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Senate vote · S.4784

Tell the Senate to vote no on Section 1217.

House Section 219 is back as Senate Section 1217 — and the Senate is getting ready to vote. It would synchronize U.S.–Israel weapons R&D and industrial integration — AI, counter-drones, cyber, directed energy, missile defense — and prioritize Israeli-origin technologies for U.S. programs of record. Call both senators today.

Scripts

Call first. Then paste the letter.

The Senate is getting ready to vote on Section 1217. Offices do not publish inboxes that work — the official web form is the email. We write the letter for you. Add your name and address, copy, paste.

Find your district above to load scripts addressed to your members.

The provision

What you are asking them to kill.

What it actually does

Senate Section 1217 (House 219) of the FY2027 NDAA — S.4784 / H.R.8800 — creates a permanent U.S.–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. The Pentagon would synchronize bilateral RDT&E and industrial integration across AI, counter-drones, cyber, directed energy, and missile defense, and prioritize Israeli-origin technologies for U.S. systems and programs of record.

Programs of record, no off-ramp

Once Israeli-origin systems are written into U.S. programs of record, a future Congress cannot easily unwind them. This is a merger of industrial pathways, not a one-off joint exercise.

A documented tech-transfer record

U.S. officials have long flagged Israeli transfers of U.S.-origin or jointly developed defense tech: Lavi fighter work later tied to Chinese aircraft, Python-3 missiles that became China’s PL-8, and the Phalcon AWACS sale to China that Washington had to stop. Do not put AI and missile-defense programs of record on that path.

The Senate is about to vote

The House already passed it as Section 219. It is Section 1217 on the Senate floor now. Six senators are publicly fighting it. This is the remaining check — call both of yours today.

How offices count you

Thirty seconds on the phone is enough.

  1. 1Call the D.C. office first. If no one picks up, leave a voicemail — offices tally those the same way.
  2. 2Say you are a constituent and give your city and ZIP. That is what gets you counted.
  3. 3Keep it under a minute. Staffers want a clear ask: vote NO on Section 1217.
  4. 4After you call, open the form. The letter is already written — add your name and address, then paste it into their official page.

Capitol switchboard if a direct line fails: (202) 224-3121

The six in the Senate

If yours is already fighting, thank them.

  • Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
  • Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
  • Chris Van HollenD-MD
  • Jeff MerkleyD-OR
  • Bernard SandersI-VT
  • Peter WelchD-VT

Chris Van Hollen, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Merkley, Peter Welch, Ed Markey, and Elizabeth Warren have opposed the U.S.–Israel defense-tech mandate. The Senate is about to vote. Everyone else still needs to hear from home.