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Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.
Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
This joint resolution would disapprove and prohibit a proposed foreign military sale to the United Arab Emirates. The sale includes six CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters along with related military equipment and components such as aircraft engines, navigation systems, warning systems, communications radios, and machine guns. The resolution was submitted in response to a formal military sale transmittal submitted to Congress on May 13, 2025, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act. If passed, the resolution would prevent the proposed sale from proceeding.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX)
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA)
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA)
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX)
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
Actions (2)
- May 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- May 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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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.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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). <all>
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