To provide for a temporary 1-year halt to all proposed direct commercial sales and foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of weaponry and munitions.

Bill: 117-hr-9181
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-10-14
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-10-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-10-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p style="background: white;">This bill prohibits the issuing of export licenses for the transfer of defense articles to Saudi Arabia under the Arms Export Control Act for one year. This prohibition includes direct munitions containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9181 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 14, 2022 Mr. Khanna (for himself, Mr. Welch , and Mr. Garamendi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To provide for a temporary 1-year halt to all proposed direct commercial sales and foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of weaponry and munitions.

1. Temporary halt to all Saudi arms sales For a period of one year following the date of the enactment of this Act, no license may be issued for the export with respect to any of the following transfers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: the transfer of any defense articles proposed or submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(c) ), to include direct munitions containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; United States Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support.