[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 162. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FORCE AGAINST THE RUSSIAN 
                   FEDERATION.

       (a) No Authority for Use of Force.--No provision of law 
     enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act may be 
     construed to provide authorization for the use of military 
     force against the Russian Federation.
       (b) Prohibition on Funding for Use of Military Force 
     Against the Russian Federation.--
       (1) In general.-- No Federal funds may be made available 
     for the use of military force in or against the Russian 
     Federation unless--
       (A) Congress has declared war; or
       (B) there is enacted specific statutory authorization for 
     such use of military force that meets the requirements of the 
     War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
       (2) Commander-in-chief exception.--The prohibition under 
     paragraph (1) does not apply to a use of military force that 
     is consistent with section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution 
     (50 U.S.C. 1541(c)).
       (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       (1) to prevent the President from using necessary and 
     appropriate force to defend United States allies and partners 
     if Congress enacts specific statutory authorization for such 
     use of force consistent with the requirements of the War 
     Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.);
       (2) to relieve the executive branch of restrictions on the 
     use of force, reporting, or consultation requirements set 
     forth in the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); 
     or
       (3) to authorize the use of military force.
       (d) Scope of Military Force.--In this section, the term 
     ``military force''--
       (1) includes--
       (A) sharing intelligence with Ukraine for the purpose of 
     enabling offensive strikes against the Russian Federation;
       (B) providing logistical support to Ukraine for offensive 
     strikes against the Russian Federation; and
       (C) any situation involving any use of lethal or 
     potentially lethal force by United States forces against 
     Russian forces, irrespective of the domain, whether such 
     force is deployed remotely, or the intermittency thereof; and
       (2) does not include activities undertaken pursuant to 
     section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3093).
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