[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4489]
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  SA 2194. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. ___. 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 enactment of this Act shall terminate on the date 
     that is 10 years after the date of 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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