Bill Details
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2025-02-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced Date
2025-02-20
Policy Area
International Affairs
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This joint resolution would stop a proposed U.S. arms sale to Israel. In simple terms, Congress would be saying it does not approve the transfer of a large package of bombs, bomb parts, guidance kits, fuzes, and related support items. The resolution refers to a sale already sent to Congress for review under U.S. arms export law, and if approved, it would block that sale from going forward.
- The sale would cover thousands of munitions and parts, including Small Diameter Bombs, 500-pound bomb bodies, and several kinds of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits.
- It would also include a large number of fuzes and other non-lethal support items such as bomb components, equipment, logistics help, and program support.
- The resolution is a form of congressional disapproval, meaning Congress would use its review power to reject the proposed sale.
- If adopted, the sale described in the notice sent to Congress would be prohibited from moving forward.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution prohibits the proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to Israel.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 21 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 21
Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign
military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
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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
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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.
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