US HB7987 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 36-18)
Status: Introduced on June 8 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-06-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 8 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-06-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To require the Secretary of Defense to seek cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes.
Title
DEFEND Act of 2022 Deterring Enemy Forces and Enabling National Defenses Act of 2022
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-08 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism. |
| 2022-06-08 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
| 2022-06-08 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB4366 (Same As) 2022-06-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB4543 (Related) 2022-07-18 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
SB4543 (Related) 2022-07-18 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7987/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr7987/BILLS-117hr7987ih.pdf |
