HR 8494 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Guaranteeing Israel’s QME Act of 2020

Introduced Oct 1, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL

Latest action · Oct 1, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

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IntroducedOct 1, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Guaranteeing Israel's QME Act of 2020

This bill requires the President to seek to consult with appropriate officials of the Israeli government before making a determination that the sale or export of defense articles or services to a country in the Middle East will not adversely affect Israel's qualitative military edge. The President must also submit a determination with regard to the impact on Israel's qualitative military edge of fulfilling a letter of request for defense articles or defense services sent by a country in the Middle East.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 1, 2020 to Nov 17, 2020; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Oct 1, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Oct 1, 2020
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-NY	Max Rose	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Oct 1, 2020
R-NY	Tom Reed	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small	Original	Oct 1, 2020
D-CA	Jim Costa		Oct 13, 2020
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Nov 17, 2020

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Oct 1, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 1, 2020Introduced in House
Oct 1, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 171, October 1, 2020, page H5640.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46580	Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge and Possible U.S. Arms Sales to the United Arab Emirates Archived	Report	Oct 26, 2020

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To reaffirm the critical role of congressional consultation and to require appropriate deliberation to assess the effects of the sale or export of major defense equipment to countries in the Middle East on the qualitative military edge of Israel, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Guaranteeing Israel’s QME Act of 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 1, 2020Introduced in House

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