Bars withholding U.S. weapons and defense services from Israel and requires delivery

§1What it does

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This bill would bar the use of federal funds to withhold, halt, reverse or cancel deliveries of weapons and other defense items or services to Israel, and would bar paying the salary of any Defense or State Department employee who acts to limit those deliveries.^2,3 It would require the two departments to promptly deliver all defense items and services expected to go to Israel in the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years and to commit any remaining money set aside for assistance to Israel.² Certain operating funds not yet committed for the offices of the secretaries of defense and state and for the National Security Council would be frozen until each office formally confirms to Congress that any withheld items have been delivered, and the departments would report to Congress regularly on what has been provided.²

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§3How Congress voted

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