[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2859 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2859

                      To repeal Public Law 107-40.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2011

    Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
    Grijalva, Mr. Honda, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
 McDermott, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Stark, Mr. Filner, 
 and Ms. Waters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
                      To repeal Public Law 107-40.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal of the Authorization for Use 
of Military Force''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.

    Congress finds that the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
(Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note), signed into law on September 
18, 2001, has been used to justify a broad and open-ended authorization 
for the use of military force and such an interpretation is 
inconsistent with the authority of Congress to declare war and make all 
laws for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government 
of the United States.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF PUBLIC LAW 107-40.

    Effective 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 
1541 note) is hereby repealed.
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