HJRES 70 — Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export to Israel of certain defense articles and services.

Summary

Prohibits the issuance of a license amendment for the export to Israel of Boeing Direct Attack Weapons described in Transmittal No. DDTC 24-052 under the Arms Export Control Act.
Prohibits the export of 15,500 Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Prohibits the export of 615 Small Diameter Bombs to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

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Sponsor (1)

Rep. Tlaib, Rashida (D-MI) [#12]

13 cosponsors

Rep. Casar, Greg (D-TX) [#35]
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" (D-IL) [#4]
Rep. Green, Al (D-TX) [#9]
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila (D-WA) [#7]
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" (D-GA) [#4]
Rep. Lee, Summer L. (D-PA) [#12]
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (D-NY) [#14]
Rep. Omar, Ilhan (D-MN) [#5]
Rep. Pocan, Mark (D-WI) [#2]
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna (D-MA) [#7]
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. (D-IL) [#3]
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. (D-NY) [#7]
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie (D-NJ) [#12]

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Rashida Tlaib’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

APPLE $16,898
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE $15,905
DANA INVESTMENT CORP $15,900
MICROSOFT $15,695
ACCESS $14,743

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Rashida Tlaib → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)

Mar 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
Mar 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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Introduced in House · Mar 3, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 3, 2025

Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Casar, Mr. Garcia 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. Velazquez, 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.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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. <all>

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