,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ebf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ab1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself and ,mr4     
,murphy7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to sunset the #bjja            
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force after three years4  #a4 ,short   
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,sunset of the #bjja ,authorization for 
,use of ,military ,force ,act 4  #b4    
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 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 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 attacks1         
,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
 ,congress never intended and did not   
authorize a perpetual war4  7#g7 ,with  
the withdrawal of ,united ,states combat
 troops from ,afghanistan and the       
transition to ,afghan national security 
forces at the end of #bjad1 the         
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force1 which was focused on the        
,september #aath attacks and those      
directly responsible1 will have largely 
served its purpose4  7#h7 ,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 the         
,authorization for ,use of ,military    

,force4  7#i7 ,even after the expiration
 of the ,authorization for ,use of      
,military ,force1 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 ,president must work with the       
legislative branch to secure whatever   
new authorities may be required to meet 
the threat and comply with the          
,constitution and the ,war ,powers      
,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda et     
seq474  #c4 ,sunset of #bjja            
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force ,the ,authorization for ,use of  
,military ,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 
#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note7 shall         
terminate on the date that is three     
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 unless reauthorized4