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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S.J. Res. 59 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize the use of military force against the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and design... · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Definitions

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In this joint resolution— the term appropriate congressional committees and leadership means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate; the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; the term associated forces means any organization, person, or force, other than a sovereign nation, that the President determines has entered the fight alongside and is a co-belligerent with al Qaeda, the Taliban, or ISIS, in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, or that has been a part of al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, or an associated force designated pursuant to this authorization and is engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; and the term coalition partner has the meaning given that term in section 948a of title 10, United States Code, and for the purposes of such definition the hostilities engaged in by the United States are hostilities against al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, or an associated force designated pursuant to this authorization.
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