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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5798 
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 serv-
ices, prohibiting proposed licenses for exports of defense articles or serv-
ices, and prohibiting approval of United States commercial technical 
assistance or manufacturing licensing agreements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2021 
Mr. LIEU (for himself, Ms. OMAR, and Ms. JACOBS of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be sub-
sequently 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 Rep-
resentatives 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 arti-
cles or services, and prohibiting approval of United 
States commercial technical assistance or manufacturing 
licensing agreements. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arms Sale Oversight 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES IN 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER 
SECTION 36 OF THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 
ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) Any such joint resolution shall be considered in 
the House of Representatives in accordance with the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A)(i) If the committee to which a joint resolu-
tion with respect to a proposed sale has been re-
ferred has not reported it at the end of 10 calendar 
days after its referral, it shall be in order to move 
either to discharge the committee from further con-
sideration of such resolution or to discharge the 
committee from further consideration of any other 
resolution with respect to such proposed sale which 
has been referred to the committee. 
‘‘(ii) A motion to discharge may be made only 
by an individual favoring the resolution, shall be 
highly privileged (except that it may not be made 
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after the committee has reported a resolution with 
respect to the same proposed sale), and debate 
thereon shall be limited to not more than one hour, 
to be divided equally between those favoring and 
those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 
motion shall not be in order, and it shall not be in 
order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion was agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(iii) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or 
disagreed to, the motion may not be renewed, nor 
may another motion to discharge the committee be 
made with respect to any other resolution with re-
spect to the same proposed sale. 
‘‘(B)(i) When the committee has reported, or 
has been discharged from further consideration of, a 
resolution, it shall be at any time thereafter in order 
(even though a previous motion to the same effect 
has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the resolution. The motion shall be 
highly privileged and shall not be debatable. An 
amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and 
it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion was agreed to or disagreed 
to. 
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‘‘(ii) Debate on the resolution referred to in 
clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be limited to 
not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between those favoring and those opposing 
such resolution. A motion further to limit debate 
shall not be debatable. An amendment to, or motion 
to recommit, the resolution shall not be in order, 
and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider 
the vote by which such resolution was agreed to or 
disagreed to. 
‘‘(C)(i) Motions to postpone, made with respect 
to the discharge from committee, or the consider-
ation of a resolution and motions to proceed to the 
consideration of other business, shall be decided 
without debate. 
‘‘(ii) Appeals from the decision of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the rules of the House 
of Representatives to the procedure relating to a res-
olution shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this paragraph, if the House of Representatives has 
approved a resolution with respect to a proposed 
sale, then it shall not be in order to consider in the 
House of Representatives any other resolution with 
respect to the same such sale.’’. 
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(2) In each of subsections (c)(3)(B) and 
(d)(5)(B) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘House of Representatives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Any such joint resolution shall be consid-
ered in the House of Representatives in accordance 
with the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and apply with respect to any joint resolution 
described in subsection (b)(3), (c)(3)(B), or (d)(5)(B) of 
section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act that is intro-
duced in the House of Representatives or the Senate, as 
the case may be, on or after such date of enactment. 
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