2017 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 33 - War Powers Resolution
Sec. 1549 - Report on and notice of changes made to the legal and policy frameworks for the United States' use of military force and related national security operations
| 50 U.S.C. § 1549 (2017) |
| §1549. Report on and notice of changes made to the legal and policy frameworks for the United States' use of military force and related national security operations |
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(a) Initial report
(1) In general
Not later than 90 days after December 12, 2017, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the legal and policy frameworks for the United States' use of military force and related national security operations. The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the legal, factual, and policy justifications for any changes made to such legal and policy frameworks during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date the report is submitted. Not later than 30 days after the date on which a change is made to the legal and policy frameworks described in subsection (a)(1), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such change, including the legal, factual, and policy justification for such change. (c) FormThe report required by subsection (a) and each notice required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. (d) Appropriate congressional committees definedIn this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. |
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(Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, §1264, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1689.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, and not as part of the War Powers Resolution which comprises this chapter. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
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| Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 33 - WAR POWERS RESOLUTION Sec. 1549 - Report on and notice of changes made to the legal and policy frameworks for the United States' use of military force and related national security operations |
| section 1549 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| 131 Stat. 1689 |
| Public Law 115-91 |
