[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7750-S7751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4265. Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and 
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. AMENDMENT OF WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO DEFINE 
                   CERTAIN TERMS.

       (a) Section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``in which the United 
     States Armed Forces are introduced'' and inserting ``of the 
     introduction of United States Armed Forces''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``United States Armed Forces are 
     introduced'' and inserting ``the introduction of United 
     States Armed Forces''; and
       (B) by inserting ``occurs'' after ``section''.
       (b) Section 8 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547) 
     is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this joint resolution:
       ``(1) Introduction of united states armed forces; introduce 
     united states armed forces.--The terms `introduction of 
     United States Armed Forces' and `introduce United States 
     Armed Forces' mean--
       ``(A) with respect to hostilities or a situation where 
     there is a serious risk of hostilities, any commitment, 
     engagement, or other involvement of United States Armed 
     Forces, whether or not constituting self-defense measures by 
     United States Armed Forces in response to an attack or 
     serious risk of an attack in any foreign country (including 
     the airspace, cyberspace, or territorial waters of such 
     country) or otherwise outside the United States and whether 
     or not United States forces are present or operating remotely 
     launched, piloted, or directed attacks; or
       ``(B) the assigning or detailing of members of United 
     States Armed Forces to command,

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     advise, assist, accompany, coordinate, or provide logistical 
     or material support or training for any foreign regular or 
     irregular military forces if--
       ``(i) those foreign forces are involved in hostilities; and
       ``(ii) such activities by United States forces make the 
     United States a party to a conflict or are more likely than 
     not to do so.
       ``(2) Substantially enlarge.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `substantially enlarge' means, 
     for any 2 year period, an increase of the number of United 
     States Armed Forces that causes the total number of forces in 
     a foreign country to exceed the lowest number of forces in 
     that country during that period by 25 percent or more, or any 
     increase of 1,000 or more forces.
       ``(B) Special rule.--Temporary duty and rotational forces 
     shall be included in the number of United States Armed Forces 
     for the purposes of subparagraph (A).''.
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