A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed enhancement or upgrade of sensitivity of technology or capability of certain major defense equipment for the Government of Israel.

Bill: 118-sjres-116
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2024-09-25
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IIA 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 116 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. Welch , and Mr. Merkley ) 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 enhancement or upgrade of sensitivity of technology or capability of certain major defense equipment for the Government of Israel.

That the following proposed enhancement or upgrade of sensitivity of technology or capability of major defense equipment for the Government of Israel is prohibited: (1) The sale of the following major defense equipment described in Transmittal No. 0B–24, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b)(5)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(5)(A) ) and published in the Congressional Record on September 10, 2024: The addition of the KMU–556 J/B M–Code variant with Strategic Anti-jam Beamforming Receiver (SABR) Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver.