{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-8369","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 8369","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide for the expeditious delivery of defense articles and defense services for Israel and other matters.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide for the expeditious delivery of defense articles and defense services for Israel and other matters."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-05-14","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-05-16","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h217","question":"On Passage","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act","result":"Passed","yea":224,"nay":187,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll217.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 398.","date":"2024-05-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-05-16","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act","result":"Failed","yea":202,"nay":210,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll216.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-05-14","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Israel Security Assistance Support Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill specifies that no federal funds may be used to withhold, halt, reverse, or cancel the delivery of defense articles or defense services to Israel. Also, no funds may be used to pay the salary of any Department of Defense (DOD) or Department of State employee who acts to limit defense deliveries to Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, DOD and the State Department shall ensure prompt delivery of all defense articles and services expected to be delivered to Israel in FY2024 and FY2025. Unobligated funds for operation and maintenance for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, diplomatic programs for the Office of the Secretary of State, and the National Security Council may not be spent until each office certifies to Congress that any withheld defense articles or services are delivered to Israel. DOD and the State Department must obligate any remaining funds for assistance to Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"DOD and the State Department must periodically report to Congress on defense articles and services provided to Israel."}],"words":168},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Bars the use of Department of Defense and Department of State funds to withhold or cancel defense deliveries to Israel, requires delivery of defense articles and services for Israel, and sets related funding holds and reports.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HFB940BE9796547EF9A690B929E132E39"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HA51CFCAC089449E9852830C4AB8DAAEE"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#H95843EBAFF6C4689A0594BAB2224E22D"},{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HF0B8FD0F8B6E41B882BC01AB300D476C"}]},"core_areas":["Delivery of defense articles and services to Israel","Restrictions on use of Department of Defense and Department of State funds","Withholding of unobligated balances pending certification","Reports to Congress on security assistance to Israel"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Bars the use of fiscal year 2024 and prior-year Department of Defense and Department of State funds to withhold, halt, reverse, or cancel deliveries of defense articles or services to Israel, or to pay the salary or expenses of an employee who acts to support such action.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HFB940BE9796547EF9A690B929E132E39"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to ensure prompt delivery of all defense articles and services for Israel expected to be delivered in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HA51CFCAC089449E9852830C4AB8DAAEE"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State to ensure prompt approval and delivery of direct commercial sales of defense articles and services for Israel expected to be delivered in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, including those for the Ministry of Public Security.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HA51CFCAC089449E9852830C4AB8DAAEE"}},{"text":"Requires any covered defense articles and services withheld as of the date of enactment to be delivered to Israel not later than 15 days after that date.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HA51CFCAC089449E9852830C4AB8DAAEE"}},{"text":"Bars obligation or expenditure of certain unobligated balances for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of State's Office of the Secretary, and the National Security Council until a certification is reported to the Committees on Appropriations that the 15-day delivery requirement has been met.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#H95843EBAFF6C4689A0594BAB2224E22D"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to obligate any remaining unobligated balances of funds made available for assistance for Israel not later than 30 days after enactment, and requires an Inspector General report within 90 days and monthly security assistance reports to congressional committees.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HEBF5EF2EEAB44A5AAC016E1832513CDD"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh#HEBF5EF2EEAB44A5AAC016E1832513CDD"},"heading":"Obligation requirement","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to obligate any remaining unobligated balances of funds made available for assistance for Israel within 30 days of enactment, notwithstanding any other law.","amount":null,"quote":"shall obligate any remaining unobligated balances of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for assistance for Israel not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-05-16","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8369/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8369.png","v":"0044cf492316","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8369, 118th Congress: Israel Security Assistance Support Act. House: 224 Yea, 187 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 16 May 2024."}}