[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8456]
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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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