18 Sept 2001 Jahr - Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001

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The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF; Pub. L. 107–40, 115 Stat. 224) is a joint resolution of the United States Congress which became law on September 18, 2001, authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the September 11 attacks. The authorization granted the president the authority to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those whom he determined "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the September 11 attacks, or who harbored said persons or groups.

In this case, the AUMF grants power to the President to determine both who to target and what actions to take. The AUMF is different from a declaration of war in that the AUMF is a statutory force authorization, limiting the President's use of full military force, which he would otherwise have in a declaration of war. The AUMF was passed by the 107th Congress on September 18, 2001, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 18, 2001. President Bush said "you are either with us, or you are with the terrorists" in his joint address to Congress and the American public on September 20, 2001, right after the law was signed.

Since its passage in 2001, U.S. presidents have interpreted their authority under the AUMF to extend beyond al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan to apply to numerous other groups as well as other geographic locales, due to the act's omission of any specific area of operations. The adoption of this law does not require the targets to be state actors, but can include non-state actors, such as individual persons. In December 2016, the Office of the President published a brief interpreting the AUMF as providing congressional authorization for the use of force against al-Qaeda and other militant groups. As of July 21st, 2025, the full list of actors the U.S. military is fighting or believes itself authorized to fight under the 2001 AUMF is classified.

The only representative to vote against the authorization in 2001 was Barbara Lee, who has consistently criticized it since for being a blank check giving the government unlimited powers to wage war without debate.

The 2001 AUMF has enabled the US president to unilaterally launch military operations across the world without any congressional oversight or transparency for more than two decades. Between 2018 and 2020 alone, US forces initiated what it labelled "counter-terror" activities in 85 countries. Of these, the 2001 AUMF has been used to launch classified military campaigns in at least 22 countries.

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