S.Amdt. 79

SA 79. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the
Syrian people, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

TITLE __--PROMOTION OF PEACE AND SECURITY FOR KURDISH ALLIES IN SYRIA

SEC. __. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ``Promotion of Peace and
Security Act''.

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SEC. ___. AUTHORIZATION.

(a) Authorization.--The President is hereby authorized to
undertake military assistance and use of armed forces, if the
President determines it necessary and appropriate, to defend
the Kurds in Syria against armed aggression from any country
or terrorist organization.
(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
(1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent with
section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C.
1547(a)(1)), Congress declares that this section is intended
to constitute specific statutory authorization within the
meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50
U.S.C. 1544(b)).
(2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in this
title supersedes any requirements of the War Powers
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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