Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for the Defense of Israel, 2016

Bill: 114-s-3363
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2016-09-20
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for the Defense of Israel, 2016 </b></p> <p>This bill provides FY2016 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) and for the Foreign Military Financing Program to assist Israel in addressing security threats from Iran. </p> <p>The bill provides funding to DOD for Procurement and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation to provide to the government of Israel for the procurement of missile defense systems to address security threats from Iran, subject to previously established transfer procedures and in accordance with U.S-Israeli production agreements. </p> <p>The bill also provides funding to the President for the Foreign Military Financing Program for assistance for Israel to address security threats from Iran. </p> <p>The funds provided by this bill are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The funds are only available if the President subsequently designates the amounts as emergency spending and transmits the designations to Congress. </p> <p>The bill amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to reauthorize sanctions against Iran until December 31, 2031. (Under current law, the sanctions expire on December 31, 2016.) </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3363 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 20, 2016 Mr. Graham (for himself, Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Cruz , and Mr. McCain ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: I Assistance for israel 1 Department of defense Procurement Procurement, Defense-Wide For an additional amount for Procurement, Defense-Wide , $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, which shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the procurement of missile defense systems to address security threats from Iran, subject to previously established transfer procedures and in accordance with United States–Israeli production agreements: Provided , That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION Research, development, test and evaluation, defense-wide For an additional amount for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide , $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, which shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the procurement of missile defense systems to address security threats from Iran, subject to previously established transfer procedures and in accordance with United States–Israeli production agreements: Provided , That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 Foreign military financing program INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM For an additional amount for Foreign Military Financing Program , $750,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, for assistance for Israel to address security threats from Iran, which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided , That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 General provisions—this title 101. Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. II Iran sanctions act reauthorization Section 13(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–172 ; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking December 31, 2016 and inserting December 31, 2031 . This Act may be cited as the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for the Defense of Israel, 2016 .