50 USC 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

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 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

(a)

Annual report

(1)

In general

(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

(c)

Form

(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.

(Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1264, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1689; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XII, § 1261, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1689.)

cite as: 50 USC 1549