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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
This joint resolution would prohibit a proposed foreign military sale to Israel that was submitted to Congress on February 10, 2025. The sale includes approximately 2,166 Small Diameter Bombs, 2,800 general purpose 500-pound bomb bodies, over 17,000 JDAM guidance kits and fuzes, and related munitions support equipment. If passed, the resolution would block the Department of Defense from proceeding with this particular arms sale to Israel. Joint resolutions of congressional disapproval operate as veto mechanisms for foreign military sales when passed by both chambers and signed by the President.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
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Actions (2)
- Feb 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Feb 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 20, 2025
Mr. Sanders 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 foreign military sale 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 following proposed foreign military sale to Israel is prohibited:
(1) The sale of the following defense articles and services, described in Transmittal No. 24-13, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)), and published in the Congressional Record on February 10, 2025: two thousand one hundred sixty-six (2,166) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 (SDB-I); two thousand eight hundred (2,800) MK 82 General Purpose, 500-pound bomb bodies; thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU-556E/B, or KMU-556H/B with SABR-Y, KMU-556F/B, or KMU-556J/B Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits for the MK-84 bomb body; three thousand four hundred seventy- five (3,475) KMU-557E/B, or KMU-557F/B, or KMU-557H/B with SABR-Y, or KMU-557J/B JDAM Guidance Kits for the BLU-109 bomb body; one thousand four (1,004) KMU-572E/B, or KMU-572F/B, KMU- 572H/B with SABR-Y, or KMU-572J/B JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU- 38v1; and seventeen thousand four hundred seventy-five (17,475) FMU-152A/B fuzes. The following non-MDE items will also be included: FMU-139 fuzes; bomb components; munitions support and support equipment; and other related elements of logistics and program support. <all>
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