Joint resolution relating to the power of Congress to declare war.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Defines the term "war" for the purpose of section 8, article I of the Constitution to mean a state of international combat expressly declared to exist by the Congress. Exlcudes from the term "war" a state of international combat where less than five thousand personnel of land, sea, or air force are committed to armed combat outside of the United States for less than ten days, unless expressly so declared by the Congress in accordance with the first section of this joint resolution. Provides that no Act of Congress authorizing or appropriating funds, directly or indirectly, for activities of the Department of Defense, or indirectly supporting the commitment of troops to armed combat outside of the United States, shall be deemed to be an express declaration of a state of international combat for the purposes of the first section of this joint resolution.…