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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2059
To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain defense
articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH11, 2025
Ms. J
ACOBSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of
certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date of enact-4
ment of this Act, the President may not sell or authorize 5
a license for the export of covered defense articles under 6
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 7
to the United Arab Emirates or any agency or instrumen-8
tality of the United Arab Emirates, until the President 9
certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 10
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of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-1
tions of the Senate that the United Arab Emirates is not 2
providing materiel support to the Rapid Support Forces 3
in Sudan. 4
(b) C
OVEREDDEFENSEARTICLESDEFINED.—In 5
this section, the term ‘‘covered defense articles’’ means ar-6
ticles listed under Category I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, 7
XIV, XVI, XVII, or XVIII of the United States Munitions 8
List in part 121 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations. 9
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