,,ii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #decg ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,june #ac1 #bjbd ,mr4 ,risch introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,a ,,bill ,to provide for congressional oversight of proposed changes to arms sales to ,israel1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,maintaining ,our ,ironclad ,commitment to ,israel's ,security ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,in #bjaf1 the ,obama administration concluded negotiations with ,israel for a #aj-year memorandum of understanding to provide security assistance to ,israel for the period of fiscal years #bjai through #bjbh that affirmed the unshakeable commitment of the ,united ,states to ,israel's security4 7#b7 ,in ,may #bjbd1 the ,biden administration delayed shipment to ,israel of #a1hjj #b1jjj-pound bombs and #a1gjj #ejj-pound bombs in an effort to apply political pressure to the ,government of ,israel4 ,the decision to delay such shipment was made without consulting with or notifying ,congress and despite repeated public assurances that the ,united ,states-,israel relationship was ironclad and that there was no change in policy4 7#c7 ,on ,may #h1 #bjbd1 ,president ,biden stated1 with respect to ,israel1 ,we're not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells44 #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 ,israel has a right to defend itself1 which includes the need for offensive capabilities to deter and defeat threats1 including threats posed by ,iran and its terrorist proxies ,hamas1 ,hezbollah1 and the ,houthis2 7#b7 previously negotiated and approved ,united ,states arms sales to ,israel should proceed1 and all pauses should be lifted1 to ensure that ,israel is properly equipped to defend itself and defeat threats1 including threats posed by ,iran and its terrorist proxies ,hamas1 ,hezbollah1 and the ,houthis2 and 7#c7 limiting or otherwise delaying the sale or delivery of ,united ,states-made defense articles to ,israel runs counter to the commitments the ,united ,states made to ,israel as part of the #bjaf memorandum of understanding and undermines regional security1 including prospective advances in ,israel-,saudi normalization4 #d4 ,congressional oversight of proposed changes to arms sales to ,israel 7a7 ,in general ,the ,president may not take any action to pause1 suspend1 delay1 or abrogate the delivery of covered defense articles and defense services to ,israel1 including as part of a policy review1 unless1 not less than #ae legislative days prior to such action1 the ,president provides to the appropriate committees of ,congress the notification described in 7b7 relating to such pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation in unclassified form1 with a classified annex as necessary4 7b7 ,notification described ,the notification described in this subsection is a notification relating to a pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation of the delivery of covered defense articles and defense services1 which shall include the following3 7#a7 ,an identification of the end user of the covered defense articles and defense services concerned4 7#b7 ,a detailed description of the type of covered defense articles and defense services concerned1 including the date on which ,congress was notified of the transfer of such covered defense articles and defense services4 7#c7 ,a policy justification for the pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation and a description of the potential impact such action may have on ,united ,states national security interests4 7#d7 ,an identification of conditions for lifting the pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation1 a statement as to whether such conditions will be communicated to the ,government of ,israel1 and the timeline for meeting such conditions4 7#e7 ,a description of the sources of funds used to provide the covered defense articles and defense services concerned1 including an identification of appropriations accounts1 as applicable4 7#f7 ,an identification of any bilateral agreement or memorandum of understanding related to the authority to provide the covered defense articles and defense services concerned4 7#g7 ,an assessment as to whether the pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation would adversely affect the qualitative military edge of ,israel over military threats to ,israel4 7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate committees of ,congress ,the term appropriate committees of ,congress means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations and the ,committee on ,appropriations of the ,senate2 and 7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on ,appropriations of the ,house of ,representatives4 7#b7 ,qualitative military edge ,the term qualitative military edge has the meaning given such term in section #cf7;h77#c7 of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bggf7;h77#c774 #e4 ,congressional review 7a7 ,limitation on actions during initial congressional review period ,during the #ae-legislative-day period following the submission of a notification described in section #d7;b71 the ,president may not take any action to pause1 suspend1 delay1 or abrogate the delivery of covered defense articles and defense services to ,israel described in such notification4 7b7 ,limitation on actions after introduction of a joint resolution of disapproval ,if a joint resolution of disapproval relating to a notification described in section #d7;b7 is introduced1 the ,president may not take any action relating to the pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation of the delivery of the covered defense articles and defense services described in such notification for a period of #aj legislative days1 unless the joint resolution sooner passes both ,houses of ,congress4 7c7 ,limitation on actions during presidential consideration of a joint resolution of disapproval ,if a joint resolution of disapproval relating to notification described in section #d7;b7 passes both ,houses of ,congress1 the ,president may not take any action relating to the pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation of the delivery of the covered defense articles and defense services described in such notification for a period of #ab legislative days after the date of passage of the joint resolution of disapproval1 unless the ,president sooner vetoes the joint resolution of disapproval4 7d7 ,limitation on actions during congressional reconsideration of a joint resolution of disapproval ,if the ,president vetoes the joint resolution of disapproval1 the ,president may not take the action described in such notification for a period of #aj legislative days after the date of the ,president's veto1 unless the joint resolution sooner fails of passage on reconsideration in either ,house4 7e7 ,effect of enactment of a joint resolution of disapproval ,if a joint resolution of disapproval relating to notification described in section #d7;b7 is enacted into law1 the ,president may not take any action relating to the pause1 suspension1 delay1 or abrogation of the delivery to ,israel of the covered defense articles and defense services described in such notification for a period of #ahj days1 at which point1 the ,president shall submit a new notification relating to any such action4 7f7 ,joint resolutions of disapproval 7#a7 ,definition ,in this section1 the term joint resolution of disapproval means only a joint resolution of either ,house of ,congress-- 7,a7 the title of which is as follows3 ,a joint resolution disapproving the ,president's proposal to pause1 suspend1 delay1 or abrogate the delivery of covered defense articles and defense services to ,israel42 and 7,b7 the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is the following3 ,congress disapproves of the action relating to pause1 suspend1 delay1 or abrogate the delivery of covered defense articles and defense services to ,israel proposed by the ,president in the notification described in section #d7;b7 of the ,maintaining ,our ,ironclad ,commitment to ,israel's ,security ,act on relating to 41 with the first blank space being filled with the appropriate date and the second blank space being filled with a short description of the proposed action4 7#b7 ,introduction ,during the period of #ae legislative days provided for under subsection 7a71 a joint resolution of disapproval may be introduced-- 7,a7 in the ,house of ,representatives1 by the majority leader or the minority leader2 and 7,b7 in the ,senate1 by the majority leader 7or the majority leader's designee7 or the minority leader 7or the minority leader's designee74 7#c7 ,floor consideration in ,house of representatives 7,a7 ,reporting and discharge ,if a committee of the ,house of ,representatives to which a joint resolution of disapproval has been referred has not reported the joint resolution within #e legislative days after the date of referral1 that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution4 7,b7 ,proceeding to consideration ,beginning on the third legislative day after each committee to which a joint resolution has been referred reports the joint resolution to the ,house or has been discharged from further consideration thereof1 it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint resolution in the ,house4 ,all points of order against the motion are waived4 ,such a motion shall not be in order after the ,house has disposed of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion4 ,the motion shall not be debatable4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order4 7,c7 ,consideration ,the joint resolution shall be considered as read4 ,all points of order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are waived4 ,the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except #b hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the sponsor of the joint resolution 7or a designee7 and an opponent4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order4 7#d7 ,consideration in the ,senate 7,a7 ,committee referral ,a joint resolution of disapproval introduced in the ,senate shall be referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations4 7,b7 ,reporting and discharge ,if the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations has not reported the joint resolution within #e legislative days after the date of referral of the joint resolution1 that committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar4 7,c7 ,proceeding to consideration ,notwithstanding ,rule ,,xxii of the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 it is in order at any time after the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations reports a joint resolution of disapproval to the ,senate or has been discharged from consideration of such a joint resolution 7even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to7 to move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution1 and all points of order against the joint resolution 7and against consideration of the joint resolution7 are waived4 ,the motion to proceed is not debatable4 ,the motion is not subject to a motion to postpone4 ,a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order4 7,d7 ,rulings of the chair on procedure ,appeals from the decisions of the ,chair relating to the application of the rules of the ,senate1 as the case may be1 to the procedure relating to a joint resolution of disapproval shall be decided without debate4 7,e7 ,consideration of veto messages ,debate in the ,senate of any veto message with respect to a joint resolution of disapproval1 including all debatable motions and appeals in connection with the joint resolution1 shall be limited to #aj hours1 to be equally divided between1 and controlled by1 the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees4 7#e7 ,rules relating to ,senate and ,house of ,representatives 7,a7 ,coordination with action by other house ,if1 before the passage by one ,house of a joint resolution of that ,house1 that ,house receives a joint resolution from the other ,house1 then the following procedures shall apply3 7i7 ,the joint resolution of the other ,house shall not be referred to a committee4 7ii7 ,with respect to a joint resolution of the ,house receiving the legislation-- 7,i7 the procedure in that ,house shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other ,house2 but 7,,ii7 the vote on passage shall be on the joint resolution of the other ,house4 7,b7 ,treatment of a joint resolution of other house ,if one ,house fails to introduce a joint resolution under this section1 the joint resolution of the other ,house shall be entitled to expedited floor procedures under this section4 7,c7 ,treatment of companion measures ,if1 following passage of the joint resolution in the ,senate1 the ,senate then receives a companion measure from the ,house of ,representatives1 the companion measure shall not be debatable4 7,d7 ,application to revenue measures ,the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the ,house of ,representatives to a joint resolution of disapproval that is a revenue measure4 7#f7 ,rules of ,house of ,representatives and ,senate ,this subsection is enacted by ,congress-- 7,a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the ,senate and the ,house of ,representatives1 respectively1 and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each ,house1 respectively1 and supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules2 and 7,b7 with full recognition of the constitutional right of either ,house to change the rules 7so far as relating to the procedure of that ,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1 and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that ,house4 #f4 ,definition of covered defense articles and defense services ,in this ,act1 the term covered defense articles and defense services means any defense article or defense service provided under the authority of any of the following3 7#a7 ,section #c of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgec74 7#b7 ,section #bb of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgfb74 7#c7 ,section #cf of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bggf74 7#d7 ,section #ch of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bggh74 7#e7 ,section #ejf of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcah74 7#f7 ,section #fad of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcfd74