{"id":33962,"date":"2024-01-31T22:10:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/31\/house-eyes-higher-dollar-thresholds-for-arms-sales-notices-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:54:11","slug":"house-eyes-higher-dollar-thresholds-for-arms-sales-notices-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2024\/01\/31\/house-eyes-higher-dollar-thresholds-for-arms-sales-notices-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House eyes higher dollar thresholds for arms sales notices to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 A House task force established to speed up the foreign military sales process will debate its first bill in the Foreign Affairs Committee next week, marking what could be the next legislative step in untangling arms deals backlogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill raises the dollar threshold at which the president can approve an arms transfer without notifying Congress, while requiring the drawdown of weapons from U.S. stockpiles to compensate for delayed foreign military sales. It has generated pushback among some arms control advocates who fear the legislation would chip away at a key congressional oversight mechanism used to track weapons deals with other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/06\/28\/congress-aims-for-faster-arms-sales-with-defense-bills-and-task-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">head of the task force established last year<\/a>, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., introduced the Tiger Act in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tempo of conventional high-intensity war that we\u2019re seeing means that countries are burning through their defense equipment much faster,\u201d a Waltz staffer told Defense News, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the bill. \u201cThat is something that we on the Hill were taken by surprise [by] in places like Ukraine: the shortage of precision munitions, the shortage of 155mm shells.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to Ukraine, the Biden administration has transferred thousands of munitions to Israel since Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attacks even as it seeks to rush arms to Taiwan to deter a potential Chinese invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill raises the threshold for which the executive branch can approve an arms sale of major defense equipment without congressional notification from $14 million to $23 million. It also raises the threshold for the sale of defense articles, upgrades, related training or other services without congressional notification from $50 million to $83 million. The staffer said the numbers were selected to reflect inflation since 2003, when Congress last adjusted the thresholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEnsuring that countries have the ability to purchase some of these weapons without, as years go on, being increasingly penalized by rising inflation rates seems to be common sense,\u201d the staffer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But arms control advocates argue the bill would cede congressional oversight authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNotification thresholds are really at the core of Congress\u2019 arms sale oversight regime,\u201d John Chappell, an advocacy and legal fellow at the Washington-based Center for Civilians in Conflict, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRaising the threshold would undercut Congress\u2019 ability to be aware of the proposed arms transfer. That would mean Congress wouldn\u2019t be able to conduct oversight, and they would lose the opportunity to ask questions about specific arms sales, to put informal holds on them and to raise concerns about issues related to civilian harm, human rights, armed conflict and other issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chappell noted many U.S. arms sales to Israel since Oct. 7 have fallen below the existing notification thresholds. He also highlighted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stateoig.gov\/uploads\/report\/report_pdf_file\/isp-i-20-19_7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2020 State Department Inspector General report<\/a>, which found the Trump administration approved 4,221 below-threshold arms transfers to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates amounting to $11.2 billion between Jan. 2017 and Aug. 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waltz\u2019s legislation emerged from a bipartisan taskforce of three Republicans and two Democrats who sit on the Foreign Affairs, Armed Services and defense appropriations committees. But Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, declined to comment on the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drawdown authority<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Waltz bill also requires the secretary of state to use drawdown authority from U.S. stockpiles to transfer weapons to a security partner or ally if a sale has been delayed for three years or more. However, the secretary of state may waive this provision so long as he or she explains why to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat this is saying is if there\u2019s a long-running [foreign military sale], the secretary must explain why it can\u2019t be prioritized,\u201d said the Waltz staffer. \u201cLet\u2019s say you have the sale of Harpoons to Taiwan that have been outstanding for three years, and we have Harpoons in our arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The staffer noted the drawdown language is still under negotiation and the legislation may change via amendments in the Foreign Affairs Committee markup next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harpoon anti-ship missiles comprise part of the roughly $19 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/04\/14\/pandemic-delays-spark-14-billion-backlog-of-us-defense-transfers-to-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">foreign military sale backlog to Taiwan<\/a>, caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/08\/25\/chinas-neighbors-are-buying-us-weapons-washington-isnt-delivering\/\" target=\"_blank\">in part by contracting delays and U.S. industrial base constraints<\/a>. Several other U.S. partners, including in the Middle East, have been hit with arms sales delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Chappell argued the provision would make \u201cpresidential drawdown authority specifically a routine occurrence\u201d and could be used to circumvent congressional holds on an arms transfers that top lawmakers on the foreign affairs committees sometimes place over human rights concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the bill seeks to beef up the Special Defense Acquisition Fund, a revolving account used for foreign military sale procurement that the Pentagon hopes to lean on more as it works to expedite the process. The Pentagon released the results of its own Tiger team task force to speed up arms sales last year and has a separate task force focused on Taiwan. It\u2019s also recently established another Tiger team task force to speed up arms transfers to Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/12\/14\/israel-weapons-sales-us-military\/#:~:text=The%20Pentagon%20is%20working%20to,records%20reviewed%20by%20The%20Intercept.\" target=\"_blank\">according to The Intercept<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foreign Affairs Committee will debate and vote on the legislation next week, potentially referring it to the House floor for consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Waltz staffer noted the task force seeks to make additional legislative adjustments to the foreign military sales process later this year as Congress drafts the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/12\/14\/congress-passed-the-fy24-defense-policy-bill-heres-whats-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\">FY24 defense policy bill<\/a>, which 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