[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3304]
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  SA 6094. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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. 1271. MEANING OF INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
                   FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE WAR 
                   POWERS RESOLUTION.

       Section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Rule of Construction Regarding Introduction Into 
     Hostilities.--For purposes of subsection (a), the phrase 
     `United States Armed Forces are introduced into hostilities' 
     shall be construed to include any use of lethal or 
     potentially lethal force by or against United States Armed 
     Forces, whether or not constituting self-defense measures by 
     the United States Armed Forces, and irrespective of the 
     domain, whether such force is deployed by or against United 
     States Armed Forces using remotely launched, piloted, or 
     directed attacks, or the intermittency thereof.''.
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