US national security bill: what’s in it for Ukraine and Israel and will it pass?

The US Senate early on Tuesday morning passed a national security bill, by 70 votes to 29, which mainly includes foreign military aid – chiefly to Ukraine – and is worth $95bn.

“Today, the Senate made sure that the United States is closer to meeting the monumental and consequential moment that we are in,” said Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader in the US Senate. “Now, it’s up to the House to meet this moment, to do the right thing and save democracy as we know it. Questions?”

But the Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, has already in effect rejected the bill in its current form, making its future highly uncertain.

Here’s what you need to know about what happened, and what lies ahead.

Ukraine: About $60bn would go to supporting Ukraine. The country would receive nearly $14bn to rearm itself through the purchase of weapons and munitions, and nearly $15bn for support services, such as military training and intelligence sharing. About $8bn would go to help Ukraine’s government continue basic operations (with a prohibition on money going toward pensions). There’s also about $1.6bn to help Ukraine’s private sector and about $480m to help Ukrainians displaced by the war.

About a third of the money allocated to supporting Ukraine will actually be spent replenishing the US military, which has been depleted by the weapons and equipment being sent to Kyiv.

Israel: About $14.1bn would go to support Israeli and US military operations in the region. About $4bn would go to boost Israel’s air defenses, with another $1.2bn for Iron Beam, a laser weapons system designed to intercept and destroy missiles. About $2.5bn of the total is for US military operations.

Humanitarian assistance: The legislation contains $9.2bn in