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⚡️ New: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced an amendment that could effectively halt all offensive and defensive U.S. military aid to Israel under current conditions, as part of a package of 11 amendments to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. 🔸The proposal would require all U.S. defense articles and services to be used in accordance with international law and, consistent with Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, prohibit transfers to countries that restrict U.S.-supported humanitarian aid — unless the president certifies the recipient is complying with those requirements and Congress separately authorizes the transfer. 🔸Its practical force lies in stripping the president’s discretion to look past existing law. Section 620I already bars aid to governments that block U.S. humanitarian assistance, but administrations have repeatedly declined to determine that Israel is in violation despite restrictions on aid entering Gaza. 🔸 Under the amendment, the president would have to affirmatively make that determination, and Congress would have to specifically authorize the transfer through legislation before covered military aid could proceed. 📸 Reuters
Other amendments AOC has proposed would: 🔹 Require the Pentagon to publish a report on its use of military facilities in Puerto Rico. 🔹 Require a certification on human and civil rights violations in Peru following the mass killing of protesters in 2022 and 2023. 🔹 Bar Pentagon security cooperation with Ecuador until its government is certified as complying with human rights laws. 🔹 Require a report on past human rights violations in Colombia and the U.S.-Colombia military partnership from 1980 to 2010. 🔹 Require a declassification review of U.S. government and corporate involvement in Chile’s 1973 coup. 🔹 Require a Pentagon framework to support Puerto Rico’s response to infrastructure failures, including its aging water system. 🔹 Require a Pentagon framework to support Bangladesh’s response to extreme weather. 🔹 Require an unclassified report on the U.S.-Brazil military partnership from 1964 to 1985. She also cosponsored amendments to: 🔹 Require a report on renewed military exercises and cleanup efforts in Vieques, Puerto Rico. 🔹 Prohibit Pentagon funds from being used to enforce U.S. sanctions on Cuba
New: ⬇️ <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dropsitenews/status/2071761541037199819" color="blue">x.com/dropsitenews/s…</a>
🧵 EXPLAINER | What Ocasio-Cortez’s Arms Amendment Actually Does Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has filed an amendment to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would condition US military aid to Israel. The amendment is country-neutral on its face, but its practical focus is Israel, given its requirements regarding humanitarian aid and international law. Here is what it does, section by section. 🔹 Part 1: Conditions before any weapons can transfer This is the part with teeth. Before the US can transfer any “defense articles or defense services” funded by the FY2027 defense budget, two requirements kick in: 🔸 Compliance with international law. Any US weapons or defense services provided must be used in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict, as well as US law. This conditions transfers on the recipient’s use of US defense articles and services in accordance with those legal standards. 🔸 The humanitarian-aid bar (Section 620I). Before authorizing a transfer, the president must obtain written assurances from the recipient country and certify to Congress that the recipient is not restricting, directly or indirectly, the delivery to civilians of either US-funded humanitarian aid or aid provided through an international body the US belongs to, such as the UN. Crucially, the transfer can take effect only after Congress passes legislation specifically authorizing it. It is a double lock: presidential certification plus a separate act of Congress. 🔹 Part 2: An ongoing reporting and accountability regime Beyond the transfer conditions, the amendment forces sustained scrutiny. Within 30 days of enactment and every 180 days after, the president must report to Congress on each recipient country’s use of US-provided weapons since October 1, 2026. Each report must include: 🔸 Measures taken to track the weapons, especially those requiring “enhanced end-use monitoring.” 🔸 Whether the weapons reached their intended recipient and were used for their intended purpose. 🔸 An assessment of whether they were used in line with international law and the law of armed conflict. 🔸 An assessment of whether the recipient followed US civilian harm mitigation practices, tied to the Pentagon’s Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP). 🔸 Any cases where weapons were diverted or misused, and what remedies were taken. 🔸 Whether the recipient cooperated fully with US and US-backed efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in conflict zones where the weapons are being used. The reports would go to six congressional committees, Foreign Affairs/Relations, Armed Services, and Appropriations in both chambers, in unclassified form with a possible classified annex. 🔹 TL;DR: The practical force lies in adding an additional congressional approval requirement before transfers can proceed. Section 620I already prohibits security assistance to governments that restrict the delivery of US humanitarian assistance, yet successive administrations have declined to determine that Israel is in violation despite its ongoing severe restrictions on life essentials into Gaza. This amendment would force the question. Even if the president certifies compliance, Congress would still have to authorize the transfer. Page 1-3 (4-6 in reply).
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AOC’s amendment will not make it to the floor for a vote, House Republicans decided overnight: ⬇️ <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dropsitenews/status/2072006371600417029" color="blue">x.com/dropsitenews/s…</a>