S.Amdt. 332

SA 332. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES WITH RESPECT TO
VENEZUELA.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela
Resolution of 2019''.
(b) Prohibition.--Except as consistent with the
requirements of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et
seq.), none of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense, or
for any other department or agency of the United States
Government, may be used to introduce the Armed Forces of the
United States into hostilities with respect to Venezuela,
except pursuant to a specific statutory authorization by
Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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