1.This Act may be cited as the
Post-deployment Strategy
Act of 2011
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2.Inclusion of
post-deployment strategy
(a)Section 2(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C.
1541(a)) is amended 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-deployment strategy described in section
8(d).
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(b)Section
4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543(a)) is amended—
(1)in subparagraph
(B) by striking and
at the end;
(2)in subparagraph
(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
;
and
(3)by adding after
subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:
(D)the
post-deployment strategy described in section
8(d).
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(c)Interpretation
of joint resolutionSection 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 after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:
(d)For purposes of
this joint resolution, the term post-deployment strategy
means a
clear plan of action that—
(1)articulates the
interests of the United States at stake;
(2)defines the policy
objectives of the United States with respect to such introduction;
(3)lays out a
strategy for achieving the policy objectives referred to in paragraph (2);
and
(4)includes a plan
for withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from such hostilities or such
situations based on the achievement of the policy objectives referred to in
paragraph
(2).
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