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S 5074 117th Congress Senate International Affairs

A bill to provide for a temporary 1-year halt to all proposed direct commercial sales and foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of weaponry and munitions.

Introduced: October 11, 2022 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Oct 11, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Oct 11, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the issuing of export licenses for the transfer of defense articles to Saudi Arabia under the Arms Export Control Act for one year. This prohibition includes direct munitions containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support.

What's happening now October 11, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5074: A bill to provide for a temporary 1-year halt to all proposed direct commercial sales and foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of weaponry and munitions.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5074/
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"S. 5074: A bill to provide for a temporary 1-year halt to all proposed direct commercial sales and foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of weaponry and munitions.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5074/.
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S. 5074, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5074/.
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