A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Republican North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop introduces a bill to repeal the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Forces (AUMF), which gave four presidents broad powers to wage the war on terrorism. bottom.

2001 AUMF War against any nation, organization, or person that the President determined planned, authorized, committed, or assisted in the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or that harbored such an organization or person. allow to do In addition to the 20-year war in Afghanistan, presidents have used the resolution to justify operations in Afghanistan. Somalia, Syriaand the Philippines.

“The 2001 AUMF has served as the legal basis for nearly every global entanglement in the vague ‘war on terrorism’ under four different presidents. This goes far beyond what the American public imagined how this power would be used. Constitutionally, Congress is obliged to take responsibility here. Military operations abroad should be given specific and limited powers, and those in favor of them should insist on them. The American people are fed up with perpetual war and deserve to know what their country’s representatives stand for,” Bishop said in a statement to the Daily Caller.

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All incumbents at the time except Democratic California Congressman Barbara Lee voted Support AUMF. Lee is the Democrat’s lead cosponsor of the Bishop bill, which is proposed to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. Other co-sponsors include Republican Rep. Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona, Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, and Rep. Matt Gates of Florida. (Related: Gates hints at ‘squad’ and populist alliance in anti-war action)

Congress has repeatedly called for the reassertion of war powers in the 117th and 118th Congresses. The House voted to repeal the 2002 AUMF, which authorized the US war on Iraq in 2021, and the Senate followed suit in March. The Senate also passed the abolition of the 1991 AUMF, which sparked the Gulf War. These abolitions have not been enacted into law.

The House Armed Services Committee marked up the NDAA for fiscal year 2024 in late June, before Congress entered a two-week recess on July 4th. The bill accrues $886 billion to the Department of Defense, a 3.3% increase over 2023 levels. Republicans in the Senate want to spend more on the military, so the House and Senate are likely to clash over this policy.