,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjai,mr4  
,levin of ,michigan 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,massie7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to clarify that ,congress has  
not provided authorization for the use  
of military force against ,iran4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,aumf ,clarification ,act4  #b4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the #bjja ,authorization for    
,use of ,military ,force 7,public ,law  
#ajg-dj2 #ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note7      
authorizes the ,president to use        
necessary and appropriate 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 persons4  7#b7 ,iran and ,al ,qaeda  
historically have been adversaries4 ,a  

#bjah analysis of declassified documents
 obtained during the #bjaa raid on      
,osama bin ,laden's compound found that 
,al ,qaeda views ,iran as a hostile     
entity and examined documents provide no
 evidence of cooperation between ,al    
,qaeda and ,iran on planning or carrying
 out terrorist attacks4  7#c7 ,the      
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force ,against ,iraq ,resolution of    
#bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-bdc2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note7 authorizes the    
,president to use the ,armed ,forces of 
the ,united ,states as he determines to 
be necessary and appropriate in order to
 7#a7 defend the national security of   
the ,united ,states against the         
continuing threat posed by ,iraq2 and   
7#b7 enforce all relevant ,united       
,nations ,security ,council resolutions 
regarding ,iraq4  7#d7 ,on ,may #e1     
#bjai1 ,national ,security ,advisor     
,ambassador ,john ,bolton announced the 
deployment of the ,u4,s4,s4 ,abraham    
,lincoln ,carrier ,strike ,group and a  

bomber task force to the ,united ,states
 ,central ,command region as a response 
to a number of troubling and escalatory 
indications and warnings from ,iran and 
to send a clear and unmistakable message
 to the ,iranian regime that any attack 
on ,united ,states interests or on those
 of our allies will be met with         
unrelenting force4  7#e7 ,congress has  
not authorized the use of military force
 against ,iran4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress
 ,it is the sense of ,congress that     
,congress has not authorized the use of 
military force against ,iran under the  
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force ,against ,iraq ,resolution of    
#bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-bdc2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note71 the              
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note71 or any other     
provision of law enacted before the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4  #d4    
,clarification ,nothing in the          
,authorization for ,use of ,military    

,force ,against ,iraq ,resolution of    
#bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-bdc2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note71 the              
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note71 or any other     
provision of law enacted before the date
 of the enactment of this ,act may be   
construed to provide authorization for  
the use of military force against ,iran4