3.0.0 1945 2022-11-01T13:50:39Z 2022-11-01T13:50:39Z Senate S 2019-06-24 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2019-07-15T21:20:28Z Markup by 2019-06-25T18:15:34Z Referred to 2019-06-24T20:43:57Z 2019-07-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145. Calendars 2019-07-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2019-07-15 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2019-06-25 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2019-06-24 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2019-06-24 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-06-24 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2019-06-24 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-06-24 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2019-06-25 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-06-25 False 2019-07-09T15:30:14Z S. 1945, Saudi Arabia False Emergencies Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55417 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 25, 2019 International Affairs Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Licensing and registrations Military assistance, sales, and agreements Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Trade restrictions War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2019-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-26T18:41:21Z Saudi Arabia False Emergencies Act or the SAFE Act

This bill limits the President's authority to waive congressional review of a proposed arms sale through the use of an emergency determination.

Specifically, the bill limits the use of emergency authorities to arms exports to only NATO countries, Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. In addition, the bill requires the President to issue an individual determination and detailed justification for each proposal. Furthermore, such a determination shall be available for a proposal only if (1) the proposal directly responds to, or counters, a physical security threat; and (2) three-quarters of the arms will be delivered within two months.

]]> 25 2019-07-15 Reported to Senate 2020-03-26T18:59:04Z Saudi Arabia False Emergencies Act or the SAFE Act

This bill limits the President's authority to waive congressional review of a proposed arms sale through the use of an emergency determination.

Specifically, the bill limits the use of emergency authorities to arms exports to only NATO countries, Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. In addition, the bill requires the President to issue an individual determination and detailed justification for each proposal. Furthermore, such a determination shall be available for a proposal only if (1) the proposal directly responds to, or counters, a physical security threat; and (2) three-quarters of the arms will be delivered within two months.

]]> SAFE Act Display Title SAFE Act Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate SAFE Act S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Saudi Arabia False Emergencies Act S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Introduced SAFE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Saudi Arabia False Emergencies Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) to preserve congressional review and oversight of foreign arms sales, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1945rs/xml/BILLS-116s1945rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1945is/xml/BILLS-116s1945is.xml 2019-07-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.