U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 7987

DEFEND Act of 2022

To require the Secretary of Defense to seek cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5

Introduced

June 8, 2022, in the House

Issue areas

• Foreign affairs and trade

Policy area

International Affairs (from the Congressional Research Service)

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