What This Bill Does · Plain English
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This bill prohibits the U.S. President from selling or issuing export licenses for a broad range of military equipment (specified categories of the U.S. Munitions List) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or its agencies. The prohibition remains in effect until the President certifies to Congress that the UAE is not providing material support to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
Action Timeline
2025-03-11
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2025-03-11
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.935 pass?
S.935 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 56%.
What does S.935 do?
This bill prohibits the U.S. President from selling or issuing export licenses for a broad range of military equipment (specified categories of the U.S. Munitions List) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or its agencies. The prohibition remains in effect until the President certifies to Congress that the UAE is not providing material support to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
Who sponsored S.935?
S.935 was sponsored by Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland).
Full Bill Text
119 S935 IS: To prohibit sales and the issuance of licenses for the export of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes. U.S. Senate 2025-03-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 935 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025 Mr. Van Hollen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prohibit sales and the issuance of licenses for the export of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes. 1. Limitation on sales and exports of covered defense articles to the United Arab Emirates (a) In general Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the President may not sell or issue a license for the export of covered defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq. ) to the United Arab Emirates, or any agency or instrumentality of the United Arab Emirates, until the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that the United Arab Emirates is not providing materiel support to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. (b) Covered defense articles defined In this section, the term covered defense articles means articles listed under Category I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVII, or XVIII of the United States Munitions List in part 121 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations.
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