,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #abe  ,,in ,,the ,,house 
,,of ,,representatives  ,september #af1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,schiff introduced the       
following joint resolution2 which was   
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs  ,,joint ,,resolution  ,to     
authorize the use of ,united ,states    
,armed ,forces against the terrorist    
organization ,islamic ,state of ,iraq   
and the ,levant 7,,isil74  ,whereas for 
months ,islamic ,state of ,iraq and the 
,levant 7,,isil7 has been engaged in an 
almost unchecked campaign of murder and 
mayhem across a broad swath of ,iraq and
 ,syria that has killed thousands of    
innocent people and terrorized millions2
 ,whereas ,,isil has brought under its  
control large areas of ,iraq and ,syria 
and announced on ,june #bi1 #bjad1 the  
establishment of a new caliphate2       
,whereas in its conduct of military     
operations1 its treatment of personnel  
captured on the battlefield1 and its    
behavior towards civilians in areas     

under its control1 ,,isil has shown a   
level of brutality and depravity that   
shocks the conscience2 ,whereas ,,isil  
brutally murdered two ,american         
journalists and a ,british aid worker   
and has threatened the lives of other   
western hostages2 ,whereas the threat   
posed by the recruitment of ,,isil      
fighters in the ,united ,states and     
,europe and the prospect of these       
fighters returning to the ,united       
,states or allied countries jeopardizes 
the security of the ,united ,states and 
its allies2 ,whereas ,,isil poses an    
unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of 
the ,united ,states and if left         
unchecked will be the locus of plots to 
attack our homeland2 ,whereas the rise  
of ,,isil1 the continuing threat posed  
by al ,qaeda1 and the pending           
redeployment of ,united ,states combat  
troops from ,afghanistan highlight the  
need to re-examine and harmonize the    
legal authorities under which the       

,president is authorized to take        
offensive military action2 and ,whereas 
the ,president has authority under the  
,constitution to take action to protect 
the ,united ,states and its citizens    
from imminent threat or attack but      
,congress alone holds the power to      
declare war3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  #a4
 ,short title ,this joint resolution may
 be cited as the ,authorization for ,use
 of ,military ,force ,against ,,isil    
,resolution4  #b4 ,authorization for use
 of ,united ,states ,armed ,forces  7a7 
,in general ,the ,president is          
authorized to use the ,armed ,forces of 
the ,united ,states against the ,islamic
 ,state of ,iraq and the ,levant        
7,,isil74  7b7 ,geographical limitation 
,the authority granted in subsection 7a7
 shall be confined to the territory of  
the ,republic of ,iraq and the ,syrian  
,arab ,republic4 ,the limitation of this
 subsection shall not apply to the      
,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states   
engaged in training of indigenous       

,syrian or regional military forces for 
the purpose of combating ,,isil4  7c7   
,no authorization for use of ground     
forces in combat ,the authority granted 
in subsection 7a7 does not include the  
authority for the deployment of ground  
forces in a combat role4 ,for purposes  
of this subsection1 ground forces in a  
combat role does not include special    
operations forces or other forces that  
may be deployed in a training1 advisory1
 or intelligence capacity4  7d7         
,termination ,the authority granted in  
subsection 7a7 shall terminate on the   
date that is #ah months after the date  
of the enactment of this joint          
resolution4  7e7 ,war powers resolution 
requirements  7#a7 ,specific statutory  
authorization ,consistent with section  
#h7;a77#a7 of the ,war ,powers          
,resolution1 the ,congress declares that
 this section is intended to constitute 
specific statutory authorization within 
the meaning of section #e7;b7 of the    
,war ,powers ,resolution4  7#b7         

,applicability of other requirements    
,nothing in this joint resolution       
supersedes any requirement of the ,war  
,powers ,resolution4  #c4 ,repeal of    
prior authorizations for use of ,united 
,states ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,repeal ,the
 following provisions of law are hereby 
repealed3  7#a7 ,the ,authorization for 
,use of ,military ,force ,against ,iraq 
,resolution of #bjjb 7,public ,law      
#ajg-bdc2 #ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note74    
7#b7 ,the ,authorization for ,use of    
,military ,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 
#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note74  7b7         
,effective date ,the repeal made by     
subsection 7a77#b7 shall be effective as
 of the date that is #ah months after   
the date of the enactment of this joint 
resolution4  #d4 ,reports to ,congress  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,president shall1  
at least once every #fj days after the  
date of the enactment of this joint     
resolution1 submit to the ,speaker of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,president pro tempore of the ,senate a 

report on matters relevant to this joint
 resolution1 including actions taken    
pursuant to the exercise of authority   
granted in section #b and the status of 
planning for efforts that are expected  
to be required over the next #fj days4  
7b7 ,consolidation ,to the extent that  
the submission of any report required in
 subsection 7a7 coincides with the      
submissions of any other report on      
matters relevant to this joint          
resolution otherwise required to be     
submitted to ,congress pursuant to the  
reporting requirements of the ,war      
,powers ,resolution1 all such reports   
may be submitted as a single            
consolidated report to the ,speaker of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,president pro tempore of the ,senate4