[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4959-S4960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2639. Mr. LEE 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. ___. TAIWAN WAR POWERS.

       Nothing in this Act may be construed as an authorization 
     for the use of military force against the People's Republic 
     of China. Such

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     action in support of Taiwan may only occur with the express 
     authorization of Congress consistent with requirements set 
     forth in the War Powers Act.
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