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Proposed Federal Senate Legislation HB7987

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Legislation Overview

Title: DEFEND Act of 2022 Deterring Enemy Forces and Enabling National Defenses Act of 2022

Subject: International affairs

Description: To require the Secretary of Defense to seek cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes.

Session: 117th Congress

Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.

Last Action Date: June 8, 2022

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7987/all-info

Companion Bill: SB4366

Sponsors

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54 sponsors: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R); Bradley Schneider (D); Ann Wagner (R); David Trone (D); Don Bacon (R); Jimmy Panetta (D); Elise Stefanik (R); Jeff Van Drew (R); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R); Ritchie Torres (D); Stephanie Murphy (D); Brian Fitzpatrick (R); Josh Gottheimer (D); Lisa McClain (R); Kathy Manning (D); Suzanne Lee (D); Claudia Tenney (R); Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R); Rodney Davis (R); Carol Miller (R); David McKinley (R); Blake Moore (R); Bill Johnson (R); Patrick Fallon (R); Tracey Mann (R); Grace Meng (D); Tom Emmer (R); Suzan DelBene (D); Ted Budd (R); Lloyd Smucker (R); Vicky Hartzler (R); Kat Cammack (R); Adrian Smith (R); Jake Auchincloss (D); Pete Stauber (R); Randy Feenstra (R); David Valadao (R); Mike Johnson (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Christopher Pappas (D); John Katko (R); Michael Guest (R); John Rose (R); Mike Levin (D); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R); Marcy Kaptur (D); Lois Frankel (D); Maria Salazar (R); Steve Cohen (D); Alexander Mooney (R); Ben Cline (R); Barry Loudermilk (R); Ed Case (D); Susan Wild (D)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jun 8 2022 Introduced in House
House Jun 8 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
House Jun 8 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced Jun 13 2022 federal bill text bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Committee

Chamber: H

Committee Name: Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill

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