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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4408 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4408

 To ensure the timely approval of requests to export defense articles 
and provide defense services to the State of Israel and the fulfillment 
                        of each such agreement.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2024

   Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. 
    Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL

 
 To ensure the timely approval of requests to export defense articles 
and provide defense services to the State of Israel and the fulfillment 
                        of each such agreement.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assuring Resupply of Munitions Act 
of 2024'' or the ``ARM Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED PROVISION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO ISRAEL.

    (a) Approval of Licenses.--Not later than one day after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any provision of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the President shall 
approve all pending requests, applications, and licenses for the export 
of defense articles or defense services to the Government of Israel.
    (b) Transfer of Munitions and Weapons.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall transfer the 
        defense articles and provide the defense services described in 
        subsection (a) to the Government of Israel.
            (2) Certification.--Not later than 10 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter 
        until December 31, 2025, the Secretary of State and the 
        Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report that includes--
                    (A) a list of each request, application, or license 
                for the export of defense articles or defense services 
                to the Government of Israel that was pending on the 
                date of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) a certification whether those defense articles 
                or defense services have been provided or, if they have 
                not been provided, an estimate of when they will be 
                provided.
    (c) Prohibition on Obstruction of Transfers.--
            (1) Prohibition on obstruction of transfers.--No executive 
        officer or employee may halt, defer, or otherwise prevent the 
        transfer of defense articles or defense services described in 
        subsection (a) to the Government of Israel.
            (2) Sunset.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall 
        terminate one year after the President certifies to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that the state of Israel 
        is not engaged in active hostilities.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives.
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