A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to Israel of certain defense articles, including defense services and technical data.

Bill: 117-sjres-19
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2021-05-20
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Foreign aid and international relief

Israel

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution prohibits the issuance of an export license for specified defense articles, defense services, and technical data for end use by Israel.</p>

tv_txt: IIA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 19 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2021 Mr. Sanders introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to Israel of certain defense articles, including defense services and technical data.

That the issuance of a license for the export with respect to any of the following transfers to Israel is prohibited: (1) The transfer of the following defense articles, including defense services and technical data, described in license document DDTC 20–084, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(c) ) on May 5, 2021: The proposed transfer of defense articles, defense services, and technical data to support weapons integration, flight test, and hardware delivery of Joint Direct Attack Munition variants and Small Diameter Bomb Increment I variants for end-use by the Ministry of Defense for Israel.