Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Bill: 115-hjres-118
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2017-10-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan

Asia

Conflicts and wars

Congressional oversight

Iraq

Middle East

Military operations and strategy

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Syria

Terrorism

War and emergency powers
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Authorization for Use of Military Force Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria</strong></p> <p>This joint resolution: (1) authorizes the President, for the next five years, to use all necessary and appropriate force to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or any person, other than a sovereign nation, that is a part of or substantially supports any such group and that has engaged in hostilities against the United States, the U.S. Armed Forces, or civilian personnel supporting the U.S. Armed Forces; and (2) is intended to constitute 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.</p> <p>The President must report to Congress every 90 days describing actions taken pursuant to such authorization.</p> <p>The bill repeals: (1) the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, and (2) the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 118 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 Committee 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 hostilities against the United States, and for other purposes.

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 . 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 beginning on the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against any person described in subsection (b) in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such person. (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 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 section supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution. 3. Report required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 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 . 4. Repeal of prior authorizations (a) Repeal of 2001 authorization The Authorization for Use of Military Force ( Public Law 107–40 ; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed. (b) Repeal of 2002 authorization The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ( Public Law 107–243 ; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed.