Title: A resolution approving of the sales of defense items to Israel notified to Congress on May 5, 2021.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution expresses approval of the sales of defense items to Israel that were notified to Congress on May 5, 2021, on the basis that those sales are consistent with the foreign policy interests of the United States.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 237 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 237

Approving of the sales of defense items to Israel notified to Congress 
                            on May 5, 2021.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2021

 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Rubio) submitted the following resolution; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Approving of the sales of defense items to Israel notified to Congress 
                            on May 5, 2021.

Whereas, in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), Congress 
        reaffirmed that it is the policy of the United States to facilitate the 
        common defense of the United States and friendly countries by entering 
        into international arrangements with those countries through authorized 
        sales of defense items;
Whereas, in the Arms Export Control Act, Congress established that it is ``the 
        sense of the Congress that all such sales be approved only when they are 
        consistent with the foreign policy interests of the United States'';
Whereas section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) 
        requires that the President transmit to the leaders and relevant 
        committees of Congress certifications for proposed licenses for the 
        export of certain defense items to Israel in the amount of $100,000,000 
        or more;
Whereas, on May 5, 2021, the Department of State transmitted to Congress 
        certifications pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
        for exports to Israel of defense items valued in excess of $800,000,000, 
        including munitions and defensive systems; and
Whereas, on January 19, 2021, in testimony to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate, now-Secretary of State Blinken emphasized that the 
        incoming Presidential administration's ``commitment to Israel's security 
        is sacrosanct and this is something that [now-President Biden] feels 
        very strongly'' and that ``the foundation of our relationship is support 
        for Israel's security'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) finds that the sales of defense items to Israel 
        notified to Congress by the Department of State on May 5, 2021, 
        are consistent with the foreign policy interests of the United 
        States; and
            (2) approves of those sales.
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