Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
Latest action. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the yeas and naysThe constitutional right of one-fifth of those present to force every member's vote onto the public record. The mechanism behind every roll call you can look up.Read the full definition (opens a new tab): (2/3 required): 250 - 180 (Roll no. 38).
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
This bill provides FY2024 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State for activities to respond to the attacks in Israel. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to DOD for
Military Personnel;
Operation and Maintenance;
Procurement;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation;
Defense Working Capital Funds; and
the Defense Health Program.
The funding is provided for purposes such as
supporting current U.S. military operations in the region;
replacing defense articles that were provided to Israel;
reimbursing DOD for defense services and training provided to Israel; and
procuring Israel's Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Iron Beam defense systems to counter short-range rocket threats.
The bill also provides appropriations to the State Department for
Diplomatic Programs,
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and
the Foreign Military Financing Program.
The funding is provided to the State Department for purposes such as (1) increasing security at U.S. embassies impacted by the attacks on Israel, and (2) conducting emergency evacuations of U.S. government personnel and citizens in the region.
Finally, the bill includes provisions that expand the authorities of the President to transfer defense articles and services from DOD to Israel.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on February 5, 2024. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill failed the vote the record describes below. A measure that fails is not revived; the same text has to be introduced again as a new measure.
The record's latest action, on February 6, 2024: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 250 - 180 (Roll no. 38).
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
KEN CALVERT (R-CA) introduced it on February 5, 2024, and 60 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 60 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseDid not advance · February 6, 2024
- SenateNot reached
- PresidentNot reached