Authorization for Use of Military Force 9/11 USE OF FORCE RESOLUTION Public Law 107–40 Authorization for Use of Military Force 40 107–40 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Authorization for Use of Military Force 451 107 2001-09-18 Authorization for Use of Military Force [(Public Law 107–40; enacted September 18, 2001)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 107–40. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This joint resolution may be cited as the “Authorization for Use of Military Force”.
SEC. 2. [50 U.S.C. 1541 note] AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. (a) In General.—That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons. (b) War Powers Resolution Requirements.— (1) Specific statutory authorization.—Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution. (2) Applicability of other requirements.—Nothing in this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.