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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1543. Reporting requirement
(a) Written report; time of submission; circumstances necessitating
submission; information reported
In the absence of a declaration of war, in any case in which
United States Armed Forces are introduced -
(1) into hostilities or into situations where imminent
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the
circumstances;
(2) into the territory, airspace or waters of a foreign nation,
while equipped for combat, except for deployments which relate
solely to supply, replacement, repair, or training of such
forces; or
(3) in numbers which substantially enlarge United States Armed
Forces equipped for combat already located in a foreign nation;
the President shall submit within 48 hours to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the
Senate a report, in writing, setting forth -
(A) the circumstances necessitating the introduction of United
States Armed Forces;
(B) the constitutional and legislative authority under which
such introduction took place; and
(C) the estimated scope and duration of the hostilities or
involvement.
(b) Other information reported
The President shall provide such other information as the
Congress may request in the fulfillment of its constitutional
responsibilities with respect to committing the Nation to war and
to the use of United States Armed Forces abroad.
(c) Periodic reports; semiannual requirement
Whenever United States Armed Forces are introduced into
hostilities or into any situation described in subsection (a) of
this section, the President shall, so long as such armed forces
continue to be engaged in such hostilities or situation, report to
the Congress periodically on the status of such hostilities or
situation as well as on the scope and duration of such hostilities
or situation, but in no event shall he report to the Congress less
often than once every six months.
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