S.Amdt. 2638Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)

S.Amdt. 2638

Sponsored by Mike LeeSen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Submitted July 11, 2024

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Senate amendment submitted

July 11, 2024

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Submitted

SA 2638. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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. ___. TWO-YEAR TIME LIMIT FOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR USE OF
MILITARY FORCE.

(a) In General.--Any law authorizing the use of military
force that is enacted on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act shall terminate two years after the date of the
enactment of such law unless a joint resolution of extension
is enacted pursuant to subsection (b) extending such
authority prior to such termination date.
(b) Consideration of Joint Resolution of Extension.--
(1) Joint resolution of extension defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``joint resolution of extension'' means
only a joint resolution of either House of Congress--
(A) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution
extending the [_________