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: 117-hjres-16
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-15
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: 2021-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution prohibits the issuance of a manufacturing license, technical assistance license, or export license with respect to certain proposed agreements or transfers of specified defense articles or services to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Spain, or Italy.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 16 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2021 Mr. Meeks (for himself, Mr. Connolly , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Lee of California , and Mr. McGovern ) 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 Transmittal No. 19–105, submitted to Congress pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776 ): (A) Assembly, design, development, intermediate level maintenance, manufacture, modification, operation, repair, testing, and demilitarization of components for and full systems of Paveway II, Enhanced Paveway II, Paveway III, Enhanced Paveway III, and Paveway IV Weapons Systems for the Royal Saudi Air Force F–15, Tornado, and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. (B) The transfer of 7,500 additional full-up-rounds of Paveway IV to Saudi Arabia.