[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 145 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S6085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5092. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5082 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Cochran) to the 
bill H.R. 5325, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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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