S. 2839 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2839 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 23, 2021Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide an additional $1,000,000,000 for the Government of Israel to procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, and for other purposes. 1. Provision of additional amount for the Government of Israel to procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats (a) Appropriation There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2022, for Procurement-Procurement, Defense-wide, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. (b) Availability (1) In general Of the amount appropriated by subsection (a), $1,000,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats. (2) Conditions (A) Emergency requirements in support of Operation Guardian of the Walls Amounts available pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be provided to address emergent requirements in support of Operation Guardian of the Walls. (B) Exchange of letters and agreement Amounts available under paragraph (1) shall be transferred pursuant to an exchange of letters and are in addition to funds provided pursuant to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended. (C) Rule of construction That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system. (c) Supplement, not supplant The amount appropriated by subsection (a) shall supplement and not supplant any amounts already appropriated for the purpose described in subsection (b)(1).