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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed license amendment for the export to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Summary
This joint resolution prohibits the issuance of a license amendment to export Boeing Direct Attack Weapons to Israel, specifically blocking a proposed transfer to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The blocked transfer includes 15,500 additional Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits and 615 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment I variants, as described in Defense Department Transmittal No. DDTC 24-052. The resolution invokes Congress's authority under the Arms Export Control Act to disapprove proposed military sales to foreign countries. If passed by both chambers and signed into law, it would prevent the licensing of this specific weapons transfer and would override the executive branch authorization of the sale.
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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 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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