3.0.0 409 2023-01-11T13:34:46Z 2023-01-11T13:34:46Z Senate S 2017-02-16 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-16T17:41:07Z 2017-02-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2017-02-16 True International Affairs Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Human rights International organizations and cooperation Military operations and strategy Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents United Nations War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2017-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-18T19:31:49Z Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2017

This bill defines a "military humanitarian operation" as one involving the deployment of members or weapons systems of the U.S. Armed Forces where hostile activities are reasonably anticipated with the aim of preventing or responding to a humanitarian catastrophe or addressing a threat posed to international peace and security, including:

  • operations undertaken pursuant to the principle of the "responsibility to protect" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1674 (2006);
  • operations specifically authorized by the Security Council or other international organizations; and
  • unilateral deployments and deployments made in coordination with international organizations, treaty-based organizations, or coalitions formed to address specific humanitarian catastrophes.

Such term excludes a military operation undertaken for other purposes, including to respond to, repel, or prevent attacks on the United States.

The President may not deploy members of the Armed Forces into the territory, airspace, or waters of a foreign country for a military humanitarian operation not previously authorized by statute unless: (1) the President submits to Congress a formal request for authorization to use such members for the operation, and (2) Congress enacts a specific authorization for such use of forces.

]]> Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2017 Display Title Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide that the President must seek congressional approval before engaging members of the United States Armed Forces in military humanitarian operations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s409is/xml/BILLS-115s409is.xml 2017-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.