,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,cicilline 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1
 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4  
,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,haaland1   
,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 
,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,ted     
,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1  
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4  
,moore1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,norton1    
,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4  
,pocan1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,raskin1    
,ms4 ,velzquez1 and ,mr4 ,welch7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the introduction of ,united    

,states ,armed ,forces into hostilities 
with respect to ,venezuela1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,prohibiting   
,unauthorized ,military ,action in      
,venezuela ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on   
introduction of ,united ,states ,armed  
,forces into hostilities with respect to
 ,venezuela  7a7 ,funding prohibition   
,none of the funds authorized to be     
appropriated or otherwise made available
 to the ,department of ,defense or to   
any other ,federal department or agency 
may be used to introduce the ,armed     
,forces of the ,united ,states into     
hostilities with respect to ,venezuela1 
except pursuant to--  7#a7 a declaration
 of war2  7#b7 a specific statutory     
authorization described in subsection   
7b72 or  7#c7 a national emergency      
created by attack upon the ,united      
,states1 its territories or possessions1
 or the ,armed ,forces4  7b7 ,specific  
statutory authorization described ,a    
specific statutory authorization        

described in this subsection is an      
authorization that-- 7#a7 meets the     
requirements of the ,war ,powers        
,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda et     
seq472 and  7#b7 is enacted after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4  7c7
 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this 
,act may be construed to affect or alter
 the requirements of the ,war ,powers   
,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda et     
seq47 or any restrictions or reporting  
requirements contained in such          
,resolution4