S.Amdt. 1431

SA 1431. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H.
Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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(5) assessing nuclear deterrent effectiveness;
(6) encouraging the submission of an overall national
security strategy;
(7) limiting United States military engagements abroad that
are not explicitly authorized by an Act of Congress;
(8) prohibiting the Armed Forces from participating in a
humanitarian operation, or assisting in a civil war, ethnic
conflict, tribal or territorial dispute, without an explicit
authorization by an Act of Congress; or
(9) placing limitations on United States military
engagements and foreign military sales to either party or
side (whether rebel, opposition group, or established
government) in an internal, domestic, or civil war or dispute
within a country or relating to activities in pursuit of
autonomy or independence,
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