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[CITE: 50USC1543]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 33--WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 93-148, Sec. 4, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1544 of this title.
