Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 2685 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purp... · Sec. 10001

Sec. 10001.

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Congress finds that— the United States has been engaged in military operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

(ISIL)for more than 8 months; President Obama submitted an authorization for the use of military force against ISIL in February 2015; and under article 1, section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the authority to declare war . Therefore, Congress has a constitutional duty to debate and determine whether or not to authorize the use of military force against ISIL.