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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S.J. Res. 43 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and S... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Effect of enactment of joint resolution of disapproval of use of force against initial or additional associated persons or forces or in other countries

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Subject to subsection (b), upon the enactment by Congress of a resolution described in section 6(a) with respect to the use of force pursuant to section 3 against initial associated persons or forces pursuant to 4(b), or against additional associated persons or forces pursuant to section 4(c), the authority under this joint resolution to use force against such persons or forces shall cease. Subject to subsection (b), upon the enactment by Congress of a resolution described in section 6(a) with respect to the use of force pursuant to section 3 in another country pursuant to section 5, the authority under this joint resolution to use force in that country shall cease.
Except as provided in section 6(c), a resolution described in section 6(a) is effective only if enacted during the 60-calendar-day period beginning on the date on which the President submits to Congress the report on the associated persons or forces concerned under section 4(b) or 4(c) or on the country concerned under section 5, as applicable. The authority sought by the President pursuant to the report under section 4(b), to specify initial associated persons or forces to be covered by section 3(a)(3), pursuant to a report under section 4(c), to add additional associated persons or forces to the associated persons or forces currently covered by section 3(a)(3), or pursuant to a report under section 5, to authorize the use of force under section 3 in a country or countries not explicitly set forth in section 5, shall exist as of the date of the report concerned and continue until a resolution of disapproval described in section 6(a), if any, is enacted by Congress in accordance with section 6.
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