I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Our 
Stockpiles Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN AU-
THORITY. 
Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2318(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), in the undesignated mat-
ter following subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he may direct,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the President may direct, subject to 
paragraph (4),’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, except as provided in 
paragraph (5)’’ after ‘‘fiscal year’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4)(A) The President may direct the drawdown of 
defense articles, defense services, and military education 
and training under paragraph (1) only during the 20-day 
period beginning on the date on which the President re-
ports to Congress that an unforeseen emergency exists 
under such paragraph. 
‘‘(B) The authority to deliver defense articles, defense 
services, and military education and training pursuant to 
a drawdown directed under paragraph (1) shall expire at 
the end of the fiscal year in which the drawdown was di-
rected. 
‘‘(5)(A) The President may direct the drawdown of 
defense articles, defense services, and military education 
and training under paragraph (1) of an aggregate value 
that would exceed $100,000,000 in a fiscal year if— 
‘‘(i) the President submits to Congress— 
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‘‘(I) a request for authorization to direct 
such a drawdown of an aggregate value that ex-
ceeds $100,000,000 for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) a report that an unforeseen emer-
gency exists, in accordance with paragraph (1); 
‘‘(ii) after the submission of such request and 
report, there is enacted a joint resolution or other 
provision of law approving the authorization re-
quested; and 
‘‘(iii) Congress has authorized appropriations in 
a specific amount sufficient to replenish the aggre-
gate value of the proposed drawdown. 
‘‘(B)(i) Each request submitted under subparagraph 
(A)(i) may request authorization to direct a drawdown 
under paragraph (1) for only one intended recipient coun-
try. 
‘‘(ii) A resolution or other provision of law described 
in subparagraph (A)(ii) may approve a request for author-
ization to direct a drawdown under paragraph (1) for only 
one intended recipient country. 
‘‘(6)(A) Any resolution described in paragraph 
(5)(A)(ii) may be considered by Congress using the expe-
dited procedures set forth in this paragraph. 
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‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘reso-
lution’ means only a joint resolution of the two Houses 
of Congress— 
‘‘(i) the title of which is as follows: ‘A joint res-
olution approving the use of the special authority 
provided by section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 in excess of the fiscal year limita-
tion.’; 
‘‘(ii) which does not have a preamble; and 
‘‘(iii) the sole matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘The proposed use of the spe-
cial authority provided by section 506(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in excess of the fis-
cal year limitation, to respond to the unforeseen 
emergency 
in 
llllllllllllllll, which was 
received 
by 
Congress 
on 
llllllllll(Transmittal number), is au-
thorized’, with the name of the intended recipient 
country and transmittal number inserted. 
‘‘(C) A resolution described in subparagraph (B) that 
is introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. A resolution 
described in subparagraph (B) that is introduced in the 
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House of Representatives shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(D) If the committee to which a resolution described 
subparagraph (B) is referred has not reported such resolu-
tion (or an identical resolution) by the end of 10 calendar 
days beginning on the date of introduction, such com-
mittee shall be, at the end of such period, discharged from 
further consideration of such resolution, and such resolu-
tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the 
House involved. 
‘‘(E)(i) On or after the third calendar day after the 
date on which the committee to which such a resolution 
is referred has reported, or has been discharged (under 
subparagraph (D)) from further consideration of, such a 
resolution, it is in order for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration of the reso-
lution. All points of order against the resolution (and 
against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The 
motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to 
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
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