,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,levin introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,war ,powers ,resolution to provide for 
the use of military force against       
non-state actors4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,war     
,powers ,against ,non-,state ,actors    
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,use of military    
force against non-state actors ,the ,war
 ,powers ,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4     
#aeda et seq47 is amended by inserting  
after section #e 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aedd7  
the following section3  #e;a4 ,non-state
 actors  7a7 ,termination of use of     
,united ,states armed forces2 exceptions
 ,in the event that a report submitted  
by the ,president to ,congress          
consistent with the requirements of     
section #d relates to the use of the    
,united ,states ,armed ,forces against a

 non-state organization or entity-- 7#a7
 the requirement in section #e7;b7 shall
 not apply2 and  7#b7 not later than #fj
 days after the date on which the       
,president submits the report1 the      
,president shall terminate the use of   
the ,armed ,forces of the ,united       
,states unless-- 7,a7 the legal         
authority under which the ,president has
 made the approval is a law providing   
authority to use the ,armed ,forces of  
the ,united ,states against the         
non-state organization or entity2 or    
7,b7 7i7 the ,president notifies        
,congress that continuing military      
action is necessary because the         
non-state organization or entity is a   
terrorist organization that poses a     
continuing and imminent threat to the   
,united ,states and ,united ,states     
persons2 and  7ii7 ,congress does not   
enact a joint resolution disapproving   
such report pursuant to subsection 7b74 
7b7 ,expedited procedures for joint     
resolution  7#a7 ,joint resolution      

described ,for purposes of this section1
 the term joint resolution means only a 
joint resolution which is introduced    
within the #aj-;day period beginning on 
the date on which the ,president submits
 a notification pursuant to subsection  
7a77#b77;,b77i71 the matter after the   
resolving clause of which is as follows3
 ,that ,congress disapproves the        
authorization to use for the ,armed     
,forces of the ,united ,states to use   
direct action as submitted by the       
,president in the notification submitted
 to ,congress on 1 the blank space being
 filled in with the appropriate date4   
7#b7 ,applicable procedures ,any joint  
resolution introduced pursuant to this  
subsection shall be subject to the      
congressional priority procedures       
established for concurrent resolutions  
in section #g and section #ajac of the  
,department of ,state ,authorization    
,act1 ,fiscal ,years #aihd and #aihe    
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aedf;a71 except that    
such resolution shall not be subject to 

amendment4  7c7 ,rule of construction   
,nothing in this section is intended to 
alter the constitutional authority of   
,congress or the ,president4  4