Arms Sale Oversight Act

This bill changes the rules the House of Representatives uses to consider joint resolutions that would block proposed foreign sales of defense articles or services, export licenses for them, or certain technical assistance and manufacturing agreements under the Arms Export Control Act. If a House committee has not reported such a resolution within 10 calendar days, a supporter could move to discharge the committee, with debate on that motion limited to one hour. Once a resolution is out of committee, a motion to take it up could not be debated, and debate on the resolution itself would be limited to 10 hours with no amendments allowed. The same House procedures would apply to resolutions on export licenses and technical assistance or manufacturing agreements, starting with resolutions introduced on or after the law takes effect.

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Sponsors

• Ted Lieu Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors