,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ca1  
#bjag,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,booker1 
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4      
,warren1 and ,mr4 ,udall7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
restrict the use of funds for kinetic   
military operations in ,north ,korea4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preventing ,preemptive ,war in 
,north ,korea ,act of #bjag4  #b4       
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,north ,korea's nuclear  
weapons program presents a grave threat 
to the ,united ,states and our allies in
 ,asia1 including ,south ,korea and     
,japan4  7#b7 ,north ,korea's ongoing   
missile tests and nuclear weapons       
development have led to escalating      
tensions with ,south ,korea1 ,japan1    
,china1 and the ,united ,states4  7#c7  

,secretary of ,defense ,james ,mattis   
warned that if ,north ,korea retaliated 
against a limited first strike using its
 conventional artillery arsenal1 it     
would probably be the worst kind of     
fighting in most people's lifetimes4    
7#d7 #bcj1jjj ,united ,states nationals 
in ,south ,korea1 including #bh1ejj     
members of the ,armed ,forces1 would be 
at risk in the case of war with ,north  
,korea4  7#e7 ,the ,pentagon estimates  
that #bj1jjj people in ,seoul would die 
every day in the event of a conventional
 war on the ,korean ,peninsula4  7#f7   
,secretary of ,state ,rex ,tillerson    
traveled to ,beijing in ,september #bjag
 to discuss calming tensions and        
obtaining a diplomatic solution on      
,north ,korea4  7#g7 ,president ,trump  
tweeted during ,secretary ,tillerson's  
visit that the ,secretary of ,state was 
wasting his time and previously         
threatened that ,north ,korea's leaders 
wouldn't be around much longer4  7#h7   
,loose talk of war and belligerent      

rhetoric increases the risk of          
miscalculation by either side and       
severely unnerves ,united ,states       
allies4  7#i7 ,article ,i1 section #h1  
of the ,constitution grants ,congress   
the sole power to declare war4  7#aj7   
,section #b7;c7 of the ,war ,powers     
,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda7;c77   
states1 8,the constitutional powers of  
the ,president as ,commander-in-,chief  
to introduce ,united ,states ,armed     
,forces into hostilities1 or into       
situations where imminent involvement in
 hostilities is clearly indicated by the
 circumstances1 are exercised only      
pursuant to 7#a7 a declaration of war1  
7#b7 specific statutory authorization1  
or 7#c7 a national emergency created by 
attack upon the ,united ,states1 its    
territories or possessions1 or its armed
 forces404  #c4 ,restriction on use of  
funds for kinetic military operations in
 ,north ,korea  7a7 ,in general ,no     
funds may be used for kinetic military  
operations in ,north ,korea absent an   

imminent threat to the ,united ,states  
without express congressional           
authorization4  7b7 ,exceptions ,the    
prohibition shall not apply with respect
 to the introduction of the ,armed      
,forces into hostilities to repel a     
sudden attack on the ,united ,states1   
its territories or possessions1 or its  
,armed ,forces1 or its allies2 nor does 
it apply to the deployment of ,united   
,states ,armed ,forces to rescue or     
remove ,united ,states citizens or      
personnel4  7c7 ,rules of construction  
,nothing in this section may be         
construed to relieve the ,executive     
,branch of the restrictions on the use  
of force or the reporting requirements  
stated in the ,war ,powers ,resolution  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda et seq474