In committee
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel.
This joint resolution prohibits a proposed export of certain firearms, parts, and components to Israel.
People affected—The text gives a count of rifles (20,000) and names one buyer and one end-user agency, but states no number of people affected; not determinable from the text provided.
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach18provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Aid & alliances−38
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it burdens
- M.R.D. Efram Investments Ltd, the named Israeli buyerThe text names this company as the buyer of the 20,000 rifles and prohibits the export, so it cannot receive the weapons it was set to purchase.
- U.S. firearms makers and exporters party to this saleThe blocked shipment is of U.S.-made Colt carbines controlled under Category I of the United States Munitions List and worth $1,000,000 or more, so the American sellers in this transaction lose the sale. The text names the product but not the exporting company.
Who opposes it
- Israel National Police, the named end userThe text names this agency as the ultimate end user of the 20,000 rifles and bars the export, so the weapons intended for its use would not be delivered.
The provisions, in plain language.
Blocks one specific proposed U.S. export of 20,000 fully automatic Colt carbine rifles (5.56mm, 11.5-inch barrel) to M.R.D. Efram Investments Ltd in Israel, where the Israel National Police were to be the final users; that sale, valued at $1,000,000 or more, was reported to Congress as Transmittal No. DDTC 23-077 and may not go forward.