Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Italian Republic of certain defense articles and services.

Bill: 116-hjres-64
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Europe

Foreign aid and international relief

Italy

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Saudi Arabia

Spain

Trade restrictions

United Kingdom
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution prohibits the proposed sale of various defense articles and related support services to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy, as described in license document DDTC-17-094.</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 64 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2019 Ms. Spanberger (for herself, Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Malinowski , Mr. Engel , Mr. Deutch , Ms. Omar , Mr. Allred , Mr. Keating , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Bera , Mr. Castro of Texas , and Mr. Connolly ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Italian Republic of certain defense articles and services.

That the issuance of a manufacturing license, technical assistance license, or export license with respect to any of the following proposed agreements or transfers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Italian Republic is prohibited: (1) The transfer of the following defense articles, including defense services and technical data, described in license document DDTC–17–094 as designated by the Department of State pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act: (A) Coproduction and manufacture in Saudi Arabia of Paveway Pre-Amp Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA), Guidance Electronics Assembly (GEA) CCAs, and Control Actuator System (CAS) CCAs for all Paveway variants. (B) Coproduction and manufacture in Saudi Arabia of Paveway II Guidance Electronics Detector Assemblies (GEDA) and Computer Control Groups (CCG). (C) The transfer of up to 64,603 additional kits, partial kits, and full-up-rounds.