,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #aad  ,,in ,,the      
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,september #aa1 #bjad ,mr4 ,grijalva    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 and ,ms4   
,lee of ,california7 submitted the      
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,urging ,congress to      
debate and vote on a statutory          
authorization for any sustained ,united 
,states combat role in ,iraq or ,syria4 
,whereas ,congress has a constitutional 
duty1 enshrined in article ,i1 section  
#h1 clause #aa of the ,united ,states   
,constitution1 to debate and examine the
 significant consequences of another    
multi-year ,united ,states military     
intervention in the ,middle ,east2      
,whereas the ,war ,powers ,resolution   
provides that #fj days after the        
,president informs ,congress that he has
 introduced ,armed ,forces into an      
overseas theater1 the ,president shall  

terminate any use of ,united ,states    
,armed ,forces unless ,congress has     
authorized such use of the ,armed       
,forces2 ,whereas the ,united ,states   
military has engaged in over #ajj       
airstrikes in ,iraq since ,august #h1   
#bjad2 ,whereas currently there are over
 #a1jjj ,united ,states military        
personnel deployed in ,iraq2 ,whereas   
the ,united ,states military has flown  
surveillance sorties over ,syria to     
collect information on the ,islamic     
,state in ,iraq and ,syria 7,,isis72    
,whereas the ,obama administration has  
stated that the ,authorization for ,use 
of ,military ,force ,against ,iraq      
,resolution of #bjjb 7,public ,law      
#ajg-bdc7 is obsolete and has supported 
its repeal2 ,whereas the ,authorization 
for ,use of ,military ,force 7,public   
,law #ajg-dj7 should not apply to ,,isis
 because ,,isis has no operational      
connection to al ,qaeda or the ,taliban 
and is not currently considered an      
associated force of al ,qaeda2 ,whereas 

any new authorization for the use of    
military force should be narrowly       
tailored and limited2 ,whereas ,,isis is
 a violent extremist organization that  
has terrorized and committed            
unconscionable atrocities against       
religious and ethnic minority           
communities in the course of attempting 
to create a de-facto state within the   
borders of ,iraq and ,syria2 ,whereas   
the threat posed by ,,isis requires a   
robust response from a broad            
international coalition1 with regional  
partners playing prominent and leading  
roles2 ,whereas ,congress should support
 a comprehensive strategy for defeating 
,,isis that cuts off access to ,,isis   
supplies and financial resources and    
isolates extremist elements by          
addressing the legitimate political     
grievances and aspirations of local     
religious and ethnic communities in     
,iraq and ,syria2 ,whereas this issue   
should be immediately referred to and   
debated by the ,united ,nations         

,security ,council2 ,whereas the ,house 
of ,representatives passed ,house       
,concurrent ,resolution #aje on ,july   
#be1 #bjad1 by a vote of #cgj-dj2 and   
,whereas ,house ,concurrent ,resolution 
#aje expressed the sense of ,congress   
that the ,president shall not deploy or 
maintain ,united ,states ,armed ,forces 
in a sustained combat role in ,iraq     
without statutory authorization3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress--     
7#a7 should debate and vote on a        
statutory authorization for any         
sustained ,united ,states combat role in
 ,iraq or ,syria2  7#b7 does not support
 the deployment of ground combat troops 
in ,iraq or ,syria2  7#c7 should ensure 
that any such statutory authorization is
 narrowly tailored and limited2 and     
7#d7 should ensure that any statutory   
authorization includes robust reporting 
requirements4