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118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 8369
To provide for the expeditious delivery of defense articles and defense services
for Israel and other matters.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY14, 2024
Mr. C
ALVERT(for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. JOYCEof Ohio,
Mr. M
CCAUL, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms.
T
ENNEY, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. LAWLER, Mr.
M
OOLENAAR, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. RESCHENTHALER,
Mrs. M
ILLERof West Virginia, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mrs. KIGGANSof
Virginia, Mr. W
ITTMAN, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. CARTERof
Texas, Mr. W
OMACK, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ARMSTRONG,
Mr. F
ITZPATRICK, Mr. OWENS, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas, Mr. VAN
D
REW, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BURCHETT, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. LANGWORTHY,
Mr. B
UCHANAN, Mr. FULCHER, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr.
B
ARR, Mr. GUEST, Mr. GRAVESof Missouri, Mr. MIKEGARCIAof Cali-
fornia, Mr. K
EANof New Jersey, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr.
G
ARBARINO, Mr. MORAN, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. ROSE, Mr. LALOTA, Mr.
K
ELLYof Mississippi, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MANN, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr.
N
EWHOUSE, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. LAMALFA,
Mr. C
ARTERof Georgia, Mr. DUNNof Florida, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs.
B
ICE, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. MAST, Mr. HUNT, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. MEUSER,
Mr. B
OST, Mr. WILLIAMSof New York, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. MCHENRY,
Ms. L
ETLOW, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. BACON, Mr. GRAVES
of Louisiana, Mr. K
USTOFF, Mr. FRY, Mr. JAMES, Mr. SMITHof Ne-
braska, Mr. G
OODENof Texas, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr.
B
URGESS, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr. HILL, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. JOHNSON
of South Dakota, Mr. A
MODEI, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. WILLIAMSof Texas,
Ms. V
ANDUYNE, Mr. ROGERSof Kentucky, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. KELLY
of Pennsylvania, Mr. A
LLEN, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. ROUZER,
Mr. B
ALDERSON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. NUNNof Iowa, Mr. GREENof Ten-
nessee, Mr. S
CALISE, Mr. MILLS, Mr. DUARTE, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr.
W
ALBERG, Mr. KILEY, Mr. SMITHof Missouri, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER,
Mr. F
EENSTRA, Mr. LATTA, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr.
D’E
SPOSITO, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mr. BANKS, and Ms.
M
ALLIOTAKIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on
Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be
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subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned
A BILL
To provide for the expeditious delivery of defense articles
and defense services for Israel and other matters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Israel Security Assist-4
ance Support Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
(1) On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists 8
launched a massive, unprovoked war on Israel, kill-9
ing over 1,200 innocent people and taking over 240 10
hostages, including American citizens. 11
(2) Since October 7, Israel has faced attacks by 12
Iran and its proxies including Hezbollah, Hamas, 13
and the Houthis, which have required significant 14
military responses. 15
(3) Under the terms of a 2016 Memorandum of 16
Understanding, the United States provides Israel 17
with $3.8 billion per year in security assistance and 18
missile defense funding from fiscal years 2019 19
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through 2028, which is subject to the approval of 1
Congress. 2
(4) Thus far in fiscal year 2024, Congress has 3
enacted regular and supplemental legislation appro-4
priating $12.5 billion in security assistance and mis-5
sile defense for Israel without any additional condi-6
tions. 7
(5) Congress plays a vital role in oversight and 8
approval of direct commercial sales and foreign mili-9
tary sales to security partners around the world, in-10
cluding Israel. 11
(6) In May 2024, it was reported that Presi-12
dent Biden ordered a pause on certain defense arti-13
cles ready for imminent delivery to Israel, without 14
having consulted with Congress. 15
(7) On May 8, 2024, President Biden stated re-16
garding Israel, ‘‘We’re not going to supply the weap-17
ons and artillery shells’’. 18
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 19
Congress— 20
(1) condemns the Biden Administration’s deci-21
sion to pause certain arms transfers to Israel as 22
Israel faces unprecedented threats from Iran and its 23
proxies, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the 24
Houthis; 25
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(2) calls on the Biden Administration to allow 1
all previously approved arms transfers to Israel to 2
proceed quickly to ensure that Israel can defend 3
itself and defeat threats from Iran and its proxies, 4
including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis; 5
(3) calls on the Biden Administration to utilize 6
all congressionally appropriated funds for security 7
assistance for Israel as Congress intended; 8
(4) stands with Israel as it defends itself 9
against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and 10
other terrorists; and 11
(5) reaffirms Israel’s right to self-defense. 12
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION. 13
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 14
available under any Act appropriating funds for the De-15
partment of Defense or the Department of State for fiscal 16
year 2024 or any prior years may be made available— 17
(1) to withhold, halt, reverse, or cancel the de-18
livery of defense articles or defense services from the 19
United States to Israel; or 20
(2) to pay the salary or expenses of any officer 21
or employee of the Department of Defense or the 22
Department of State who takes any action to sup-23
port or further the withholding, halting, reversal, or 24
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cancellation of the delivery of such defense articles 1
or services. 2
SEC. 5. PROMPT DELIVERY. 3
(a) P
ROMPTDELIVERY OFDEFENSEARTICLES AND 4
S
ERVICES.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 5
with the Secretary of State, shall ensure prompt delivery 6
of all defense articles and services for Israel which are ex-7
pected to be delivered in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, in-8
cluding— 9
(1) those contracted through the Foreign Mili-10
tary Sales system; 11
(2) those supported by prior Acts making ap-12
propriations for the Department of Defense; and 13
(3) those provided pursuant to a declaration in 14
section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 15
1961. 16
(b) P
ROMPTDELIVERY OFDIRECTCOMMERCIAL 17
S
ALES.—The Secretary of State shall ensure prompt ap-18
proval and delivery of all direct commercial sales of de-19
fense articles and services for Israel which are expected 20
to be delivered in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, including 21
those for the Ministry of Public Security. 22
(c) P
ROMPTDELIVERY OFWITHHELDITEMS.—Any 23
defense article and defense service described in subsection 24
(a) or (b) of this section that were withheld from delivery 25
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as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deliv-1
ered to Israel not later than 15 days after the date of 2
the enactment of this Act. 3
SEC. 6. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS. 4
(a) W
ITHHOLDING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 5
F
UNDS.—None of the unobligated balances of funds made 6
available by prior Acts making appropriations for the De-7
partment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and 8
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the immediate Office of 9
the Secretary of Defense that are available as of the date 10
of the enactment of this Act may be obligated or expended 11
until the Secretary of Defense certifies and reports to the 12
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-13
tives and the Senate that the requirements of section 5(c) 14
have been met. 15
(b) W
ITHHOLDING OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE 16
F
UNDS.—None of the unobligated balances of funds made 17
available by prior Acts making appropriations for the De-18
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-19
grams under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for the 20
Office of the Secretary that are available as of the date 21
of the enactment of this Act may be obligated or expended 22
until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 23
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-24
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tives and the Senate that the requirements of section 5(c) 1
have been met. 2
(c) W
ITHHOLDING OF FINANCIALSERVICES AND 3
G
ENERALGOVERNMENT FUNDS.—None of the unobli-4
gated balances of funds made available by prior Acts mak-5
ing appropriations for Financial Services and General 6
Government under the heading ‘‘Executive Office of the 7
President and Funds Appropriated To the President—Na-8
tional Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’ 9
that are available as of the date of the enactment of this 10
Act may be obligated or expended until the President cer-11
tifies and reports to the Committee on Appropriations of 12
the House of Representatives and the Senate that the re-13
quirements of section 5(c) have been met. 14
SEC. 7. OBLIGATION REQUIREMENT. 15
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-16
retary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall obligate 17
any remaining unobligated balances of funds appropriated 18
or otherwise made available for assistance for Israel not 19
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 20
Act. 21
SEC. 8. REPORTS. 22
(a) I
NSPECTORGENERALREPORT.—Not later than 23
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 24
Inspectors General of the Department of Defense and the 25
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Department of State shall jointly submit to Congress a 1
report on any actions taken by executive branch officials 2
before the date of the enactment of this Act to withhold, 3
halt, reverse, or cancel the delivery of defense articles and 4
defense services to Israel. 5
(b) M
ONTHLYSECURITYASSISTANCEREPORT.—Not 6
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 7
and every 30 days thereafter through fiscal year 2025, the 8
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 9
of State, shall provide a written report to the Committees 10
on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs 11
of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 12
Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of 13
the Senate describing United States security assistance 14
provided to Israel since October 7, 2023, including a com-15
prehensive list of the defense articles and services provided 16
to Israel and the associated authority and funding used 17
to provide such articles and services: Provided, That such 18
report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 19
be accompanied by a classified annex. 20
(c) R
EPORT ONPRIORITYDEFENSEARTICLES AND 21
S
ERVICES.—Not later than 30 days after the date of en-22
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-23
tion with the Secretary of State, shall provide a written 24
report to the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Serv-25
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ices, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 1
and the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, 2
and Foreign Relations of the Senate describing urgent and 3
high priority defense articles and defense services for 4
Israel and steps taken or planned to expedite the delivery 5
of such articles and services. 6
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