Arms Sale Oversight Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 332 To modify the expedited procedures in the House of Representatives under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act with respect to consideration of joint resolutions prohibiting proposed sales of defense articles or serv- ices, prohibiting proposed licenses for exports of defense articles or serv- ices, and prohibiting approval of United States commercial technical assistance or manufacturing licensing agreements. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subse- quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To modify the expedited procedures in the House of Rep- resentatives under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act with respect to consideration of joint resolutions prohibiting proposed sales of defense articles or services, prohibiting proposed licenses for exports of defense arti- cles or services, and prohibiting approval of United States commercial technical assistance or manufacturing licensing agreements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H332.IH H332 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 332 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arms Sale Oversight 2 Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES IN 4 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNDER 5 SECTION 36 OF THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 6 ACT. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the Arms Export 8 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended as follows: 9 (1) In subsection (b), by amending paragraph 10 (3) to read as follows: 11 ‘‘(3) Any such joint resolution shall be considered in 12 the House of Representatives in accordance with the fol- 13 lowing: 14 ‘‘(A)(i) If the committee to which a joint resolu- 15 tion with respect to a proposed sale has been re- 16 ferred has not reported it at the end of 10 calendar 17 days after its referral, it shall be in order to move 18 either to discharge the committee from further con- 19 sideration of such resolution or to discharge the 20 committee from further consideration of any other 21 resolution with respect to such proposed sale which 22 has been referred to the committee. 23 ‘‘(ii) A motion to discharge may be made only 24 by an individual favoring the resolution, shall be 25 highly privileged (except that it may not be made 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H332.IH H332 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 332 IH after the committee has reported a resolution with 1 respect to the same proposed sale), and debate 2 thereon shall be limited to not more than one hour, 3 to be divided equally between those favoring and 4 those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 5 motion shall not be in order, and it shall not be in 6 order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 7 motion was agreed to or disagreed to. 8 ‘‘(iii) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or 9 disagreed to, the motion may not be renewed, nor 10 may another motion to discharge the committee be 11 made with respect to any other resolution with re- 12 spect to the same proposed sale. 13 ‘‘(B)(i) When the committee has reported, or 14 has been discharged from further consideration of, a 15 resolution, it shall be at any time thereafter in order 16 (even though a previous motion to the same effect 17 has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 18 consideration of the resolution. The motion shall be 19 highly privileged and shall not be debatable. An 20 amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and 21 it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the 22 vote by which the motion was agreed to or disagreed 23 to. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H332.IH H332 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 332 IH ‘‘(ii) Debate on the resolution referred to in 1 clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be limited to 2 not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 3 equally between those favoring and those opposing 4 such resolution. A motion further to limit debate 5 shall not be debatable. An amendment to, or motion 6 to recommit, the resolution shall not be in order, 7 and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider 8 the vote by which such resolution was agreed to or 9 disagreed to. 10 ‘‘(C)(i) Motions to postpone, made with respect 11 to the discharge from committee, or the consider- 12 ation of a resolution and motions to proceed to the 13 consideration of other business, shall be decided 14 without debate. 15 ‘‘(ii) Appeals from the decision of the Chair re- 16 lating to the application of the rules of the House 17 of Representatives to the procedure relating to a res- 18 olution shall be decided without debate. 19 ‘‘(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of 20 this paragraph, if the House of Representatives has 21 approved a resolution with respect to a proposed 22 sale, then it shall not be in order to consider in the 23 House of Representatives any other resolution with 24 respect to the same such sale.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H332.IH H332 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 332 IH (2) In each of subsections (c)(3)(B) and 1 (d)(5)(B) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and all that 2 follows through ‘‘House of Representatives’’ and in- 3 serting ‘‘Any such joint resolution shall be consid- 4 ered in the House of Representatives in accordance 5 with the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of this sec- 6 tion.’’. 7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 8 subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 9 of this Act and apply with respect to any joint resolution 10 described in subsection (b)(3), (c)(3)(B), or (d)(5)(B) of 11 section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act that is intro- 12 duced in the House of Representatives or the Senate, as 13 the case may be, on or after such date of enactment. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H332.IH H332 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS