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H.R. 2059House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Sara JacobsRep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
Introduced March 11, 2025

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This bill blocks the United States from granting export licenses for a wide range of defense items to the United Arab Emirates. The ban stays in place until the President formally confirms that the UAE is not supplying weapons or other material support to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. It affects U.S. defense manufacturers, exporters, and any UAE entities seeking such items.

Key Provisions

  • The President may not issue any export license for defense articles listed in specified categories of the U.S. Munitions List to the United Arab Emirates or its agencies until the President certifies to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the UAE is not providing material support to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
  • “Covered defense articles” are defined as any items appearing in Categories I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVII, or XVIII of the United States Munitions List.

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs Committee

March 11, 2025

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Introduced in House

March 11, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs Committee

March 11, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued March 11, 2025

I

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2059

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 11, 2025

Ms. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates, and for other purposes.

1.

Prohibition

(a)

In general

Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the President may not sell or authorize a license for the export of covered defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to the United Arab Emirates or any agency or instrumentality of the United Arab Emirates, until the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the United Arab Emirates is not providing materiel support to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.

(b)

Covered defense articles defined

In this section, the term covered defense articles means articles listed under Category I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVII, or XVIII of the United States Munitions List in part 121 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations.