To provide for more targeted authority under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.

SA 14. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 316, to repeal the authorizations for use of
military force against Iraq; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

Strike section 2 and insert the following:

SEC. 2. REDUCED AUTHORITY UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF
MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002.

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 116 Stat. 1498; 50
U.S.C. 1541 note) is amended--
(1) by striking the preamble;
(2) in section 1, by striking ``Against Iraq Resolution of
2002'' and inserting ``Against Iranian backed Militias
Operating in Iraq'';
(3) by striking section 2;
(4) by redesignating sections 3 and 4 as sections 2 and 3,
respectively;
(5) in section 2, as redesignated by paragraph (4)--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``necessary and
appropriate in order to'' and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting ``necessary and appropriate
to defend the national security of the United States against
Iranian-backed militias operating in Iraq.''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``alone either'' and all
that follows through ``regarding Iraq'' and inserting ``alone
will not adequately protect the national security of the
United States against the continuing threat posed by Iranian
backed militias operating in Iraq''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, including'' and all
that follows through ``September 11, 2001''; and
(6) in section 3, as so redesignated--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by striking ``section 3'' and inserting ``section 2'';
and
(ii) by striking ``, including'' and all that follows
through ``(Public Law 105-338)''; and
(B) by striking subsection (c).
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