Title: Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
This joint resolution: (1) authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), successor organizations, and associated forces; and (2) grants specific statutory authorization to introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, within the meaning of the War Powers Resolution.
Such grant of authority includes the authority for the Armed Forces to detain, pending disposition under the law of war, persons who are a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, any successor organization, or any associated force of those organizations.
The President must submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to defeat ISIS, detailing specified elements.
The President must report to Congress on matters relevant to this joint resolution, including actions taken pursuant to the exercise of authority granted by this resolution, at least every 60 days.
The bill repeals: (1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and (2) the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 31 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 31

 To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al-Qaeda, 
      the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, successor 
                 organizations, and associated forces.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2017

  Mr. Young introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al-Qaeda, 
      the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, successor 
                 organizations, and associated forces.

Whereas, on September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda committed acts of treacherous violence 
        against the United States and the citizens of the United States;
Whereas such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United 
        States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect the citizens 
        of the United States both at home and abroad;
Whereas al-Qaeda and its affiliates continue to a represent a threat to people 
        of the United States and the national security of the United States;
Whereas the Taliban continues to conduct attacks against people of the United 
        States and allies of the United States, including the Government of 
        Afghanistan;
Whereas the terrorist organization referred to as the ``Islamic State of Iraq 
        and Syria'' (ISIS), also known as the ``Islamic State in Iraq and the 
        Levant'' (ISIL), the ``Islamic State'', or ``Daesh'', has systematically 
        targeted, kidnapped, and killed innocent men, women, and children 
        throughout Iraq and Syria;
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria poses a grave threat to the people 
        of Iraq and Syria, the stability of the Middle East, and the national 
        security interests of the United States and allies and partners of the 
        United States;
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has conducted, supported, and 
        inspired terrorist attacks that have resulted in the murder of people of 
        the United States and allies of the United States;
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has committed genocide, despicable 
        acts of violence, and mass executions against religious and ethnic 
        minorities who do not subscribe to the depraved, violent, and oppressive 
        ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; and
Whereas the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has targeted women and girls with 
        horrific acts of violence, including abduction, enslavement, torture, 
        rape, and forced marriage: Now, therefore, be it
    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 ``Authorization for Use 
of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--The President is authorized to use all necessary 
and appropriate force against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria, successor organizations, and associated forces.
    (b) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
            (1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent with 
        section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
        1547(a)(1)), 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 supercedes any requirement of the War Powers 
        Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO DETAIN.

    (a) In General.--The authority of the President to use all 
necessary and appropriate force pursuant to section 2(a) includes the 
authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain, pending 
disposition under the law of war, persons who are a part of or 
substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria, any successor organization, or any associated force of 
those organizations.
    (b) Disposition Under Law of War.--The disposition of a person 
under the law of war described in subsection (a) includes the 
following:
            (1) Detention under the law of war without trial until the 
        end of the hostilities authorized by section 2(a).
            (2) Trial under chapter 47A of title 10, United States 
        Code.
            (3) Transfer for trial by an alternative court or competent 
        tribunal having lawful jurisdiction.
            (4) Transfer to the custody or control of the person's 
        country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other 
        foreign entity.

SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO DEFEAT THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA.

    (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this joint resolution, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy to 
defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
    (b) Elements.--The comprehensive strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall, at a minimum, detail the following:
            (1) Vital and important United States national security 
        interests threatened by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
            (2) Strategic and operational objectives.
            (3) Milestones for assessing progress toward political, 
        diplomatic, development, informational, and military goals.
            (4) Risks for the strategy.
            (5) Public diplomacy, information operations, and cyber 
        strategies to isolate and delegitimize the Islamic State of 
        Iraq and Syria and its radical Islamist ideology.
            (6) Actual and proposed contributions of coalition 
        partners.
            (7) Humanitarian assistance and support for displaced 
        civilian populations.
            (8) Mechanisms to cut off or seize the financial support of 
        the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, including financial 
        transfers, money laundering, oil revenue, human trafficking, 
        sales of looted art and historical artifacts, and other sources 
        of revenue.
            (9) Plans for countering the international travel of 
        terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
            (10) Plans for the law of war detention and interrogation 
        of combatants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
            (11) Plans for sustainable governance and security in areas 
        retaken from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
            (12) An endstate and exit strategy for any planned combat 
        deployment of United States conventional ground forces.
            (13) An estimate of the costs of carrying out the strategy.
            (14) Plans to inform periodically the people of the United 
        States about the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq 
        and Syria.
    (c) Form of Submission.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in classified form with an unclassified summary.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
        Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
        Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Reports.--Not less frequently than once every 60 days, the 
President shall submit to Congress a report on matters relevant to this 
joint resolution, including actions taken pursuant to the exercise of 
authority granted by this joint resolution.
    (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 requirements of the War Powers Resolution, all such reports 
may be submitted as a single consolidated report to Congress.

SEC. 6. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE.

    (a) Repeal.--The Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public 
Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Continuation of Ongoing Operations and Activities.--Nothing in 
this section shall be construed as prohibiting the continuation after 
the date of the enactment of this joint resolution of operations and 
activities being carried out under the Authorization for Use of 
Military Force as of the date of the enactment of this joint 
resolution.

SEC. 7. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ.

    The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 116 Stat. 1498; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is 
hereby repealed.
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