[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8501 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8501

  To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain 
 defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2024

Ms. Jacobs (for herself, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Lee of 
  California, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. 
Kamlager-Dove, and Mr. Kildee) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain 
 defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, 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.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the President may not sell or authorize a license for the export of 
covered defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.) to the United Arab Emirates or any agency or 
instrumentality of the United Arab Emirates, until the President 
certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
that the United Arab Emirates is no longer providing materiel support 
to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
    (b) Covered Defense Articles Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered defense articles'' means articles listed under Category I, 
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVII, or XVIII of the United 
States Munitions List in part 121 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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