[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5025]
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  SA 2747. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. REQUIRED PROVISION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO 
                   ISRAEL.

       (a) Approval of Licenses.--Not later than one day after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any 
     provision of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
     seq.), the President shall approve all pending requests, 
     applications, and licenses for the export of defense articles 
     or defense services to the Government of Israel.
       (b) Transfer of Munitions and Weapons.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall transfer the 
     defense articles and provide the defense services described 
     in subsection (a) to the Government of Israel.
       (2) Certification.--Not later than 10 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter 
     until December 31, 2025, the Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that includes--
       (A) a list of each request, application, or license for the 
     export of defense articles or defense services to the 
     Government of Israel that was pending on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (B) a certification whether those defense articles or 
     defense services have been provided or, if they have not been 
     provided, an estimate of when they will be provided.
       (c) Prohibition on Obstruction of Transfers.--
       (1) Prohibition on obstruction of transfers.--No executive 
     officer or employee may halt, defer, or otherwise prevent the 
     transfer of defense articles or defense services described in 
     subsection (a) to the Government of Israel.
       (2) Sunset.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall 
     terminate one year after the President certifies to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that the state of Israel 
     is not engaged in active hostilities.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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