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

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8501.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACOBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the issuance of licenses for the exportation of certain defense articles to the United Arab Emirates until the President certifies to Congress that the UAE is no longer providing materiel support to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8501, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8501

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 5, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96e85820c71a9b7d3e7b1fbf5f9f8a202d6e8fe09485bca18ca5ac8bf55c1602

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 5, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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