[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 576. Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Merkley, and Mr. Murphy) 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 OF UNAUTHORIZED MILITARY OPERATIONS 
                   AGAINST IRAN.

       (a) In General.--No funds may be used to conduct 
     hostilities against the Government of Iran, against the Armed 
     Forces of Iran, or in the territory of Iran, except pursuant 
     to an Act or a joint resolution of Congress specifically 
     authorizing such hostilities that is enacted after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to limit, modify, or relieve the executive branch 
     of any restriction, duty, or requirement regarding the use of 
     force or reporting requirements set forth in the War Powers 
     Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
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