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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6276. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1271. WAR POWERS RESOLUTION AMENDMENTS.
(a) Meaning of Introduction of United States Armed Forces
Into Hostilities for Purposes of the War Powers Resolution.—
Section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) Rule of Construction Regarding Introduction Into
Hostilities.—For purposes of subsection (a), the phrase
`United States Armed Forces are introduced into hostilities'
shall be construed to include any use of lethal or
potentially lethal force by or against United States Armed
Forces, whether or not constituting self-defense measures by
the United States Armed Forces, and irrespective of the
domain, whether such force is deployed by or against United
States Armed Forces using remotely launched, piloted, or
directed attacks, or the intermittency thereof.”.
(b) Modification of Timelines Applicable to Removal of
United States Armed Forces for Purposes of the War Powers
Resolution.—Section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50
U.S.C. 1544(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking “Within sixty calendar days” and
inserting “Within ten calendar days”;
(2) by striking “extended by law such sixty-day period”
and inserting “extended by law such ten-day period”; and
(3) by striking “Such sixty-day period shall be extended
for not more than an additional thirty days” and inserting
“Such ten-day period shall be extended for not more than an
additional ten days”.
(c) Modification of Reporting Requirement To Include Legal
Justification.—Section 4(a) of the War Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1543(a)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking “; and” and
inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(D) any legal opinion, memorandum, or analysis provided
to any other office or agency, or person in any other office
or agency, in the Executive Branch, including any office in
the Department of Justice, the National Security Council, the
White House, or the Executive Office of the President,
relating to the introduction of United States Armed
Forces.”.