Here’s what’s in the foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel
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The Senate passed a foreign aid package Tuesday that includes money for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.
The House passed the aid package, in the form of four separate bills, on Saturday – months after the Senate first passed legislation with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
The new legislation, which will now go to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature, also includes a number of House GOP priorities, including sanctions on Iran, the seizure of frozen Russian sovereign assets and a measure that could lead to a nationwide ban of TikTok.
The aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region adds up to about $95 billion – the same amount that the earlier Senate bill passed in February would have provided – with an adjustment that $10 billion in Ukraine economic assistance is in the form of a repayable loan
Here’s what’s included in the foreign aid package, according to summaries provided by House Republicans:
Nearly $61 billion for Ukraine
The legislation includes a total of nearly $61 billion to assist Ukraine and others in the region fight Russia – about the same that was included in the earlier Senate bill.
Of that total, about $23 billion would be used to replenish US weapons, stockpiles and facilities, and more than $11 billion would fund current US military operations in the region.
Nearly $14 billion included in the bill would help Ukraine buy advanced weapons systems and other defense equipment.
More than $26 billion for Israel
The package would provide $26.4 billion to aid Israel, specifying that the funds are to support “its effort to defend itself against Iran and its proxies, and to reimburse US military operations in response to recent attacks,” according to a summary