SJRES 26 — Congress 119
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/26
Congress.gov subjects: International Affairs
Issues impacted: Defense & National Security (ai, high), Foreign Policy & Sanctions (ai, high)
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119 SJ 26 IS: Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services. U.S. Senate 2025-02-25 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. IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 26 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2025 Mr. Sanders introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services. That the following proposed foreign military sale to Israel is prohibited: (1) The sale of the following defense articles and services, described in Transmittal No. 24–13, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1) ), and published in the Congressional Record on February 10, 2025: two thousand one hundred sixty-six (2,166) GBU–39/B Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 (SDB–I); two thousand eight hundred (2,800) MK 82 General Purpose, 500-pound bomb bodies; thirteen thousand (13,000) KMU–556E/B, or KMU–556H/B with SABR–Y, KMU–556F/B, or KMU–556J/B Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits for the MK–84 bomb body; three thousand four hundred seventy-five (3,475) KMU–557E/B, or KMU–557F/B, or KMU–557H/B with SABR–Y, or KMU–557J/B JDAM Guidance Kits for the BLU–109 bomb body; one thousand four (1,004) KMU–572E/B, or KMU–572F/B, KMU–572H/B with SABR–Y, or KMU–572J/B JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU–38v1; and seventeen thousand four hundred seventy-five (17,475) FMU–152A/B fuzes. The following non-MDE items will also be included: FMU–139 fuzes; bomb components; munitions support and support equipment; spare parts, consumables and accessories, and repair and return support; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, logistics, and technical support services and other related elements of logistics and program support.
Plain-English summary
Confidence: high · Complexity: simple · Model: grok-4.5
This is Congress’s shot at blocking one specific planned weapons sale to Israel.
If it passed, it would kill the deal laid out in a formal notice to Congress. That package covers thousands of small-diameter bombs, about 2,800 of those 500-pound bomb bodies, lots of JDAM guidance kits (the add-ons that help steer bombs more precisely), fuzes, plus spare parts, support gear, and technical help.
In everyday terms: the U.S. had teed up this foreign military sale, and this resolution would simply say the sale is not allowed. People who follow arms exports or U.S.–Israel security ties would notice first.
It was introduced in the Senate and sent to the Foreign Relations Committee. That’s what the text shows so far.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Policy & Sanctions | Restraint and limited overseas commitments | Status quo / reject this change | Yea blocks this arms package to Israel; Nay keeps the proposed sale on track under existing export process. |
| Defense & National Security | Reduce defense outlays or scope | Status quo / reject this change | Yea halts transfer of listed munitions and support; Nay leaves the notified defense articles sale undisturbed. |