[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4515]
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  SA 883. Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Merkley, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 end of subtitle C of title XII of the amendment, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 1226. PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED MILITARY OPERATIONS 
                   AGAINST IRAN.

       (a) In General.--No funds authorized by this Act may be 
     used to conduct hostilities against the Government of Iran, 
     against the Armed Forces of Iran, or in the territory of 
     Iran.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       (1) to restrict the use of the United States Armed Forces 
     to defend against an attack upon the United States, its 
     territories or possessions, or its Armed Forces;
       (2) to limit the obligations under the War Powers 
     Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); or
       (3) to affect the provisions of an Act or a joint 
     resolution of Congress specifically authorizing such 
     hostilities that is enacted after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
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