[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 56. Mr. MANCHIN 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:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING ABILITY TO RESPOND TO 
                   ATTACKS AND DESTABILIZING MALIGN TACTICS OF 
                   NATION STATES, VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS, 
                   AND FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the 
     United States from appropriately responding to attacks or the 
     destabilizing malign tactics of--
       (1) nation states, such as Iran, the Democratic People's 
     Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, or the People's 
     Republic of China;
       (2) violent extremist organizations; or
       (3) foreign terrorist organizations (as defined in section 
     219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)).

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