H. Res. 1339 - Introduced by Rep. Marlin Stutzman
H.Res 1339 was introduced June 3rd, 2026 by Representative Marlin Stutzman (R-Indiana). It is currently pending before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and has 1 co-sponsor on a partyline basis.
Related legislation:
H.R. 7540, S. 3855
Bill Summary: H.Res 1339 is a non-binding resolution that would affirm the “special bond” between the United States and Israel, commend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin for his proposal to transition the US-Israel relationship from one of traditional foreign assistance to “mutual cooperation, joint investment, and shared technological development.” It also thanks Netanyahu and Israel for their partnership in military operations against Iran, and condemns antisemitism.
Context: As political pressure builds to reduce U.S. military assistance to Israel, this Bill - which Stutzman introduced just days after meeting with Netanyahu - embraces the alternative framework being constructed by the Israel-First lobby and embodied in Section 224 of the draft National Defense Authorization Act: integrating the US and Israel defense industries in a manner that will be extremely difficult to uproot. This resolution is just one in a series of bills that seek to transition the U.S-Israel relationship from being primarily one of donor and recipient towards mutual investment and collaborative development, but it is the first to attribute the idea to Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu’s plan - laid out in Section 224 and attributed in this Resolution - would imperil critical U.S. military technology and give Israel unprecedented leverage over U.S. policymaking. While backers of the effort have been trying to sell it to the American people as serving our national interest, H.Res. 1339 says plainly what should be obvious: this is not the Pentagon’s plan - it is Israel’s.
In strongly advocating for future defense collaboration with Israel, this resolution entirely neglects widely recognized facts of Israel’s military conduct: its testing of defense articles on Palestinians in the occupied territories, use of cutting edge technologies like AI for war crimes, and overall disregard for human rights. The integration of U.S. and Israeli defense industries would be additionally damaging to American national interests. Involving Israel in the development of military tactics would decrease the US’ own qualitative military superiority, put the U.S. at risk for intellectual and economic espionage (which Israel is known to pursue), advantage Israeli competitors to American companies, and give Israel future leverage over the U.S. through the ability to withhold critical weapons components.
As if this were not enough, H.Res. 1339 adds further perfunctory language suggesting that the U.S. and Israel hold “shared democratic values” and “mutual strategic interests” even going so far as expressly thanking Prime Minister Netanyahu for his partnership in the war with Iran, of which a majority of Americans disapprove and which Congress has not authorized.
American Values Analysis: By deepening U.S. defense integration with Israel, this resolution would import technologies tested against an occupied people and linked to war crimes and would further implicate the United States in practices that undermine core American commitments to human rights, civilian protection, and the rule of law. The resolution defers U.S. policymaking to a foreign potentate, undermining the most core American value: our independence.
American Interest Analysis: This resolution conflicts with American interests in a myriad of ways. It supports defense integration that would put America at risk for intellectual and economic espionage and advantage Israeli manufacturing competitors to the detriment of American industry.
It supports U.S. and Israeli partnership in hostilities against Iran when this war has been detrimental both internationally and domestically, with wide reaching humanitarian, economic, and reputational effects. It also proudly embraces the concept that U.S. foreign policy should be set by a foreign government - and by a man, Benjamin Netanyahu, without regard for his widely-known war crimes and human rights violations, damaging the U.S’ reputation internationally.
A New Policy’s Recommendation: OPPOSE
A New Policy opposes H.Res 1339 because it hands the keys of U.S. national security policymaking to Benjamin Netanyahu, and advances his plan to expand and entrench U.S. military support to Israel in a way that is hidden from Congressional votes and public transparency.
For more information please contact: Josh Paul, info@anewpolicy.org, (202) 770-0055
