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HR 3875 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Arms sales Congress and Members of Congress Congressional oversight Congressional veto Foreign Trade and Investments

A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to require that congressional vetoes of certain arms export proposals be enacted into law.

Introduced: December 6, 1985 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Dec 13, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Dec 6, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 6, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require that a congressional veto of an arms export proposal must be enacted into law (currently such veto may be in the form of adoption of a concurrent resolution).

What's happening now December 13, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 16, 1985
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 16, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3875: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to require that congressional vetoes of certain arms export proposals be enacted into law.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-3875/
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"H.R. 3875: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to require that congressional vetoes of certain arms export proposals be enacted into law.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-3875/.
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H.R. 3875, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-3875/.
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