S.Amdt. 4986

SA 4986. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers
and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) 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) 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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