{"id":2226423,"date":"2024-04-21T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-in-the-95-billion-foreign-aid-bills-passed-by-the-house\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T11:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T15:12:56","slug":"what-is-in-the-95-billion-foreign-aid-bills-passed-by-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-in-the-95-billion-foreign-aid-bills-passed-by-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the contents of the $95 billion foreign aid bills recently approved by the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-is-in-the-95-billion-foreign-aid-bills-passed-by-the-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2226423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The House of Representatives passed a $95 billion aid \u200dpackage for Ukraine, Israel,\u200b and Taiwan. The bills also include a provision to sell TikTok. Notably, the aid bills did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-to-border-state-governors-we-must-fix-foreign-countries-first-to-help-secure-our-borders\/\" title=\"Joe Biden to Border State Governors: We Must Fix Foreign Countries First to Help Secure Our Borders\">address border security<\/a>, a key\u2063 concern for some\u200d House members. The bipartisan \u200cmeasures were met with opposition from the House&#8217;s hard right faction. The $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, passed\u200c by the House of Representatives, features a provision to sell TikTok. Despite not addressing border security, a contentious issue for certain House members, the bipartisan bills faced opposition from the House&#8217;s hard-right faction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House of Representatives\">House of Representatives<\/a> on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973096\/house-approves-foreign-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"passed\">passed<\/a> a $95 billion package that will provide aid to\u00a0Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan after months of standstill and tensions within the House Republican conference.<\/p>\n<p>The four separate bills will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-to-send-100m-to-gaza-strip\/\" title=\"Biden plans to allocate 0m for Gaza Strip.\">provide foreign aid<\/a> to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, and include a new measure to force the sale of TikTok after a previously passed measure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/20\/tiktok-bill-passed-explainer-00153472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"stalled in the Senate\">stalled in the Senate<\/a>. Notably, the measures did not include any border security provisions, an issue previously championed by House Republicans as a necessity for passing any aid to Ukraine. The House rejected a revised version of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-unveil-border-proposal-as-condition-for-ukraine-aid\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans reveal border proposal as requirement for Ukraine aid.\">signature border bill<\/a> on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973085\/house-rejects-border-security-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"separate from the foreign aid bills\">separate from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-pushes-back-on-democrats-criticism-amid-border-talks-stalemate\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans respond to Democrats' criticism amidst border talks deadlock\">foreign aid bills<\/a><\/a>, that would have given U.S. border authorities tools to curb illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-looks-to-ban-foreign-flags-in-house-chamber-after-democrats-celebrate-ukraine-aid\/\" title=\"GOP seeks to prohibit foreign flags in House chamber following Dem's Ukraine aid celebration\">foreign aid bills passed<\/a> with a bipartisan majority, with most pushback coming from the hard right in the House. Here is what is in the four bills.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine aid<\/h2>\n<p>After months of stalled efforts, a bill giving foreign aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia was among the bills passed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a> Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, offers $60.84 billion in total aid.<\/p>\n<p>The bill uses $23.2 billion for replenishing U.S. weapons and facilities, while $11.3 billion goes to current U.S. military operations in the area, and $13.8 goes to helping Ukraine buy advanced weapons systems and other weapons.<\/p>\n<h2>Israel aid<\/h2>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> continues to fight in its war against Hamas in Gaza, the aid package passed by the House gives $26.3 billion in funds toward the war.<\/p>\n<p>The bill gives $13 billion to defense funding for Israel, including $4 billion for the Iron Dome and David\u2019s Sling\u00a0defense systems, while also providing $9.2 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza. It also provides $3.6 billion in security assistance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the House Appropriations Committee, the legislation prohibits funds from going to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.<\/p>\n<h2>Taiwan aid<\/h2>\n<p>A smaller component of the foreign aid bills included assistance to defense in the Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, provides $8.1 billion in aid and assistance to defending the region. The legislation provides $5.6 billion in deterrence and roughly $2 billion in military funds. Among the appropriations in the bill, it gives $542 million to help strengthen U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>military<\/a> capabilities in the critical region.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>A measure to force sale of TikTok<\/h2>\n<p>In the other bill passed on Saturday, the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, the House included a provision that would force ByteDance, the owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/TikTok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TikTok<\/a>, to sell the platform or face a ban in the U.S., sending it one step closer to being signed into law by President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>All four bills passed earlier this weekend still require approval from the Senate and Biden, but are expected to be signed into law as early as this week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives approved a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan following internal GOP strife. 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