PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 15, 2025
This joint resolution prohibits a proposed foreign military sale of certain defense articles and services to the United Arab Emirates.
People & committees
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] · D–NY
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We also preserved the text version used in the PlainBill explanation below.
No related bills are listed in this snapshot. This does not establish whether the proposal has appeared in earlier Congresses.
Source last updated: Sep 19, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze H.J.Res.97 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine H.J.Res.97 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine H.J.Res.97 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine H.J.Res.97 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.
PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-05-15 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This joint resolution would prohibit a particular proposed military sale to the government of the United Arab Emirates. The proposed ban covers six Chinook helicopters equipped for refueling in flight and extended range, along with the engines, navigation equipment, missile-warning systems, communications radios, and machine guns listed in the resolution.
That the following proposed foreign military sale to the Government of United Arab Emirates is prohibited:
Six (6) CH–47F Block II Chinook helicopters with air-to-air refuel probe capability and extended range fuel tanks; Sixteen (16) T–55–GA–714A engines (12 installed, 4 spares); Fourteen (14) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) devices with M–Code (12 installed, 2 spares); Eight (8) AN/AAR–57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (6 installed, 2 spares); Twenty (20) AN/ARC–231A communications security (COMSEC) radios (18 installed, 2 spares); Twenty (20) M–240 machine guns (18 installed, 2 spares).
The proposed prohibition identifies the sale through Transmittal No. 24–118, a notification submitted to Congress on May 13, 2025, under section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.
That the following proposed foreign military sale to the Government of United Arab Emirates is prohibited: (1) The sale of the following defense articles and services described in Transmittal No. 24–118, submitted to Congress on May 13, 2025, pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)):
The covered sale includes six CH–47F Block II Chinook helicopters with equipment for refueling in flight and extended-range fuel tanks, plus 16 engines: 12 installed and four spares.
Six (6) CH–47F Block II Chinook helicopters with air-to-air refuel probe capability and extended range fuel tanks; Sixteen (16) T–55–GA–714A engines (12 installed, 4 spares)
The covered sale also includes 14 navigation devices combining satellite positioning and inertial navigation, with M–Code: 12 installed and two spares. It includes eight AN/AAR–57 missile-warning systems: six installed and two spares.
Fourteen (14) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) devices with M–Code (12 installed, 2 spares); Eight (8) AN/AAR–57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (6 installed, 2 spares)
The covered sale includes 20 AN/ARC–231A communications security radios and 20 M–240 machine guns. Each group consists of 18 installed units and two spares.
Twenty (20) AN/ARC–231A communications security (COMSEC) radios (18 installed, 2 spares); Twenty (20) M–240 machine guns (18 installed, 2 spares).
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 19, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 15, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:37:30Z. 2025-05-15: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2025-05-15: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-05-15. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy rider was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; accompanying earmark disclosures and committee materials were not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No narrow preferential benefit, exemption, or carve-out was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Full text preserved for this analysis. Legislative record snapshot: Sep 19, 2026. How PlainBill uses AI