Congress: 105 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine
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Sponsor: Furse, Elizabeth (D-OR)
Prohibits funds from being appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) for any fiscal year after 1997 for research, development, test, and evaluation or for procurement for: (1) the Navy F/A-18E/F aircraft program; (2) the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircraft program; and (3) the Air Force F-22 aircraft program. Prohibits the use of funds after FY 1997 for the production of Trident II (D-5) missiles for the Navy. Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to retire eight Trident I submarines during FY 2000 through 2003. Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from procuring more than eight C-17 aircraft in each of FY 1998 through 2000. Directs the Secretary to reduce: (1) by FY 2003 the DOD strategic nuclear force to include a maximum of 300 Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missiles; and (2) DOD theater missile defense programs by terminating the Navy sea-based area theater missile defense system, the Army Medium Extended Air Defense System, the Air Force airborne laser for destruction of missiles system, and the Space and Missile Tracking System. Prohibits any funds from being appropriated to DOD for fiscal years after 1997 for assistance to Israel for development of the Arrow missile. Directs the Secretary of Energy to reduce activities under the Stockpile Stewardship Program so as to achieve specified savings during FY 1998 through 2002 by consolidating, terminating, and cancelling specified activities at Department of Energy research and development sites. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that any sale of major defense equipment approved under such Act shall include an appropriate charge for costs incurred by the United States in the research, development, and production of such equipment. Provides an exception. Repeals a provision of such Act which allows for the recovery of certain administrative expenses when such expenses are neither salaries of U.S. armed forces nor represent unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits.
Cuts funding for several Pentagon weapons programs (F/A-18E/F, V-22 Osprey, F-22 aircraft, Trident II missiles, C-17 cargo planes) and orders retirement of eight Trident submarines by 2003. Terminates four missile defense systems and reduces the strategic nuclear force. Explicitly prohibits DOD funding for Arrow missile development assistance to Israel after 1997. Also requires the Energy Department to cut Stockpile Stewardship costs and makes foreign military sales include full US research and development charges.
The bill's operative section directly restricts US military aid to Israel by banning funding for the Arrow missile program, a key component of US-Israel defense cooperation. While primarily a broad defense spending reduction measure, this explicit restriction on Israel assistance is substantively relevant to US-Israel military ties and reflects congressional skepticism of unconditional weapons support.