S.Amdt. 56

SA 56. Mr. MANCHIN 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:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING ABILITY TO RESPOND TO
ATTACKS AND DESTABILIZING MALIGN TACTICS OF
NATION STATES, VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS,
AND FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the
United States from appropriately responding to attacks or the
destabilizing malign tactics of--
(1) nation states, such as Iran, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, or the People's
Republic of China;
(2) violent extremist organizations; or
(3) foreign terrorist organizations (as defined in section
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)).

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