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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.J. Res. 30 (Introduced in House) — To require a strategy and report to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, and for other purposes. · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Rules of construction

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Nothing in this joint resolution— shall be construed as limiting or prohibiting any authority of the President under any provision of law other than the Authorization for Use of Military Force ( Public Law 107–40 ; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) and the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ( Public Law 107–243 ; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note); and shall be construed as limiting or prohibiting any authority of the President to respond to, or to prevent imminent attacks, on the United States, its territorial possessions, its embassies, its consulates, or its Armed Forces abroad, consistent with and limited to the President's constitutional powers and responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief.
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