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50 U.S.C. § 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) Annual report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than March 1 of each year, 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.
(2) **Matters to be included** — The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the legal, factual, and policy justifications for any changes made to such legal and policy frameworks from the preceding year, including—
(A) a list of all foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals for which a determination has been made that force could legally be used under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40), including—
(i) the legal and factual basis for such determination; and
(ii) a description of whether force has been used against each such foreign force, irregular force, group, or individual; and
(B) the criteria and any changes to the criteria for designating a foreign force, irregular force, group, or individual as lawfully targetable, as a high value target, and as formally or functionally a member of a group covered under the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
**(b) Notice required** 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) Form** The report required by subsection (a) and each notice required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion of each report shall, at a minimum, include each change made to the legal
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**(a) Annual report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than March 1 of each year, 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.
(2) **Matters to be included** — The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the legal, factual, and policy justifications for any changes made to such legal and policy frameworks from the preceding year, including—
(A) a list of all foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals for which a determination has been made that force could legally be used under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107–40), including—
(i) the legal and factual basis for such determination; and
(ii) a description of whether force has been used against each such foreign force, irregular force, group, or individual; and
(B) the criteria and any changes to the criteria for designating a foreign force, irregular force, group, or individual as lawfully targetable, as a high value target, and as formally or functionally a member of a group covered under the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
**(b) Notice required** 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) Form** The report required by subsection (a) and each notice required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. The unclassified portion of each report shall, at a minimum, include each change made to the legal and policy frameworks during the preceding year and the legal, factual, and policy justifications for such changes, and shall be made available to the public at the same time it is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees.
**(d) Appropriate congressional committees defined** In 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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**(a) Congressional declaration** It is the purpose of this chapter to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations.
**(b) Congressional legislative power under necessary and proper clause** Under article I, section 8, of the Constitution, it is specifically provided that the Congress shall have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution, not only its own powers but also all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
**(c) Presidential executive power as Commander-in-Chief; limitation** The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
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**(a) In general** Not later than 48 hours after any incident in which the United States Armed Forces are involved in an attack or hostilities, whether in an offensive or defensive capacity, the President shall transmit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the incident, unless the President—
(1) otherwise reports the incident within 48 hours pursuant to [section 1543 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1543&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) has determined prior to the incident, and so reported pursuant to [section 1549 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1549&num=0&edition=prelim), that the United States Armed Forces involved in the incident would be operating under specific statutory authorization within the meaning of [section 1544(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1544/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Matters to be included** Each report required by subsection (a) shall include—
(1) the authority or authorities under which the United States Armed Forces were operating when the incident occurred;
(2) the date, location, and duration of the incident and the other parties involved;
(3) a description of the United States Armed Forces involved in the incident and the mission of such Armed Forces;
(4) the numbers of any combatant casualties and civilian casualties that occurred as a result of the incident; and
(5) any other information the President determines appropriate.
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1549
debate in consideration of the veto message on
such measure shall be limited to twenty hours
in the Senate and in the House shall be deter-
mined in accordance with the Rules of the
House.
(Pub. L. 98–164, title X, § 1013, Nov. 22, 1983, 97
Stat. 1062.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 601(b) of the International Security Assist-
ance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, referred to
in text, is section 601(b) of Pub. L. 94–329, title VI, June
30, 1976, 90 Stat. 765, which was not classified to the
Code.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Department of
State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985,
and not as part of the War Powers Resolution which
comprises this chapter.
§ 1547. Interpretation of joint resolution
(a) Inferences from any law or treaty
Authority to introduce United States Armed
Forces into hostilities or into situations where-
in involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated
by the circumstances shall not be inferred—
(1) from any provision of law (whether or not
in effect before November 7, 1973), including
any provision contained in any appropriation
Act, unless such provision specifically author-
izes the introduction of United States Armed
Forces into hostilities or into such situations
and states that it is intended to constitute
specific statutory authorization within the
meaning of this chapter; or
(2) from any treaty heretofore or hereafter
ratified unless such treaty is implemented by
legislation specifically authorizing the intro-
duction of United States Armed Forces into
hostilities or into such situations and stating
that it is intended to constitute specific statu-
tory authorization within the meaning of this
chapter.
(b) Joint
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