[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4889]
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  SA 770. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. SUNSET OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE.

       (a) Sunset.--Section 2 of the Authorization for Use of 
     Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Sunset.--The authority to use force in this 
     resolution shall expire on the date that is three years after 
     the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, unless reauthorized 
     or extended by an Act of Congress.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the need will remain to defend against specific 
     networks of violent extremists, including al Qaeda and its 
     affiliates, that threaten the United States; and
       (2) the President must work with Congress to secure 
     whatever authorities may be required to meet that threat in a 
     manner that complies with the Constitution and the War Powers 
     Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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