S.Amdt. 162

SA 162. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024
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 in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FORCE AGAINST THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION.

(a) No Authority for Use of Force.--No provision of law
enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act may be
construed to provide authorization for the use of military
force against the Russian Federation.
(b) Prohibition on Funding for Use of Military Force
Against the Russian Federation.--
(1) In general.-- No Federal funds may be made available
for the use of military force in or against the Russian
Federation unless--
(A) Congress has declared war; or
(B) there is enacted specific statutory authorization for
such use of military force that meets the requirements of the
War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
(2) Commander-in-chief exception.--The prohibition under
paragraph (1) does not apply to a use of military force that
is consistent with section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution
(50 U.S.C. 1541(c)).
(c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed--
(1) to prevent the President from using necessary and
appropriate force to defend United States allies and partners
if Congress enacts specific statutory authorization for such
use of force consistent with the requirements of the War
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.);
(2) to relieve the executive branch of restrictions on the
use of force, reporting, or consultation requirements set
forth in the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.);
or
(3) to authorize the use of military force.
(d) Scope of Military Force.--In this section, the term
``military force''--
(1) includes--
(A) sharing intelligence with Ukraine for the purpose of
enabling offensive strikes against the Russian Federation;
(B) providing logistical support to Ukraine for offensive
strikes against the Russian Federation; and
(C) any situation involving any use of lethal or
potentially lethal force by United States forces against
Russian forces, irrespective of the domain, whether such
force is deployed remotely, or the intermittency thereof; and
(2) does not include activities undertaken pursuant to
section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3093).
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