RE: This could be interesting.
To establish a sunset for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243).
[ul]Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
[ul]This Act may be cited as the `Sunset of Public Law 107-243 Act of 2007'.
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SEC. 2. SUNSET OF PUBLIC LAW 107-243.
[ul]The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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`SEC. 5. SUNSET.
[ul]`This joint resolution shall cease to be effective beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Sunset of Public Law 107-243 Act of 2007.'.
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SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
[ul]Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 of this Act shall be construed to prevent or prohibit Congress in the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act from--
[ul](1) reauthorizing Public Law 107-243, with or without amendment, as appropriate; and
(2) passing a new authorization for the use of military force against Iraq or a declaration of war against Iraq, as appropriate.
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