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H.R. 8437: Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act

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H.R. 8437: Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act

118th Congress · introduced 2024-05-16 · International Affairs · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 13.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-05-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 13. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act

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Official text

Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8437.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] · 51 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 8437, Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel’s Security Act (2024-08-15)

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Ann Wagner (R-MO), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Keith Self (R-TX), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), J. French Hill (R-AR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), James R. Baird (R-IN), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Barry Moore (R-AL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Richard Hudson (R-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Michael A. Rulli (R-OH), Mike Bost (R-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] reported raising $276,976 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Securities
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr8437 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118