Sec. 110. Definitions
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The War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq. ), as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 9 the following: In this joint resolution: The term appropriate congressional committees and leadership means— in the House of Representatives— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations; and the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader; and in the Senate— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations; and the majority leader and the minority leader.
The term hostilities means any situation involving any continuous or intermittent use of lethal or potentially lethal force by or against United States forces (or, for purposes of paragraph (3)(B), foreign regular or irregular forces) carried out through land, sea, air, space, or cyber operations, or through any other domain, including whether or not such force is deployed remotely. The term introduce means— with respect to hostilities or a situation in which there is a serious risk of hostilities, any commitment, engagement, or other involvement of United States forces (or, for purposes of paragraph (3)(B), of foreign regular or irregular forces), whether or not constituting self-defense measures by United States forces, in response to an attack or imminent threat of attack outside the United States, and whether or not United States forces are present or operating remotely launched, piloted, or directed attacks; or the use, including assigning or temporary detailing, of members of United States forces to— command, advise, assist, accompany, coordinate, or train any foreign regular or irregular forces engaged in hostilities or in a situation in which there is a serious risk that those foreign forces become engaged in hostilities; or provide any other type of support that would render the United States a party to a conflict in which it is not already engaged or be more likely than not to do so.
The term serious risk of hostilities means any situation in which there exists a substantial possibility that United States forces (or, for purposes of paragraph (3)(B), foreign regular or irregular forces) will become engaged in hostilities, irrespective of any belief that the presence of such forces will deter the onset of hostilities. The term specific statutory authorization means any joint resolution introduced after the date of the enactment of the War Powers Resolution Modernization and Accountability Act and enacted into law to authorize the introduction of United States forces into hostilities or into situations where there is a serious risk of hostilities that sets forth, at a minimum, the following:
A clearly defined mission and operational objectives, the identity of all specific entity or entities against which force is authorized, and the foreign country or countries in which the hostilities by such forces are authorized. A requirement the President seek from the Congress a subsequent specific statutory authorization, in accordance with the requirements of section 4, for any expansion of the mission to include new operational objectives, additional enemy forces, or new countries in which such forces are operating, in each case to the extent not specifically identified in the previous authorization.
A termination of the authorization for the use of such forces within two years absent the enactment of a subsequent specific statutory authorization for such use of the United States forces. The term substantially enlarge means, for any 30-day period, an increase in the overall number of United States forces, including temporary duty or rotational forces, that is the lesser of— an increase of 25 percent or more of the number of such forces; or an increase of 1,000 or more of the number of such forces.
The term train or training has the meaning given the term military education and training in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2403 ). The term United States forces means any individuals who are employed by, or under contract to, or under the direction of, any department or agency of the United States Government who are or may be— deployed and equipped for combat; or engaged in the use of lethal or potentially lethal force carried out through land, sea, air, space, or cyber operations, or through any other domain . forces The War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq. ), as amended by this Act, is further amended— by striking Armed Forces each place it appears and inserting forces ; and by striking armed forces each place it appears and inserting forces .
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