US Congress Senate Joint Resolution 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A joint resolution to provide limitations on the transfer of air-to-ground munitions from the United States to Saudi Arabia. This joint resolution prohibits the transfer to Saudi Arabia of U.S. air-to-ground munitions until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners are taking all feasible precautions to reduce the risk of civilian harm and exercising proportional use of force in the course of military actions and are making demonstrable efforts to facilitate the flow of critical humanitarian aid and commercial goods; and (2) Saudi Arabia is taking effective measures to target designated foreign terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and affiliates of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as part of its military operations in Yemen.

A joint resolution to provide limitations on the transfer of air-to-ground munitions from the United States to Saudi Arabia.

Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HJR104 (Same As) 2017-05-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/40/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sjres40/BILLS-115sjres40is.pdf