S.Amdt. 4404

SA 4404. Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Lee) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1224. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEED FOR EXPLICIT AUTHORITY
TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST ISIS.

(a) Finding.--Congress finds that neither the 2001
Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40;
50 U.S.C. 1541 note) or the Authorization for Use of Military
Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 50
U.S.C. 1541 note) authorize the use of military force against
the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the President, unless acting out of self-defense or to
address an imminent threat to the United States, is not
authorized to conduct military operations against ISIS
without explicit authorization for the use of such force, and
Congress should debate and pass such an authorization.
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