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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6018 

Making supplemental appropriations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 20, 2023 

Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, and Mr. KUSTOFF) 

introduced the bill 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Referred to theCommittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 

Making supplemental appropriations, 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 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 

5 for other purposes, namely: 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 MILITARY PROGRAMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $4,400,000,000, to remain avail6 able until September 30, 2025, to respond to the situation 

7 in Israel and for related expenses: Provided, That amounts 

8 made available by under this heading shall be available 

9 for transfer to accounts under the headings ‘‘Operation 

10 and Maintenance’’, ‘‘Procurement’’, ‘‘Research, Develop11 ment, Test and Evaluation’’, and ‘‘Revolving and Manage12 ment Funds’’ for replacement, through new procurement 

13 or repair of existing unserviceable equipment, of defense 

14 articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, and 

15 for reimbursement for defense services of the Department 

16 of Defense and military education and training, provided 

17 to or identified for provision to Israel or to foreign coun18 tries that have provided support to Israel at the request 

19 of the United States: Provided further, That amounts 

20 made available under this heading may also be transferred 

21 to accounts under the heading ‘‘Procurement’’ for expan22 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec23 essary therefor, and procurement and installation of 

24 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in such plants, 

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1 tions: Provided further, That of amounts made available 

2 under this heading may also be transferred to accounts 

3 under the heading ‘‘Procurement’’ and ‘‘Research, Devel4 opment, Test and Evaluation’’ for the acquisition of crit5 ical defense articles: Provided further, That funds trans6 ferred pursuant to a transfer authority provided under 

7 this heading shall be merged with and available for the 

8 same purposes and for the same time period as the appro9 priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur10 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the con11 gressional defense committees of the details of such trans12 fers not less than 15 days before any such transfer: Pro13 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

14 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

15 necessary for the purposes provided under this heading, 

16 such amounts may be transferred back and merged with 

17 this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts may 

18 be transferred between appropriations made under this 

19 heading: Provided further, That any transfer authority 

20 provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

21 transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 

22 such amount in this paragraph is designated by the Con23 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 


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1 That such amounts shall be available only if the President 

2 designates such amount as an emergency requirement pur3 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

4 MILITARY PROGRAMS PROCUREMENT

5 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am7 munition, Army’’, $801,400,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2026, to respond to the situation in Israel 

9 and for related expenses: Provided, That such amount is 

10 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

13 Provided further, That such amount shall be available only 

14 if the President designates such amount as an emergency 

15 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

16 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

17 For an additional amount for Procurement, Defense18 Wide, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Defense to provide 

20 to the Government of Israel for the procurement of the 

21 Iron Dome and David’s Sling defense systems to counter 

22 shortrange rocket threats: Provided, That such funds shall 

23 be transferred pursuant to an exchange of letters and are 

24 in addition to funds provided pursuant to the U.S.-Israel 

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1 vided further, That nothing under this heading shall be 

2 construed to apply to amounts made available in prior ap3 propriations Acts for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

4 and David’s Sling defense systems: Provided further, That 

5 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 

9 That such amounts shall be available only if the President 

10 designates such amount as an emergency requirement pur11 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

12 MILITARY PROGRAMS RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 

13 AND EVALUATION

14 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

15 DEFENSE-WIDE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop17 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 

18 $1,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2026, for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov20 ernment of Israel for the development of the Iron Beam 

21 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats: Pro22 vided, That such funds shall be transferred pursuant to 

23 an exchange of letters: Provided further, That nothing in 

24 the preceding proviso shall be construed to apply to 

25 amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts for 


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1 the development of the Iron Beam defense system: Pro2 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con3 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

4 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 

6 further, That such amounts shall be available only if the 

7 President designates such amount as an emergency re8 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

9 TITLE VIII–GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 SEC. 8001. Section 12001 of the Department of De11 fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287), as 

12 amended by Public Law 115–141, is amended as follows: 

13 (1) In paragraph (2) of subsection (a), by strik14 ing ‘‘armor’’ and all that follows through the end of 

15 the paragraph and inserting ‘‘defense articles that 

16 are in the inventory of the Department of Defense 

17 as of the date of transfer, are intended for use as 

18 reserve stocks for Israel, and are located in a stock19 pile for Israel as of the date of transfer’’. 

20 (2) In subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least 

21 equal to the fair market value of the items trans22 ferred’’ and inserting ‘‘in an amount to be deter23 mined by the Secretary of Defense’’. 

24 (3) In subsection (c), by inserting before the 

25 comma in the first sentence the following: ‘‘, or as 


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1 far in advance of such transfer as is practicable as 

2 determined by the President on a case-by-case basis 

3 during extraordinary circumstances impacting the 

4 national security of the United States’’. 

5 SEC. 8002. For fiscal year 2024, section 514(b) of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)) 

7 shall not apply to defense articles to be set aside, ear8 marked, reserved, or intended for use as reserve stocks 

9 in stockpiles in the State of Israel. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

11 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

12 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro14 grams’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2025, of which $50,000,000 shall be for re16 sponding to the situation in Israel and areas impacted by 

17 the situation in Israel, and of which $100,000,000 shall 

18 be available until expended for Worldwide Security Protec19 tion to respond to the situation in Israel and areas im20 pacted by the situation in Israel: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 

22 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

24 as amended: Provided further, That such amount shall be 

25 available only if the President designates such amount as 


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1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A). 

3 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

4 SERVICE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in the 

6 Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, $50,000,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2025, to meet unfore8 seen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular 

9 Service: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

10 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 

13 That such amount shall be available only if the President 

14 designates such amount as an emergency requirement pur15 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

16 INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

17 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

18 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi20 nancing Program’’, $3,500,000,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2025, of which $3,500,000,000 shall 

22 be for responding to the situation in Israel and related 

23 expenses: Provided, That funds made available under this 

24 heading in this Act and Acts making appropriations for 

25 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 


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1 programs for fiscal year 2024 and prior fiscal years, in 

2 addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

3 may be used by the Department of State for necessary 

4 expenses for the general costs of administering military 

5 assistance and sales, including management and oversight 

6 of such programs and activities: Provided further, That di7 rect loans made using amounts described in the preceding 

8 proviso may be made notwithstanding any provision of law 

9 limiting the interest rate charged to borrowers: Provided 

10 further, That loan guarantees made using amounts de11 scribed in the second proviso under this heading for loans 

12 financed by the Federal Financing Bank may be provided 

13 notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the percent14 age of loan principal that may be guaranteed: Provided 

15 further, That, to the extent that the Government of Israel 

16 requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 

17 made available for Israel under this heading shall, as 

18 agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for 

19 advanced weapons systems, of which up to $3,500,000,000 

20 may be available for the procurement in Israel of defense 

21 articles and defense services: Provided further, That any 

22 congressional notification requirement applicable to funds 

23 made available under this heading for Israel may be 

24 waived if a determination is made that extraordinary cir25 cumstances exist that impact the national security of the 


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1 United States: Provided further, That such amount is des2 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

5 Provided further, That such amount shall be available only 

6 if the President designates such amount as an emergency 

7 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ ‘Operation Swords of 

9 Iron’ Supplemental Appropriations Act’’. 

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