Title: A bill to provide an additional $1,000,000,000 for the Government of Israel to procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, and for other purposes.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill provides FY2022 funding to the Department of Defense for the government of Israel for procuring the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system. This funding is available until September 30, 2024.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2839 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2839

To provide an additional $1,000,000,000 for the Government of Israel to 
  procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket 
                    threats, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2021

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide an additional $1,000,000,000 for the Government of Israel to 
  procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket 
                    threats, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL 
              TO PROCURE THE IRON DOME DEFENSE SYSTEM TO COUNTER SHORT-
              RANGE ROCKET THREATS.

    (a) Appropriation.--There is appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2022, for 
``Procurement-Procurement, Defense-wide'', $1,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024.
    (b) Availability.--
            (1) In general.--Of the amount appropriated by subsection 
        (a), $1,000,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of 
        Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the 
        procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-
        range rocket threats.
            (2) Conditions.--
                    (A) Emergency requirements in support of operation 
                guardian of the walls.--Amounts available pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) shall be provided to address emergent 
                requirements in support of Operation Guardian of the 
                Walls.
                    (B) Exchange of letters and agreement.--Amounts 
                available under paragraph (1) shall be transferred 
                pursuant to an exchange of letters and are in addition 
                to funds provided pursuant to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome 
                Procurement Agreement, as amended.
                    (C) Rule of construction.--That nothing in this 
                paragraph shall be construed to apply to amounts made 
                available in prior appropriations Acts for the 
                procurement of the Iron Dome defense system.
    (c) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The amount appropriated by 
subsection (a) shall supplement and not supplant any amounts already 
appropriated for the purpose described in subsection (b)(1).
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