A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of funds to Israel, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and though it was passed by both chambers on September 12, 2018 it was passed in non-identical forms and the differences were never resolved.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
72 Cosponsors (36 Democrats, 35 Republicans, 1 Independent)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Rubio Applauds Senate Passage Of The United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act Of 2018”
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Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
(Sponsor)
on Aug 2, 2018
“rubio, Coons introduce bill authorizing enhanced security assistance to israel, strengthening strategic partnership”
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Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
(Co-sponsor)
on Mar 7, 2018
“Lance: If We Dont Stick Up For Israel, Who Will?”
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Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ7, 2009-2018]
on Sep 12, 2018
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What stakeholders are saying
History
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Mar 5, 2018
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Introduced
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Jun 26, 2018
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Considered by Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.
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Jul 10, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Aug 1, 2018
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Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Voice Vote so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Sep 12, 2018
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Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
The House passed the bill with changes not in the Senate version and sent it back to the Senate to approve the changes. The vote was by voice vote so no record of individual votes was made. |
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May 21, 2020
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Reintroduced Bill —
Ordered Reported
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 3176 (116th). |
S. 2497 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 2497. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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