The resolution would authorize the President to use the U.S. Armed Forces as the President considers necessary and appropriate against nine named cartel organizations, forces affiliated or directly coordinated with them, and successor organizations or forces. It says the authorization is intended to count as specific authorization under the War Powers Resolution and does not replace that resolution’s other requirements.
It would give the President authority to use military force against the named groups and related forces. The resolution does not describe specific effects on individuals.
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The resolution’s stated rationale is that the named groups pose dangers through violence, drug smuggling, and human trafficking, and that military force is needed to eliminate their operational capacity. These are claims stated in the resolution.
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