[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5095]
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  SA 3313. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1265. TWO-YEAR TIME LIMIT FOR AUTHORIZATIONS FOR USE OF 
                   MILITARY FORCE.

       (a) In General.--Any law authorizing the use of military 
     force that is enacted on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act shall terminate two years after the date of the 
     enactment of such law unless a joint resolution of extension 
     is enacted pursuant to subsection (b) extending such 
     authority prior to such termination date.
       (b) Consideration of Joint Resolution of Extension.--
       (1) Joint resolution of extension defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``joint resolution of extension'' means 
     only a joint resolution of either House of Congress--
       (A) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution 
     extending the [_________