,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,schiff introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to repeal
 the ,authorization for ,use of         
,military ,force4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,sunset  
to the ,authorization for ,use of       
,military ,force ,act4  #b4 ,findings   
,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,on
 ,september #aa1 #bjja1 the ,united     
,states and its citizens were victims of
 the worst terrorist attacks in world   
history4  7#b7 ,the ,september #aa1     
#bjja1 terrorist attacks were planned1  
financed1 and executed by al ,qaeda1 a  
terrorist organization led by ,osama bin
 ,laden4  7#c7 ,al ,qaeda was based in  
,afghanistan throughout the period      
leading up to the attacks1 and the three
 previous attacks against ,united       
,states targets1 the #aiic ,world ,trade
 ,center bombing1 the #aiih ,east       

,africa bombings1 and the #bjjj attack  
on the ,,uss ,cole1 were planned by al  
,qaeda central4  7#d7 ,from #aiif to    
#bjja1 the ,taliban government of       
,afghanistan knowingly harbored al      
,qaeda1 and was complicit in its plots  
against the ,united ,states1 and that al
 ,qaeda1 in turn1 supported the         
,taliban1 including sponsoring and      
training the elite ,arab #eeth ,brigade 
of the ,taliban ,army4  7#e7 ,following 
the ,september #aa1 #bjja1 attacks      
,congress passed the ,authorization for 
,use of ,military ,force 7,public ,law  
#ajg-dj2 #ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note7 to   
provide the ,president with requisite   
authorization to use force against those
 nations1 organizations1 or persons he  
determines planned1 authorized1         
committed1 or aided the terrorist       
attacks that occurred on ,september #aa1
 #bjja1 or harbored such organizations  
or persons1 in order to prevent any     
future acts of international terrorism  
against the ,united ,states by such     

nations1 organizations or persons4  7#f7
 ,following passage of ,public ,law     
#ajg-dj1 and consistent with its        
purpose1 the ,united ,states invaded    
,afghanistan1 resulting in the toppling 
of the ,taliban government and the      
routing of al ,qaeda forces in the      
country4  7#g7 ,osama bin ,laden and    
other senior al ,qaeda leaders left     
,afghanistan in the wake of the ,united 
,states invasion1 with many fleeing to  
neighboring ,pakistan4  7#h7 ,many of al
 ,qaeda's senior leaders1 including     
,osama bin ,laden1 ,khalid ,sheikh      
,mohammed1 ,abu ,yahya al-,libi1 and    
,abu ,hamza ,rabia have either been     
killed or captured by ,united ,states   
forces in the years since the #bjja     
terrorist attacks4  7#i7 ,intelligence  
experts now describe al ,qaeda's core as
 largely decimated1 and ,director of    
,national ,intelligence ,james ,clapper 
told ,congress in early #bjac1 that al  
,qaeda's core had been so degraded that 
it is probably unable to carry out      

complex1 large-scale attacks in the     
,west4  7#aj7 ,congress never intended  
and did not authorize a perpetual war4  
7#aa7 ,with the withdrawal of ,united   
,states combat troops from ,afghanistan 
and the transition to ,afghan national  
security forces at the end of #bjad1    
,public ,law #ajg-dj1 which was focused 
on the ,september #aath attacks and     
those directly responsible1 will have   
largely served its purpose4  7#ab7 ,the 
homeland and the ,american people face  
new threats from individuals1 entities1 
and organizations that may affiliate    
with al ,qaeda1 or share its ideology   
and its determination to attack         
,americans1 but which may not be        
connected to the ,september #aa1 #bjja1 
attacks or those who carried them out to
 a degree sufficient to be covered by   
,public ,law #ajg-dj4  7#ac7 ,even after
 the expiration of ,public ,law #ajg-dj1
 there is likely to remain the need to  
defend against specific networks of     
violent extremists1 including al ,qaeda 

and its affiliates1 that threaten the   
,united ,states1 and the ,congress urges
 the ,president to work with the        
legislative branch to secure whatever   
new authorities may be required to meet 
the threat and comply with the          
,constitution1 the ,war ,powers         
,resolution1 and the law of war4  #c4   
,repeal of ,authorization for ,use of   
,military ,force ,effective on ,december
 #ca1 #bjad1 the ,authorization for ,use
 of ,military ,force 7,public ,law      
#ajg-dj2 #ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note7 is   
hereby repealed4