Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export to Israel of certain defense articles and services.

Bill: 119-hjres-70
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2025-03-03
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution prohibits issuance of a license amendment for the export of certain defense articles and services to Israel.</p>

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 70 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2025 Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Casar , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Omar , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Pressley , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export to Israel of certain defense articles and services.

That the issuance of a license amendment to export with respect to the following proposed export to Israel is prohibited: (1) The export of the following defense articles and defense services described in Transmittal No. DDTC 24–052, which was submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(c) ) and communication of which was published in the Congressional Record on February 10, 2025 (Executive Communication 337): Boeing Direct Attack Weapons (Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) variants and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment I variants) for end-use by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The amendment authorizes the transfer of 15,500 additional JDAM tail kits and an additional 615 SDBs to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.