HR 5141 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018

Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 1, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018

This bill extends Military Financing Program grants for Israel through FY2023.

The Department of Defense shall conduct a joint assessment with Israel regarding: (1) precision guided munitions needed by Israel in a sustained armed confrontation with Hezbollah and other armed groups and terrorist organizations, and (2) related U.S. assistance and resupply planning.

The President may utilize the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to transfer precision guided munitions and related defense articles and services to reserve stocks for Israel.

Authorities for loan guarantees and the war reserves stockpile for Israel are extended through FY2023.

The Department of Homeland Security shall establish a seven-year grant program with Israel to support: (1) cybersecurity research and development, and (2) commercialization of cybersecurity technology.

The U.S. Agency for International Development may enter into memoranda of understanding with Israel to advance common goals on energy, agriculture and food security, democracy, economic growth, education, and health.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall continue to work with the Israel Space Agency to pursue peaceful space exploration and science initiatives.

The President may enter into a cooperative project agreement with Israel to carry out research and joint production of defense articles and services to detect and destroy unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e., drones) that threaten the United States or Israel.

The bill states that it is U.S. policy to ensure that Israel maintains its qualitative military edge.

Cosponsors 302

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2018 to Sep 25, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalMar 1, 2018
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMar 9, 2018
D-NJAlbio SiresMar 9, 2018
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsMar 9, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownMar 9, 2018
D-MNBetty McCollumMar 9, 2018
R-FLBill PoseyMar 9, 2018
D-CABrad ShermanMar 9, 2018
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderMar 9, 2018
D-PABrendan F. BoyleMar 9, 2018
R-FLBrian J. MastMar 9, 2018
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickMar 9, 2018
R-FLCarlos CurbeloMar 9, 2018
D-FLCharlie CristMar 9, 2018
R-NJChristopher H. SmithMar 9, 2018
D-HIColleen HanabusaMar 9, 2018
R-CADana RohrabacherMar 9, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineMar 9, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzMar 9, 2018
D-WADerek KilmerMar 9, 2018
D-NYEliot L. EngelMar 9, 2018
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Mar 9, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoMar 9, 2018
R-FLGus M. BilirakisMar 9, 2018
D-RIJames R. LangevinMar 9, 2018
R-INJim BanksMar 9, 2018
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonMar 9, 2018
R-TXJohn RatcliffeMar 9, 2018
D-NJJosh GottheimerMar 9, 2018
D-NYKathleen M. RiceMar 9, 2018
R-TXKay GrangerMar 9, 2018
R-TXKenny MarchantMar 9, 2018
R-TXLamar SmithMar 9, 2018
R-NJLeonard LanceMar 9, 2018
D-FLLois FrankelMar 9, 2018
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartMar 9, 2018
R-NCMark MeadowsMar 9, 2018
R-TXMichael T. McCaulMar 9, 2018
R-COMike CoffmanMar 9, 2018
R-FLNeal P. DunnMar 9, 2018
D-NYNita M. LoweyMar 9, 2018
D-CANorma J. TorresMar 9, 2018
R-CAPaul CookMar 9, 2018
R-ILPeter J. RoskamMar 9, 2018
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiMar 9, 2018
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.Mar 9, 2018
R-UTRob BishopMar 9, 2018
R-ILRodney DavisMar 9, 2018
R-OHSteve ChabotMar 9, 2018
D-CATed LieuMar 9, 2018
R-TXTed PoeMar 9, 2018
R-FLTed S. YohoMar 9, 2018
D-NYThomas R. SuozziMar 9, 2018
R-INTodd RokitaMar 9, 2018
R-NYClaudia TenneyMar 15, 2018
D-MNCollin C. PetersonMar 15, 2018
R-CADavid G. ValadaoMar 15, 2018
R-TNDavid KustoffMar 15, 2018
R-OHDavid P. JoyceMar 15, 2018
R-TNDavid P. RoeMar 15, 2018
R-MNErik PaulsenMar 15, 2018
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoMar 15, 2018
R-WIGlenn GrothmanMar 15, 2018
D-NYGrace MengMar 15, 2018
D-NVJacky RosenMar 15, 2018
R-TXJeb HensarlingMar 15, 2018
R-SCJeff DuncanMar 15, 2018
R-SCJoe WilsonMar 15, 2018
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyMar 15, 2018
D-CAJuan VargasMar 15, 2018
R-SDKristi L. NoemMar 15, 2018
R-TNMarsha BlackburnMar 15, 2018
R-UTMia B. LoveMar 15, 2018
R-TXMichael C. BurgessMar 15, 2018
R-PAMike KellyMar 15, 2018
R-CAMimi WaltersMar 15, 2018
R-NCRichard HudsonMar 15, 2018
R-OHRobert E. LattaMar 15, 2018
R-FLRon DeSantisMar 15, 2018
R-MOSam GravesMar 15, 2018
D-FLStephanie N. MurphyMar 15, 2018
R-CAStephen KnightMar 15, 2018
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalMar 22, 2018
D-ILBill FosterMar 22, 2018
D-NJDonald NorcrossMar 22, 2018
R-NYElise M. StefanikMar 22, 2018
D-NYGregory W. MeeksMar 22, 2018
D-CTJames A. HimesMar 22, 2018
D-ORKurt SchraderMar 22, 2018
I-AZKyrsten SinemaMar 22, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoMar 22, 2018
R-VARobert J. WittmanMar 22, 2018
D-MASeth MoultonMar 22, 2018
R-MOAnn WagnerApr 10, 2018
D-TXBeto O'RourkeApr 10, 2018
R-TXBrian BabinApr 10, 2018
D-NYBrian HigginsApr 10, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoApr 10, 2018
D-CADoris O. MatsuiApr 10, 2018
D-CAEric SwalwellApr 10, 2018
R-FLFrancis RooneyApr 10, 2018
R-ORGreg WaldenApr 10, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuApr 10, 2018
R-KSKevin YoderApr 10, 2018
R-NYLee M. ZeldinApr 10, 2018
R-PALou BarlettaApr 10, 2018
R-AZMartha McSallyApr 10, 2018
D-CARo KhannaApr 10, 2018
R-ALBradley ByrneApr 13, 2018
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyApr 13, 2018
R-OHJames B. RenacciApr 13, 2018
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamApr 13, 2018
R-ILMike BostApr 13, 2018
R-PAScott PerryApr 13, 2018
R-MITim WalbergApr 13, 2018
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Apr 18, 2018
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyApr 18, 2018
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannApr 18, 2018
R-FLDennis A. RossApr 18, 2018
R-INJackie WalorskiApr 18, 2018
R-NYJohn KatkoApr 18, 2018
R-ALMartha RobyApr 18, 2018
R-TXPete OlsonApr 18, 2018
R-NYPeter T. KingApr 18, 2018
R-ILRandy HultgrenApr 18, 2018
D-WIRon KindApr 18, 2018
D-AZTom O'HalleranApr 18, 2018
R-ILAdam KinzingerApr 26, 2018
D-CAAmi BeraApr 26, 2018
R-AKDon YoungApr 26, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Apr 26, 2018
R-MTGreg GianforteApr 26, 2018
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónApr 26, 2018
D-CAJimmy PanettaApr 26, 2018
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIApr 26, 2018
R-NDKevin CramerApr 26, 2018
R-INLuke MesserApr 26, 2018
R-WIMike GallagherApr 26, 2018
D-ILMike QuigleyApr 26, 2018
R-PAPatrick MeehanApr 26, 2018
D-CAPete AguilarApr 26, 2018
R-LARalph Lee AbrahamApr 26, 2018
R-SCRalph NormanApr 26, 2018
R-GARick W. AllenApr 26, 2018
D-CASalud O. CarbajalApr 26, 2018
D-MISander M. LevinApr 26, 2018
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyApr 26, 2018
R-IASteve KingApr 26, 2018
D-TXVicente GonzalezApr 26, 2018
D-NYAdriano EspaillatMay 7, 2018
R-VABarbara ComstockMay 7, 2018
R-MOBilly LongMay 7, 2018
D-GADavid ScottMay 7, 2018
R-IADavid YoungMay 7, 2018
R-CADevin NunesMay 7, 2018
D-NVDina TitusMay 7, 2018
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordMay 7, 2018
R-UTJohn R. CurtisMay 7, 2018
D-NYJoseph CrowleyMay 7, 2018
R-GAKaren C. HandelMay 7, 2018
R-PAKeith J. RothfusMay 7, 2018
R-NVMark E. AmodeiMay 7, 2018
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoMay 7, 2018
D-ILRobin L. KellyMay 7, 2018
R-KSRoger MarshallMay 7, 2018
R-TNScott DesJarlaisMay 7, 2018
R-KYAndy BarrMay 8, 2018
D-CAAnna G. EshooMay 8, 2018
R-OHBob GibbsMay 8, 2018
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyMay 8, 2018
R-AZDavid SchweikertMay 8, 2018
D-TXFilemon VelaMay 8, 2018
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyMay 8, 2018
D-CAJared HuffmanMay 8, 2018
R-MOJason SmithMay 8, 2018
D-CAJim CostaMay 8, 2018
D-CALinda T. SánchezMay 8, 2018
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardMay 8, 2018
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyMay 8, 2018
D-TXAl GreenMay 11, 2018
R-AZAndy BiggsMay 11, 2018
R-MDAndy HarrisMay 11, 2018
D-NMBen Ray LujánMay 11, 2018
R-MEBruce PoliquinMay 11, 2018
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerMay 11, 2018
D-ILDaniel LipinskiMay 11, 2018
R-NYDaniel M. Donovan, Jr.May 11, 2018
R-NCDavid RouzerMay 11, 2018
R-CADoug LaMalfaMay 11, 2018
R-CAEdward R. RoyceMay 11, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonMay 11, 2018
R-PAGlenn ThompsonMay 11, 2018
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesMay 11, 2018
R-ARJ. French HillMay 11, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinMay 11, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 11, 2018
R-CAJeff DenhamMay 11, 2018
R-NYJohn J. FasoMay 11, 2018
D-CAJulia BrownleyMay 11, 2018
R-TXK. Michael ConawayMay 11, 2018
D-FLKathy CastorMay 11, 2018
R-NCMark WalkerMay 11, 2018
R-MIMike BishopMay 11, 2018
R-LAMike JohnsonMay 11, 2018
R-TXPete SessionsMay 11, 2018
D-PARobert A. BradyMay 11, 2018
R-TXRoger WilliamsMay 11, 2018
R-PARyan A. CostelloMay 11, 2018
R-WISean P. DuffyMay 11, 2018
R-LASteve ScaliseMay 11, 2018
R-ARSteve WomackMay 11, 2018
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneMay 11, 2018
R-VAThomas A. Garrett, Jr.May 11, 2018
R-NJThomas MacArthurMay 11, 2018
D-OHTim RyanMay 11, 2018
R-OKTom ColeMay 11, 2018
R-MNTom EmmerMay 11, 2018
R-MOVicky HartzlerMay 11, 2018
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingMay 11, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeMay 11, 2018
R-TXBill FloresMay 18, 2018
R-AZDebbie LeskoMay 18, 2018
D-WADenny HeckMay 18, 2018
R-MIFred UptonMay 18, 2018
R-TXJodey C. ArringtonMay 18, 2018
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryMay 18, 2018
R-IARod BlumMay 18, 2018
R-KSRon EstesMay 18, 2018
D-AZRuben GallegoMay 18, 2018
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.May 18, 2018
R-OKSteve RussellMay 18, 2018
R-OHSteve StiversMay 18, 2018
R-TXWill HurdMay 18, 2018
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerMay 29, 2018
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanMay 29, 2018
R-OHJim JordanMay 29, 2018
R-INLarry BucshonMay 29, 2018
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroMay 29, 2018
D-CASusan A. DavisMay 29, 2018
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMay 29, 2018
D-VAA. Donald McEachinJun 5, 2018
R-ARBruce WestermanJun 5, 2018
D-ILCheri BustosJun 5, 2018
R-CODoug LambornJun 5, 2018
D-CTJohn B. LarsonJun 5, 2018
R-FLMatt GaetzJun 5, 2018
R-NMStevan PearceJun 5, 2018
R-FLThomas J. RooneyJun 5, 2018
R-NEDon BaconJun 12, 2018
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterJun 12, 2018
D-PADwight EvansJun 15, 2018
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarJun 15, 2018
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Jun 21, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezJun 21, 2018
R-TXSam JohnsonJun 21, 2018
R-NCVirginia FoxxJun 21, 2018
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaJun 26, 2018
R-WAJaime Herrera BeutlerJun 26, 2018
I-MIPaul MitchellJun 26, 2018
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersJun 29, 2018
R-ILDarin LaHoodJun 29, 2018
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkJun 29, 2018
D-CAScott H. PetersJun 29, 2018
D-MDSteny H. HoyerJun 29, 2018
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceJul 3, 2018
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesJul 3, 2018
R-ALMo BrooksJul 3, 2018
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánJul 3, 2018
R-GATom GravesJul 3, 2018
R-NYTom ReedJul 3, 2018
R-TXJohn R. CarterJul 10, 2018
D-OHJoyce BeattyJul 10, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezJul 10, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonJul 17, 2018
R-TXLouie GohmertJul 17, 2018
D-NYJerrold NadlerJul 24, 2018
D-TNJim CooperJul 24, 2018
R-OHMichael R. TurnerJul 24, 2018
R-OHBill JohnsonJul 26, 2018
D-IADavid LoebsackAug 7, 2018
D-WARick LarsenAug 7, 2018
R-TXKevin BradyAug 17, 2018
R-INTrey HollingsworthAug 17, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierAug 21, 2018
R-CATom McClintockAug 28, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneySep 5, 2018
R-UTChris StewartSep 7, 2018
R-FLDaniel WebsterSep 7, 2018
R-GADoug CollinsSep 7, 2018
D-COJared PolisSep 7, 2018
R-PALloyd SmuckerSep 7, 2018
R-INSusan W. BrooksSep 7, 2018
D-CATony CárdenasSep 7, 2018
D-COEd PerlmutterSep 12, 2018
D-CTJoe CourtneySep 12, 2018
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonSep 12, 2018
D-MANiki TsongasSep 12, 2018
D-NYPaul TonkoSep 12, 2018
R-PATom MarinoSep 12, 2018
R-NJRodney P. FrelinghuysenSep 13, 2018
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordSep 20, 2018
R-COScott R. TiptonSep 25, 2018

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2018Markup May 9, 2018
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2018
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2018
Research and Technology Subcommittee
Referred May 22, 2018

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
  2. May 9, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  3. May 9, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  4. May 9, 2018Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Mar 1, 2018Introduced in House

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E622Christopher H. Smith R-NJMay 10, 2018

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Jun 14, 2018H.R. 5141, United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 9, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 37, March 1, 2018, page H1341.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Related bills 6

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize assistance for Israel, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2018Introduced in House

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