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Barbara Lee: I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE 2001 AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Authorization for Use of Military Force (referred to in this section as the ``2001 AUMF'') (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) was passed by Congress in 2001 after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to authorize the use of force against those responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001. (2) The 2001 AUMF is one of the only modern authorizations for the use of force in the history of the United States that included no limitation in time, geography, operations, or a named enemy. (3) The 2001 AUMF has been cited 41 times as the legal basis for the use of force in 19 countries. (4) Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution provides Congress with the sole authority to ``declare war''.…
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Barbara Lee
Democratic · California
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Jul 11, 2019

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