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S 4366 117th Congress Senate International Affairs

DEFEND Act of 2022

Introduced: September 7, 2022 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Jun 9, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 9, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deterring Enemy Forces and Enabling National Defenses Act of 2022 or the DEFEND Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Defense to seek to cooperate with Middle East allies and partners (i.e., countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and other countries in the region as appropriate) to identify and develop an approach for such allies and partners to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect against attacks from Iran and groups linked to Iran.

What's happening now June 9, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7987 Identical bill DEFEND Act of 2022
  • S 4543 Related bill James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Sep 7, 2022
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 7, 2022
 R
Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Sep 7, 2022
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 16, 2022
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jun 9, 2022
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jun 9, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4366: DEFEND Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4366/
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"S. 4366: DEFEND Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4366/.
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S. 4366, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4366/.
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