Title: Consolidated Authorization for Use of Military Force Resolution of 2017
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Consolidated Authorization for Use of Military Force Resolution of 2017
This joint resolution authorizes the President, for three years, to use all necessary and appropriate force to protect U.S. national security against Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Afghan Taliban, and any associated organized and armed group that is a co-belligerent against the United States.
Congress declares that this authorization is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization under the War Powers Resolution and that nothing in this joint resolution supersedes any requirement of such resolution.
The President shall: (1) submit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register at least every 90 days a list of entities (including their locations) against which such authority has been exercised. If the President exercises such authority to deploy ground forces in a combat role, the President shall notify Congress at the earliest possible date after such deployment consistent with U.S. national security interests.
A joint resolution introduced on or after such notification that provides for modification or repeal of a deployment authority shall be considered to be in accordance with applicable procedures under the War Powers Resolution.
Specified prior authorizations for the use of military force are repealed.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 100 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 100

 To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al Qaeda, 
    the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the Afghan 
                                Taliban.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2017

Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, 
Mr. Evans, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Moulton, Mr. 
 Pocan, and Mr. Walz) submitted the following joint resolution; which 
 was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to 
 the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al Qaeda, 
    the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the Afghan 
                                Taliban.

    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 ``Consolidated 
Authorization for Use of Military Force Resolution of 2017''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FORCE.

    (a) In General.--The President is authorized to use all necessary 
and appropriate force to protect the national 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 associated 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 subsection (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 authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of 
        the War Powers Resolution.
            (2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in this 
        joint resolution supersedes any requirement of the War Powers 
        Resolution.

SEC. 3. REPORTING AND NOTIFICATIONS.

    (a) Reports Pursuant to This Joint Resolution.--
            (1) In general.--At least once every 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this joint resolution, 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 exercised 
        and the geographic location where such authority 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 described in paragraph (2) of such 
        section, the President 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.
    (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 Authority 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 notify appropriate congressional committees at 
        the earliest possible date after such deployment consistent 
        with the national security interests of the United States.
            (2) Modification or repeal of authority.--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 
        combat role as described in such notification shall be 
        considered in accordance with the procedures described in 
        section 6 of the War Powers Resolution that are applicable to a 
        joint resolution or bill introduced pursuant to section 5(b) of 
        the War Powers Resolution.
            (3) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, ``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 
        duration actions against high value targets.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional 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:
            (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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