Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002

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United States federal statute joint resolution

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was a U.S. congressional measure that empowered the president to use military force against Iraq, leading directly to the 2003 invasion and subsequent Iraq War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
2002 AUMF 1
Iraq Resolution of 2002 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
joint resolution ⓘ
authorizedUseOfForceAgainst Iraq ⓘ
authorizedUseOfForceAgainstGovernment Government of Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Government of Saddam Hussein
billNumberHouse H.J.Res.114 ⓘ
billNumberSenate S.J.Res.45 ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
containsFinding Iraq continued to possess and develop weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
Iraq had demonstrated a continuing hostility toward the United States ⓘ
Iraq had used weapons of mass destruction against neighboring countries and its own people ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
datePassedByHouse 2002-10-10 ⓘ
datePassedBySenate 2002-10-11 ⓘ
dateSigned 2002-10-16 ⓘ
enactedBy 107th United States Congress ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
houseVoteTallyAgainst 133 ⓘ
houseVoteTallyFor 296 ⓘ
ledToEvent Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: 2003 invasion of Iraq
legalBasisFor United States military operations in Iraq after March 2003 ⓘ
legalCitation Public Law 107-243 ⓘ
locationSigned Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officeholderAtSigning President of the United States ⓘ
otherChamber United States Senate ⓘ
policyArea foreign policy ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
national security ⓘ
primarySponsorHouse Richard Armey ⓘ
primarySponsorSenate Tom Daschle ⓘ
primaryTargetCountryCapital Baghdad ⓘ
referredToCommitteeHouse House Committee on Armed Services ⓘ
House Committee on International Relations ⓘ
referredToCommitteeSenate United States Senate Committee on Armed Services ⓘ
surface form: Senate Committee on Armed Services

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ⓘ
relatedTo Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 ⓘ
requires presidential determination that diplomatic means alone would not protect U.S. national security ⓘ
presidential reports to Congress at least every 60 days on actions taken ⓘ
senateVoteTallyAgainst 23 ⓘ
senateVoteTallyFor 77 ⓘ
shortName Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2002 AUMF

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iraq Resolution of 2002
signedBy George W. Bush ⓘ
statedPurpose to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq ⓘ
to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 116 Stat. 1498 ⓘ
subjectOfDebate legality of the Iraq War ⓘ
presidential war powers ⓘ
voteResultHouse passed ⓘ
voteResultSenate passed ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Global War on Terrorism → legalBasis → Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ⓘ
Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 → relatedTo → Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ⓘ
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 → shortName → Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iraq Resolution of 2002
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 → shortName → Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2002 AUMF
Cynthia McKinney → votedAgainst → Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ⓘ
Ben Nelson → votedOn → Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ⓘ