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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9955 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify the Presidential 

drawdown authority, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 11, 2024 

Mr. BURCHETT (for himself and Mr. GAETZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 

to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to modify 

the Presidential drawdown authority, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Our 

5 Stockpiles Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN AU7 THORITY. 

8 Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), in the undesignated mat2 ter following subparagraph (B)— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘he may direct,’’ and in4 serting ‘‘the President may direct, subject to 

5 paragraph (4),’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, except as provided in 

7 paragraph (5)’’ after ‘‘fiscal year’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

9 paragraphs: 

10 ‘‘(4)(A) The President may direct the drawdown of 

11 defense articles, defense services, and military education 

12 and training under paragraph (1) only during the 20-day 

13 period beginning on the date on which the President re14 ports to Congress that an unforeseen emergency exists 

15 under such paragraph. 

16 ‘‘(B) The authority to deliver defense articles, defense 

17 services, and military education and training pursuant to 

18 a drawdown directed under paragraph (1) shall expire at 

19 the end of the fiscal year in which the drawdown was di20 rected. 

21 ‘‘(5)(A) The President may direct the drawdown of 

22 defense articles, defense services, and military education 

23 and training under paragraph (1) of an aggregate value 

24 that would exceed $100,000,000 in a fiscal year if— 

25 ‘‘(i) the President submits to Congress— 


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1 ‘‘(I) a request for authorization to direct 

2 such a drawdown of an aggregate value that ex3 ceeds $100,000,000 for that fiscal year; and 

4 ‘‘(II) a report that an unforeseen emer5 gency exists, in accordance with paragraph (1); 

6 ‘‘(ii) after the submission of such request and 

7 report, there is enacted a joint resolution or other 

8 provision of law approving the authorization re9 quested; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) Congress has authorized appropriations in 

11 a specific amount sufficient to replenish the aggre12 gate value of the proposed drawdown. 

13 ‘‘(B)(i) Each request submitted under subparagraph 

14 (A)(i) may request authorization to direct a drawdown 

15 under paragraph (1) for only one intended recipient coun16 try. 

17 ‘‘(ii) A resolution or other provision of law described 

18 in subparagraph (A)(ii) may approve a request for author19 ization to direct a drawdown under paragraph (1) for only 

20 one intended recipient country. 

21 ‘‘(6)(A) Any resolution described in paragraph 

22 (5)(A)(ii) may be considered by Congress using the expe23 dited procedures set forth in this paragraph. 


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1 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘reso2 lution’ means only a joint resolution of the two Houses 

3 of Congress— 

4 ‘‘(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘A joint res5 olution approving the use of the special authority 

6 provided by section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assist7 ance Act of 1961 in excess of the fiscal year limita8 tion.’; 

9 ‘‘(ii) which does not have a preamble; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) the sole matter after the resolving clause 

11 of which is as follows: ‘The proposed use of the spe12 cial authority provided by section 506(a)(1) of the 

13 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in excess of the fis14 cal year limitation, to respond to the unforeseen 

15 emergency in 

16 llllllllllllllll, which was 

17 received by Congress on 

18 llllllllll(Transmittal number), is au19 thorized’, with the name of the intended recipient 

20 country and transmittal number inserted. 

21 ‘‘(C) A resolution described in subparagraph (B) that 

22 is introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Com23 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. A resolution 

24 described in subparagraph (B) that is introduced in the 


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1 House of Representatives shall be referred to the Com2 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

3 ‘‘(D) If the committee to which a resolution described 

4 subparagraph (B) is referred has not reported such resolu5 tion (or an identical resolution) by the end of 10 calendar 

6 days beginning on the date of introduction, such com7 mittee shall be, at the end of such period, discharged from 

8 further consideration of such resolution, and such resolu9 tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the 

10 House involved. 

11 ‘‘(E)(i) On or after the third calendar day after the 

12 date on which the committee to which such a resolution 

13 is referred has reported, or has been discharged (under 

14 subparagraph (D)) from further consideration of, such a 

15 resolution, it is in order for any Member of the respective 

16 House to move to proceed to the consideration of the reso17 lution. All points of order against the resolution (and 

18 against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The 

19 motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 

20 and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 

21 motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to 

22 postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration 

23 of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 

24 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

25 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 


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1 of the resolution is agreed to, the respective House shall 

2 immediately proceed to consideration of the joint resolu3 tion without intervening motion, order, or other business, 

4 and the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of 

5 the respective House until disposed of. 

6 ‘‘(ii) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable 

7 motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be lim8 ited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 

9 equally between those favoring and those opposing the res10 olution. An amendment to the resolution is not in order. 

11 A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debat12 able. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 

13 consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 

14 the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 

15 vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to 

16 is not in order. 

17 ‘‘(iii) Immediately following the conclusion of the de18 bate on the resolution and a single quorum call at the con19 clusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the 

20 rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage 

21 of the resolution shall occur. 

22 ‘‘(iv) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 

23 to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House 

24 of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 

25 relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate. 


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1 ‘‘(F)(i) If, before passage by one House of a resolu2 tion of that House described in subparagraph (B), that 

3 House receives from the other House a resolution de4 scribed in subparagraph (B), then the following proce5 dures shall apply: 

6 ‘‘(I) The resolution of the other House shall not 

7 be referred to a committee. 

8 ‘‘(II) The consideration as described in sub9 paragraph (E) in that House shall be the same as 

10 if no resolution had been received from the other 

11 House, but the vote on final passage shall be on the 

12 resolution of the other House. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Upon disposition of the resolution received from 

14 the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider 

15 the resolution that originated in the receiving House. 

16 ‘‘(G) This paragraph is enacted by Congress— 

17 ‘‘(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

18 the Senate and the House of Representatives, re19 spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the 

20 rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only 

21 with respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

22 House in the case of a resolution described in sub23 paragraph (B), and it supersedes other rules only to 

24 the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) with full recognition of the constitutional 

2 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

3 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

4 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

5 the case of any other rule of that House. 

6 ‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term ‘unforeseen emer7 gency’ means a direct kinetic attack— 

8 ‘‘(A) on a bilateral or multilateral treaty ally of 

9 the United States, undetected or reasonably unfore10 seen by United States intelligence assessments, by 

11 an adversary of the United States; and 

12 ‘‘(B) that poses a direct or imminent threat to 

13 United States security interests, as outlined in the 

14 most recent national defense strategy of the United 

15 States.’’. 

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