[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3221 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3221

To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to include 
post-conflict strategy in the report required under the Resolution, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2003

   Mr. Hastings of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the War Powers Resolution to require the President to include 
post-conflict strategy in the report required under the Resolution, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF POST-CONFLICT STRATEGY.

    (a) Purpose and Policy.--Section 2 of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1541) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``circumstances, and to 
        the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such 
        situations'' and inserting ``circumstances, to the continued 
        use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations, and to 
        the post-conflict strategy''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Given the difficulty of post-conflict strategy, developing a 
clear plan of action at the outset is decisive to success. Such a plan 
should articulate the interests of the United States at stake, define 
the policy objectives of the United States for the introduction of 
Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent 
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, 
and lay out the strategy for achieving these policy objectives and a 
clear division of labor regarding responsibilities for implementation 
of the plan.''.
    (b) Reporting.--Section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1543) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(D) the post-conflict strategy.''.
    (c) Interpretation of Joint Resolution.--Section 8 of the War 
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting the following new subsection:
    ``(d) For purposes of this joint resolution, the term `post-
conflict strategy' includes reconstruction, peacekeeping, peace 
enforcement, and nation-building.''.
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