SEN. CRUZ SUBMITS AMENDMENT TO APROPS BILL TO DEFUND UN ARMS TRADE TREATY
WASHINGTON—Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz submitted an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill Tuesday to ban anyone from using Pentagon funds to implement the Arms Trade Treaty. Similar language is also included in the lower chamber’s version of the legislation.
The text of the amendment states, “None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this division may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the resolution of ratification of the Treaty is approved by the Senate.”
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/22/sen-cruz-submits-amendment-to-aprops-bill-to-defund-un-arms-trade-treaty/?