,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eedc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #g1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,khanna 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,engel1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4
 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,lee of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 ,brown of 
,maryland1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,levin of
 ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of          
,california1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4        
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,pocan1   
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,ms4    
,omar1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1  
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,ms4        
,pressley1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,garca of 
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4         
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 
,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4      
,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4
 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north        
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1   
,mr4 ,pallone1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1    
,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4      
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4          

,spanberger1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 and ,mr4   
,cisneros7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 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 use of funds
 for unauthorized military force against
 ,iran1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,war ,against ,iran ,act4  #b4  
,prohibition of unauthorized military   
force in or against ,iran  7a7 ,findings
 ,congress finds the following3  7#a7   
,the acquisition by the ,government of  
,iran of a nuclear weapon would pose a  
grave threat to international peace and 
stability and the national security of  
the ,united ,states and ,united ,states 
allies1 including ,israel4  7#b7 ,the   
,government of ,iran is a leading state 

sponsor of terrorism1 continues to      
materially support the regime of ,bashar
 al-,assad1 and is responsible for      
ongoing gross violations of the human   
rights of the people of ,iran4  7#c7    
,article ,i of the ,united ,states      
,constitution requires the ,president to
 obtain authorization from ,congress    
before engaging in war with ,iran4  7b7 
,clarification of current law ,nothing  
in the ,authorization for ,use of       
,military ,force 7,public ,law #ajg-dj2 
#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda note71 the          
,authorization for ,use of ,military    
,force ,against ,iraq ,resolution of    
#bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-bdc2 #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
  7c7 ,prohibition of unauthorized      
military force in or against ,iran  7#a7
 ,in ,general ,except as provided in    
paragraph 7#b71 no ,federal funds may be

 obligated or expended for any use of   
military force in or against ,iran      
unless ,congress has--  7,a7 declared   
war2 or  7,b7 enacted specific statutory
 authorization for such use of military 
force after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act that meets the requirements  
of the ,war ,powers ,resolution 7#ej    
,u4,s4,c4 #aeda et seq474  7#b7         
,exception ,the prohibition under       
paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to a use 
of military force that is consistent    
with section 7#b77;c7 of the ,war       
,powers ,resolution4  7d7 ,rules of     
construction ,nothing in this ,act may  
be construed-- 7#a7 to prevent the      
,president from using necessary and     
appropriate force to defend ,united     
,states allies and partners if ,congress
 enacts specific statutory authorization
 for such use of force consistent with  
the requirements of the ,war ,powers    
,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda et     
seq472  7#b7 to relieve the executive   
branch of restrictions on the use of    

force1 reporting1 or consultation       
requirements set forth in the ,war      
,powers ,resolution 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #aeda
 et seq472 or  7#c7 to authorize the use
 of military force4