Title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Australia of certain defense articles and services.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This joint resolution prohibits the proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to Australia.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 49 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 49

    Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign 
    military sale to the Government of Australia of certain defense 
                         articles and services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2022

  Mr. Paul introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign 
    military sale to the Government of Australia of certain defense 
                         articles and services.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following proposed 
foreign military sale to the Government of Australia is prohibited:
            (1) The sale of the following defense articles and 
        services, described in Transmittal No. 22-28, submitted to 
        Congress pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export 
        Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)), and published in the 
        Congressional Record on May 26, 2022:
                    (A) The following Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 
                Twenty (20) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System 
                (HIMARS). Thirty (30) M30A2 Guided Multiple Launch 
                Rocket System (GMLRS). Thirty (30) Alternative Warhead 
                (AW) Pods with Insensitive Munitions Propulsion Systems 
                (IMPS). Thirty (30) M31A2 GMLRS Unitary (GMLRS-U) High 
                Explosive Pods with IMPS. Thirty (30) XM403 Extended 
                Range (ER)-GMLRS AW Pods. Thirty (30) EM404 ER GMLRS 
                Unitary Pods. Ten (10) M57 Army Tactical Missile System 
                (ATACMS).
                    (B) The following non-MDE: Reduced Range Practice 
                Rocket Pods (RRPRP); Vehicular Intercom System (AN/VIC-
                3) 3-Station; radio communication mounts; machine gun 
                mounts; battle management system vehicle integration 
                kits; wheel guards; ruggedized laptops; training 
                equipment publications; spare and repair parts; support 
                equipment; tools; test equipment; technical data; U.S. 
                Government and contractor support; technical and 
                logistical support services; and other related elements 
                of program and logistic support.
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