[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2391]
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  SA 207. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Welch) 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE USE OF 
                   MILITARY FORCE AND DECLARATIONS OF WAR.

       (a) Future Authorizations for the Use of Military Force and 
     Declarations of War.--Any authorization for the use of 
     military force or declaration of war enacted into law after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act shall terminate on the 
     date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of such 
     authorization or declaration.
       (b) Existing Authorizations for the Use of Military Force 
     and Declarations of War.--Any authorization for the use of 
     military force or declaration of war enacted before the date 
     of the enactment of this Act shall terminate on the date that 
     is 6 months after the date of such enactment.
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