[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9697

To prohibit the use of funds to provide United States military support 
    for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 27, 2022

  Mr. Khanna introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds to provide United States military support 
    for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE SAUDI-
              LED MILITARY INTERVENTION IN YEMEN.

    (a) Prohibition Relating to Support.--None of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2023 may be made available to provide the 
following forms of United States support to Saudi-led coalition's 
operations against the Houthis in Yemen:
            (1) Sharing intelligence for the purpose of enabling 
        offensive coalition strikes.
            (2) Providing logistical support for coalition strikes, 
        including by providing maintenance or transferring spare parts 
        to coalition members flying warplanes engaged in anti-Houthi 
        bombings.
    (b) Prohibition Relating to Military Participation.--None of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 may be made available for 
any civilian or military personnel of the Department of Defense to 
command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany the 
regular or irregular military forces of the Saudi and United Arab 
Emirates-led coalition forces in hostilities against the Houthis in 
Yemen or in situations in which there exists an imminent threat that 
such coalition forces become engaged in such hostilities, unless and 
until the President has obtained specific statutory authorization, in 
accordance with section 8(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1547(a)).
    (c) Rule of Construction.--The prohibitions under this section may 
not be construed to apply with respect to United States Armed Forces 
engaged in operations directed at al-Qaeda or associated forces.
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