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To require the President to notify the Congress of certain arms sales to Saudi Arabia until certain outstanding commercial disputes between United States nationals and the Government of Saudi Arabia…

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To require the President to notify the Congress of certain arms sales to Saudi Arabia until certain outstanding commercial disputes between United States nationals and the Government of Saudi Arabia are resolved.

Introduced: May 9, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
May 9, 1995
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Eliminates threshold dollar amounts under proposed offers to sell defense articles or services, design and construction services, and major defense equipment to Saudi Arabia that trigger a requirement by the President to notify the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under the Arms Export Control Act.

Makes such requirement inapplicable if the Secretary of State certifies to the Congress that the unpaid claims of American firms against the Government of Saudi Arabia that are described in a specified June 30, 1993, report by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 have been resolved satisfactorily.

What's happening now May 9, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 9, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1596: To require the President to notify the Congress of certain arms sales to Saudi Arabia until certain outstanding commercial disputes between United States nationals and the Government of Saudi Arabia are resolved.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1596/
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"H.R. 1596: To require the President to notify the Congress of certain arms sales to Saudi Arabia until certain outstanding commercial disputes between United States nationals and the Government of Saudi Arabia are resolved.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1596/.
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H.R. 1596, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1596/.
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