Table 1, below, provides dates and subject matter of each of the presidential notifications located by CRS
that reference the AUMF as authority for the deployment or use of U.S. armed forces or other activities.
In many cases, the notifications indicate the continuation of a given deployment or activity.
Table 1. List of Presidential Notifications Referencing AUMF

Date Relevant Country, Geographic Area, Targeted Group, or Type of Action
9/24/2001 Afghanistan; the Taliban
10/9/2001 al Qaeda; other terrorist organizations
11/13/2001 Military detention and trial of terrorist suspects
9/20/2002 Afghanistan; Philippines; Georgia; Yemen; Guantanamo Bay
3/20/2003 Yemen; Djibouti; Guantanamo Bay
9/19/2003 Afghanistan; Philippines; Georgia; Yemen; Guantanamo Bay
3/20/2004 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Georgia; Djibouti; Yemen; Kenya; Ethiopia; Eritrea; high seas
11/4/2004 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; Yemen; Ethiopia; Kenya; Eritrea; Djibouti; high seas
5/20/2005 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; Djibouti; Yemen; Kenya; Ethiopia; Eritrea; high seas
12/7/2005 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; Djibouti; Yemen; Kenya; Ethiopia; high seas
6/15/2006 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; Djibouti; Yemen; high seas
12/15/2006 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; Djibouti; Yemen; high seas
2/14/2007 Executive Order 13425: includes Military Commissions
6/15/2007 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; Horn of Africa; Somalia; high seas
7/20/2007 Executive Order 13440: includes detention and interrogation of terrorist suspects
12/14/2007 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; global counterterrorism; Horn of Africa; high seas
6/13/2008 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; global counterterrorism; Horn of Africa; high seas
12/16/2008 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; global counterterrorism; Horn of Africa; high seas
6/15/2009 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; global counterterrorism; Horn of Africa; high seas
12/15/2009 Presidential Memorandum includes Guantanamo Bay issues
12/16/2009 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Iraq; global counterterrorism; Horn of Africa; high seas
6/15/2010 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; Djibouti; Horn of Africa; global counterterrorism; high seas
12/15/2010 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; global counterterrorism; high seas
3/7/2011 Executive Order 13567: includes detention at Guantanamo Bay
6/15/2011 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; global counterterrorism; high seas
12/15/2011 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; global counterterrorism; high seas
2/28/2012 Military detention of terrorist suspects
6/15/2012 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; global counterterrorism; Somalia; Yemen; high seas
12/14/2012 Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay; global counterterrorism; Somalia; Yemen; high seas
6/14/2013 Afghanistan; Somalia; Yemen; Guantanamo Bay; high seas