S. 2336 · 118th Congress

MISSILES Act

Introduced on Jul 18, 2023 by Robert Menendez (D-NJ). 3 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (May 7, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 372.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 18, 2023
Cosponsors
3
3 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to address the threat from the development of Iran's ballistic missile program and the transfer or deployment of Iranian missiles and related goods and technology, including materials and equipment, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Sanctions
  • Trade restrictions
  • Visas and passports

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Robert MenendezD-NJSponsor

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 18, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 18, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  3. Apr 16, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. May 7, 2024Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. May 7, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. May 7, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 372.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. J STREET5 reports
    $725K reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE3 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  3. FDD Action1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.