United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 42 (115th)
A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the proposed export to the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles.
Introduced
25 May 2017
Last action
13 June 2017 · Discharge
Status
Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 143. (consideration: CR S3428)
Sponsors
Rand Paul, Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
4 December 2025
Summary
This joint resolution prohibits the issuance of a letter of offer for the following proposed exports to the government of Saudi Arabia: the transfer of certain technical data, hardware, and defense services to the Royal Saudi Air Force and Boeing Saudi Arabia to support the deployment of the Joint Direct Attack Munition off Saudi Arabia's western made aircraft platforms; the transfer of certain technical data, hardware, and defense services to the Royal Saudi Air Force to support the integration of the FMU-152A/B JPB Fuze System into the MK-80, BLU-109, and BLU-100 series warhead family of weapons; and the transfer of defense articles, defense services, and technical data to support the Paveway II and III, Enhanced Paveway II and III, and Paveway IV Weapons Systems for the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15, Tornado, and Typhoon Aircraft.
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Timeline
25 May 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
25 May 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
13 June 2017
Discharge
Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations made. (consideration: CR S3416-3428)
Source: Discharge
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 25 May 2017 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 May 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 May 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 25 May 2017
Sponsors
- Rand Paul · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfr00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/42
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/sjres/42
- us · 115-sjres-42 · source updated 4 December 2025