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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. 9

Sec. 9. Expedited procedures

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The expedited procedures provided by this section shall be available for the following joint resolutions: A joint resolution that is described in subsection (b)(1)(A), during the 60-calendar day period after the date on which expedited congressional reconsideration begins pursuant to section 4(b). A joint resolution that is described in subsection (b)(1)(B), during the 60-calendar day period after the date on which the President designates a new organization, person, or force as an associated force by submitting to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report required under section 5(a).
A joint resolution that is described in subsection (b)(1)(C), during the 60-calendar day period after the date on which the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees and leadership in a report required by section 5(b)(1) that the United States is using military force in a new foreign country pursuant to this joint resolution. In this joint resolution, the term qualifying resolution means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress— to repeal or modify this joint resolution— the title of which is as follows:
A joint resolution relating to the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018. ; the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following:
(a)The Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 is hereby _____. , with the blank space being filled in with the words repealed or modified as provided in subsection
(b); the matter in subsection (b), if applicable, is
(b), with the blank space being filled in with any modifications to the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 that are relevant to such authorization; and Modification to the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 .—____ that is introduced during the 30-calendar day period following each date on which expedited congressional reconsideration begins pursuant to section 4(b); to amend this joint resolution to remove the authorization to use military force against an associated force designated by the President pursuant to this joint resolution— the title of which is as follows: A joint resolution to remove the authorization for use of military force against an associated force provided by the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018. ; that does not have a preamble; the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following: The Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 is hereby amended by adding at the end: , with the first blank space being filled in with the title of the qualifying resolution and the second blank space being filled in with the name of the associated force; and As of the date of enactment of ____, this joint resolution shall not authorize the use of military force against ____. . that is introduced during the 30-calendar day period after the date on which the President designates such new associated force by submitting to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership a report required by section 5(a); or to amend this joint resolution to remove the authorization to use military force in a new foreign country pursuant to this joint resolution— the title of which is as follows: A joint resolution to remove the authorization for use of military force in a foreign country provided by the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018. ; that does not have a preamble; the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following: The Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 is hereby amended by adding at the end: , with the first blank space being filled in with the title of the qualifying resolution and the second blank space being filled in with the name of the foreign country; and As of the date of enactment of ____ this joint resolution shall not authorize the use of military force in ____. . that is introduced during the 30-calendar day period after the date on which the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees and leadership in a report required by section 5(b)(1) of this joint resolution that the United States is using military force in such new foreign country pursuant to this joint resolution. A qualifying resolution described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject only to relevant amendment. No amendments shall be received to a qualifying resolution described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph (1). If a committee of the House of Representatives to which a qualifying resolution has been referred has not reported any qualifying resolution within 10 calendar days after the expiration of the applicable 30-calendar day period for introduction of the qualifying resolution, that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of any qualifying resolution and any qualifying resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A qualifying resolution introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. If the Committee on Foreign Relations has not reported any qualifying resolution within 10 calendar days after the expiration of the applicable 30-calendar day period for introduction of the qualifying resolution, the committee shall be discharged from consideration of any qualifying resolution introduced during the applicable 30-calendar day period and any such resolution shall be placed on the calendar. Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time during the applicable period for review provided by subsection (a), after the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate reports a qualifying resolution to the Senate or has been discharged from consideration of such a qualifying resolution, to move to proceed to the consideration of the qualifying resolution, except that no motion to proceed shall be in order after one motion to proceed to a qualifying resolution has been disposed of with respect to the same new associated force or the same new foreign country, or, in the case of a qualifying resolution described in subsection (b)(1)(A), after one motion to proceed to such a qualifying resolution has been disposed of. Consideration of the motion to proceed shall be limited to not more than 8 hours equally divided between the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. The motion to consider is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. All points of order against the qualifying resolution are waived. If, after one motion to proceed to a qualifying resolution has been disposed of, any qualifying resolution regarding the same new associated force or the same new foreign country remains on the calendar, a motion to proceed to consider such resolution shall not be in order for the remainder of the Congress. If, after one motion to proceed to a qualifying resolution identified in subsection (b)(1)(A) has been disposed of, any qualifying resolution remains on the calendar, a motion to proceed to consider such resolution shall not be in order for the remainder of the Congress. Debate in the Senate of any veto message with respect to a qualifying resolution, including all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint resolution, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. This section is enacted by Congress— as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a qualifying resolution, and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
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