[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1923 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1923

  To prohibit the use of members of the United States Armed Forces to 
            carry out offensive combat operations in Syria.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2017

Mr. Capuano (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the use of members of the United States Armed Forces to 
            carry out offensive combat operations in Syria.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED 
              FORCES TO CARRY OUT OFFENSIVE COMBAT OPERATIONS IN SYRIA.

    The President may not use members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States to carry out offensive combat operations in Syria unless 
Congress has enacted a specific authorization for such use of members 
of the Armed Forces.
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