To clarify that the amendment shall not be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of military force.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 96 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
February 4, 2019
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 96 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
February 4, 2019
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S820-829)
February 4, 2019
Amendment SA 96 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
February 4, 2019
Senate amendment submitted
January 31, 2019
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 96 proposed by Senator Menendez to Amendment SA 65.(consideration: CR S789; text: CR S789)
January 31, 2019
Amendment SA 96 proposed by Senator Menendez to Amendment SA 65. (consideration: CR S789; text: CR S789) To clarify that the amendment shall not be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of military force.
January 31, 2019
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SA 96. Mr. MENENDEZ proposed an amendment to amendment SA 65 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Burr, Mr. Romney, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sasse, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Young, and Mr. Boozman) 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; as follows: At the end of the amendment, add the following: (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization of the use of military force. ______