A repeal of the 2002 AUMF also would lay the groundwork for another effort to replace the 2001 AUMF for the post-9/11 “war on terror.”

Critics label it a blank check cited for operations in Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Niger, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and the Philippines.

It’s also been used to justify the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.

Lawmakers who support repealing and replacing the 2001 authorization insist they’re a long way off from that vote. Instead, they see their plans to deal with the 2002 AUMF as a necessary first step.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who’s been leading the effort, said he and other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are in discussions with the White House about repealing and replacing the 2001 AUMF.