[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 3019 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3019

 To amend the War Powers Resolution to provide for the use of military 
                    force against non-state actors.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2014

   Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the War Powers Resolution to provide for the use of military 
                    force against non-state actors.

    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 ``War Powers Against Non-State Actors 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST NON-STATE ACTORS.

    The War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 5 (50 U.S.C. 1544) the following section:

``SEC. 5A. NON-STATE ACTORS.

    ``(a) Termination of Use of United States Armed Forces; 
Exceptions.--In the event that a report submitted by the President to 
Congress consistent with the requirements of section 4 relates to the 
use of the United States Armed Forces against a non-state organization 
or entity--
            ``(1) the requirement in section 5(b) shall not apply; and
            ``(2) not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
        President submits the report, the President shall terminate the 
        use of the Armed Forces of the United States unless--
                    ``(A) the legal authority under which the President 
                has made the approval is a law providing authority to 
                use the Armed Forces of the United States against the 
                non-state organization or entity; or
                    ``(B)(i) the President notifies Congress that 
                continuing military action is necessary because the 
                non-state organization or entity is a terrorist 
                organization that poses a continuing and imminent 
                threat to the United States and United States persons; 
                and
                    ``(ii) Congress does not enact a joint resolution 
                disapproving such report pursuant to subsection (b).
    ``(b) Expedited Procedures for Joint Resolution.--
            ``(1) Joint resolution described.--For purposes of this 
        section, the term `joint resolution' means only a joint 
        resolution which is introduced within the 10-day period 
        beginning on the date on which the President submits a 
        notification pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), the matter 
        after the resolving clause of which is as follows: `That 
        Congress disapproves the authorization to use for the Armed 
        Forces of the United States to use direct action as submitted 
        by the President in the notification submitted to Congress on 
        ______', the blank space being filled in with the appropriate 
        date.
            ``(2) Applicable procedures.--Any joint resolution 
        introduced pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the 
        congressional priority procedures established for concurrent 
        resolutions in section 7 and section 1013 of the Department of 
        State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (50 U.S.C. 
        1546a), except that such resolution shall not be subject to 
        amendment.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section is intended to 
alter the constitutional authority of Congress or the President.''.
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