of the United States with respect to 
Ukraine; or 
(2) is not likely to defend and restore the terri-
torial integrity of Ukraine. 
(c) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC
STATUTORY
AUTHORIZATION.— 
Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers 
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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. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORTS.—The President shall, at least once 
every 60 days, submit to the Congress a report on matters 
relevant to this joint resolution, including actions taken 
pursuant to the exercise of authority granted in section 
3 and the status of planning for efforts that are expected 
to be required after such actions are completed. 
(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 (Public Law 
93–148), all such reports may be submitted as a single 
consolidated report to the Congress. 
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SEC. 4. SUNSET. 
The authority granted in section 2 shall terminate the 
date on which the President certifies to Congress that the 
territorial integrity of Ukraine has been restored. 
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