119-s935

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 935 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 935

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

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

Mr. Van Hollen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

 To prohibit sales and the issuance of licenses for the export 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. LIMITATION ON SALES AND EXPORTS OF COVERED DEFENSE ARTICLES 
 TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President may not sell or issue 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 Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that the 
United Arab Emirates is not 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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