§ 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

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2017

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

   Pub. L. 115–91 div. A title XII § 1264 · 131 Stat. 1283

   Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 1549

   Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1264, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1689

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1264, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1689

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   SEC. 1264. 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. (a) Initial Report.— (1) In general.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date the report is submitted. (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. (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.

2. 2019

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

   Pub. L. 116–92 § 1261(1) · 133 Stat. 1198

   Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 1549(a)

   Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(1), substituted “Annual” for “Initial” in heading

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(1), substituted “Annual” for “Initial” in heading.

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   (1) in the heading for subsection (a), by striking “Initial” and inserting “Annual”;

3. 2019

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

   Pub. L. 116–92 § 1261(2) · 133 Stat. 1198

   Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 1549(a)(1)

   Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(2), substituted “March 1 of each year” for “90 days after December 12, 2017”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(2), substituted “March 1 of each year” for “90 days after December 12, 2017”.

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   (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act” and inserting “March 1 of each year”;

4. 2019

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

   Pub. L. 116–92 § 1261(3) · 133 Stat. 1198

   Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 1549(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(3), substituted “from the preceding year, including—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date the report is submitted.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(3), substituted “from the preceding year, including—” and subpars. (A) and (B) for “during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date the report is submitted.”

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   (3) in subsection (a)(2), by striking “during the period” and all that follows to the end and inserting: “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.” ; and

5. 2019

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

   Pub. L. 116–92 § 1261(4) · 133 Stat. 1198

   Inserted · 50 U.S.C. § 1549(c)

   Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(4), inserted at end “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.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92, § 1261(4), inserted at end “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.”

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   (4) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: “The unclassified Public information. 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.”.

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