S.J.Res. 53

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 53 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 53

Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign 
military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain defense articles 
and services.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 15, 2025

Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, and 
Mr. Schatz) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign 
military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain defense articles 
and services.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following proposed 
foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar is prohibited:
(1) The sale of the following defense articles and services 
described in Transmittal No. 25-16, 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 March 26, 2025: The following Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 
Eight (8) MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA); Two hundred 
(200) KMU-572 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits for 
Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)-38 or Laser JDAM GBU-54; Three hundred 
(300) BLU-111 500-lb general purpose bombs; One hundred (100) 
MXU-650 air foil groups (AFG) for Paveway II GBU-12; One 
hundred (100) MAU-169 computer control groups (CCG) for Paveway 
II GBU-12; Twenty-eight (28) Embedded Global Positioning System 
(GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) security devices 
with M-Code; Twelve (12) EGI security devices with Selective 
Availability Anti-Spoofing Modules (SAASM); Ten (10) Lynx AN/
APY-8 Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR); Ten (10) L3 Rio Grande 
communications intelligence (COMINT) sensor suites; One hundred 
ten (110) AGM-114R2 Hellfire II missiles; and Eight (8) M36E9 
Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM). The following 
non-MDE items will also be included: Honeywell TPE-331 
turboprop engines; Certifiable Ground Control Stations (CGCS); 
FMU-139D/B fuze systems; DSU-38 laser illuminated target 
detectors for GBU-54; KY-100M narrowband/wideband terminals; 
AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders (SKLs); Keying Identification 
Verification (KIV)-77 Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe 
cryptographic appliques; Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)-250X 
High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) Type 1 
cryptographic communications security (COMSEC) devices; 
Cryptographic Core Modernization -700A Type 1 COMSEC chips; AN/
DPX-7 IFF transponders; Link-16 KOR-24A Small Tactical 
Terminals (STTs); Semi-Automatic Ground 2 Environment (SAGE) 
Electronic Surveillance Measure systems; AE-4500 Electronic 
Support Measure; Compact Multi-band Data Link (CMDL); Remotely 
Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) 6Si compatible 
systems; Common Munitions Built-in-Test Reprogramming Equipment 
(CMBRE) Plus Block II; Mayflower Multi-Platform Anti-Jam GPS 
Navigation Antennas (MAGNA)-I, AS-4841; imaging systems; 
Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Multi-Spectrum Targeting 
System (MTS); Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars 
(SeaSpray 7500 maritime radars); Due Regard Radar (DRR); 
Automatic Information System (AIS) transponders; Rohde & 
Schwartz Ultra High Frequency (UHF)/Very High Frequency (VHF) 
radios; satellite communications ground station antennas, 
modems, and terminals with Unifi Security Gateway (USG) 
encryption; Ku-Band SATCOM GA-ASI Transportable Earth Stations 
(GATES); secure SATCOM systems; DSU-33D/B bomb components; M299 
Longbow Hellfire launchers; weapons loading equipment; spare 
and repair parts, consumables and accessories, and repair and 
return support; weapons integration; support and test 
equipment; facilities and construction support; publications 
and technical documentation; personnel training and training 
equipment; transportation and airlift support; studies and 
surveys; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, 
and logistics support services; and other related elements of 
logistics and program support.
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