[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4783. Mr. HAGERTY 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. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
                   FORCES AGAINST ISIS AND ASSOCIATED FORCES IN 
                   IRAQ.

       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 national security of the 
     United States against the threat posed by the Islamic State 
     of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and associated forces in Iraq.

     SEC. 1284. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
                   FORCES TO PROTECT UNITED STATES DIPLOMATS AND 
                   UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN IRAQ 
                   AGAINST TERRORIST ATTACKS.

       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 protect United States diplomats and 
     United States diplomatic facilities in Iraq against terrorist 
     attacks.

     SEC. 1285. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL 
                   POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed to infringe upon the 
     constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief 
     under Article II of the Constitution of the United States.
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