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[CITE: 50USC1542]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 33--WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
 
Sec. 1542. Consultation; initial and regular consultations

    The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress 
before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into 
situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
indicated by the circumstances, and after every such introduction shall 
consult regularly with the Congress until United States Armed Forces are 
no longer engaged in hostilities or have been removed from such 
situations.

(Pub. L. 93-148, Sec. 3, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555.)
