Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.

Bill: 119-hjres-97
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2025-05-15
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution prohibits a proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to the United Arab Emirates.</p>

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 97 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2025 Mr. Meeks (for himself and Ms. Jacobs ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.

That the following proposed foreign military sale to the Government of United Arab Emirates is prohibited: (1) The sale of the following defense articles and services described in Transmittal No. 24–118, submitted to Congress on May 13, 2025, pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1) ): Six (6) CH–47F Block II Chinook helicopters with air-to-air refuel probe capability and extended range fuel tanks; Sixteen (16) T–55–GA–714A engines (12 installed, 4 spares); Fourteen (14) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) devices with M–Code (12 installed, 2 spares); Eight (8) AN/AAR–57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (6 installed, 2 spares); Twenty (20) AN/ARC–231A communications security (COMSEC) radios (18 installed, 2 spares); Twenty (20) M–240 machine guns (18 installed, 2 spares).