To prohibit unauthorized military operations in or against Iran.

SA 883. Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 end of subtitle C of title XII of the amendment, add
the following:

SEC. 1226. PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED MILITARY OPERATIONS
AGAINST IRAN.

(a) In General.--No funds authorized by this Act may be
used to conduct hostilities against the Government of Iran,
against the Armed Forces of Iran, or in the territory of
Iran.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed--
(1) to restrict the use of the United States Armed Forces
to defend against an attack upon the United States, its
territories or possessions, or its Armed Forces;
(2) to limit the obligations under the War Powers
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); or
(3) to affect the provisions of an Act or a joint
resolution of Congress specifically authorizing such
hostilities that is enacted after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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