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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5282 

To modify the expedited procedures in the House of Representatives under 

section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act with respect to consideration 

of joint resolutions prohibiting proposed sales of defense articles or services, prohibiting proposed licenses for exports of defense articles or services, and prohibiting approval of United States commercial technical 

assistance or manufacturing licensing agreements. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 25, 2023 

Mr. LIEU (for himself, Ms. JACOBS, and Ms. OMAR) 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 modify the expedited procedures in the House of Representatives under section 36 of the Arms Export Control 

Act with respect to consideration of joint resolutions 

prohibiting proposed sales of defense articles or services, 

prohibiting proposed licenses for exports of defense articles or services, and prohibiting approval of United 

States commercial technical assistance or manufacturing 

licensing agreements. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arms Sale Oversight 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES IN 

5 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER 

6 SECTION 36 OF THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 

7 ACT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the Arms Export 

9 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended as follows: 

10 (1) In subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

11 (3) to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(3) Any such joint resolution shall be considered in 

13 the House of Representatives in accordance with the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(A)(i) If the committee to which a joint resolu16 tion with respect to a proposed sale has been re17 ferred has not reported it at the end of 10 calendar 

18 days after its referral, it shall be in order to move 

19 either to discharge the committee from further con20 sideration of such resolution or to discharge the 

21 committee from further consideration of any other 

22 resolution with respect to such proposed sale which 

23 has been referred to the committee. 

24 ‘‘(ii) A motion to discharge may be made only 

25 by an individual favoring the resolution, shall be 

26 highly privileged (except that it may not be made 


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1 after the committee has reported a resolution with 

2 respect to the same proposed sale), and debate 

3 thereon shall be limited to not more than one hour, 

4 to be divided equally between those favoring and 

5 those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 

6 motion shall not be in order, and it shall not be in 

7 order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 

8 motion was agreed to or disagreed to. 

9 ‘‘(iii) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or 

10 disagreed to, the motion may not be renewed, nor 

11 may another motion to discharge the committee be 

12 made with respect to any other resolution with re13 spect to the same proposed sale. 

14 ‘‘(B)(i) When the committee has reported, or 

15 has been discharged from further consideration of, a 

16 resolution, it shall be at any time thereafter in order 

17 (even though a previous motion to the same effect 

18 has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 

19 consideration of the resolution. The motion shall be 

20 highly privileged and shall not be debatable. An 

21 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and 

22 it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the 

23 vote by which the motion was agreed to or disagreed 

24 to. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Debate on the resolution referred to in 

2 clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be limited to 

3 not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 

4 equally between those favoring and those opposing 

5 such resolution. A motion further to limit debate 

6 shall not be debatable. An amendment to, or motion 

7 to recommit, the resolution shall not be in order, 

8 and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider 

9 the vote by which such resolution was agreed to or 

10 disagreed to. 

11 ‘‘(C)(i) Motions to postpone, made with respect 

12 to the discharge from committee, or the consider13 ation of a resolution and motions to proceed to the 

14 consideration of other business, shall be decided 

15 without debate. 

16 ‘‘(ii) Appeals from the decision of the Chair re17 lating to the application of the rules of the House 

18 of Representatives to the procedure relating to a res19 olution shall be decided without debate. 

20 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 this paragraph, if the House of Representatives has 

22 approved a resolution with respect to a proposed 

23 sale, then it shall not be in order to consider in the 

24 House of Representatives any other resolution with 

25 respect to the same such sale.’’. 


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1 (2) In each of subsections (c)(3)(B) and 

2 (d)(5)(B) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and all that 

3 follows through ‘‘House of Representatives’’ and in4 serting ‘‘Any such joint resolution shall be consid5 ered in the House of Representatives in accordance 

6 with the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of this sec7 tion.’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act and apply with respect to any joint resolution 

11 described in subsection (b)(3), (c)(3)(B), or (d)(5)(B) of 

12 section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act that is intro13 duced in the House of Representatives or the Senate, as 

14 the case may be, on or after such date of enactment. 

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