[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 17 (Monday, January 28, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 56. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and 
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of 
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense 
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the 
Syrian people, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

  TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF FORCE TO DEFEND THE KURDS IN SYRIA

     SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Authorization for Use of 
     Military Force in Defense of the Kurds in Syria Resolution of 
     2019''.

     SEC. 502. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       (a) Authorization.--The President is authorized to use the 
     Armed Forces of the United States as the President determines 
     to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the Kurds 
     in Syria.
       (b) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
       (1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent with 
     section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
     1547(a)(1)), Congress declares that this section is intended 
     to constitute specific statutory authorization within the 
     meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50 
     U.S.C. 1544(b)).
       (2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in this 
     title supersedes any requirements of the War Powers 
     Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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