[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3443]
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  SA 4404. Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Lee) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1224. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEED FOR EXPLICIT AUTHORITY 
                   TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST ISIS.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that neither the 2001 
     Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 
     50 U.S.C. 1541 note) or the Authorization for Use of Military 
     Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 50 
     U.S.C. 1541 note) authorize the use of military force against 
     the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President, unless acting out of self-defense or to 
     address an imminent threat to the United States, is not 
     authorized to conduct military operations against ISIS 
     without explicit authorization for the use of such force, and 
     Congress should debate and pass such an authorization.
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