Legislative Tracker
Find out what’s happening in Congress on key issues, including the U.S. arms trade.
About
The United States is the world's largest weapons exporter; it alone makes up nearly 40% of the global arms market. Transparency about who receives U.S. weapons, their impact, and what oversight mechanisms are in place to reduce civilian harm is severely lacking. Too frequently, U.S. made weapons are being sold to governments who use them to abuse and oppress their own citizens and stifle democratic movements.
To help enhance accountability in the arms trade, CIP’s Legislative Tracker program identifies and tracks legislation generally pertaining to U.S. security assistance, defense cooperation, and arms sales. Additional trackers on separate foreign policy issues are also listed below. All information is publicly available and searchable on the federal Library of Congress website, www.congress.gov.
For more information on efforts to increase oversight and transparency of the U.S. arms trade, please visit our coalition partner, the Arms Sales Accountability Project.
What we're watching
Overview
U.S. Arms Sales and Security Assistance
The following bills address gaps in transparency and seek to improve public oversight over U.S. defense policy. The following bills address gaps in transparency and seek to improve public oversight over U.S. defense policy. The following bills address gaps in transparency and seek to improve public oversight over U.S. defense policy.
Authorization for Use of Military Force
The following bills address gaps in transparency and seek to improve public oversight over U.S. defense policy.
Acknowledgment
The U.S. Security Assistance and Arms Sales tracker was initially created in collaboration with the Forum on the Arms Trade, a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use. To learn more about the Forum's resources and experts, please visit their website.
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