[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 332. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
                   FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES WITH RESPECT TO 
                   VENEZUELA.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela 
     Resolution of 2019''.
       (b) Prohibition.--Except as consistent with the 
     requirements of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et 
     seq.), none of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for the Department of Defense, or 
     for any other department or agency of the United States 
     Government, may be used to introduce the Armed Forces of the 
     United States into hostilities with respect to Venezuela, 
     except pursuant to a specific statutory authorization by 
     Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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