[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 14. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 316, to repeal the authorizations for use of 
military force against Iraq; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Strike section 2 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2. REDUCED AUTHORITY UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF 
                   MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002.

       The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
     Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 116 Stat. 1498; 50 
     U.S.C. 1541 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking the preamble;
       (2) in section 1, by striking ``Against Iraq Resolution of 
     2002'' and inserting ``Against Iranian backed Militias 
     Operating in Iraq'';
       (3) by striking section 2;
       (4) by redesignating sections 3 and 4 as sections 2 and 3, 
     respectively;
       (5) in section 2, as redesignated by paragraph (4)--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``necessary and 
     appropriate in order to'' and all that follows through the 
     period at the end and inserting ``necessary and appropriate 
     to defend the national security of the United States against 
     Iranian-backed militias operating in Iraq.''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``alone either'' and all 
     that follows through ``regarding Iraq'' and inserting ``alone 
     will not adequately protect the national security of the 
     United States against the continuing threat posed by Iranian 
     backed militias operating in Iraq''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, including'' and all 
     that follows through ``September 11, 2001''; and
       (6) in section 3, as so redesignated--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking ``section 3'' and inserting ``section 2''; 
     and
       (ii) by striking ``, including'' and all that follows 
     through ``(Public Law 105-338)''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (c).
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