Reply On Thursday, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and several of his Democratic peers in the U.S. Senate introduced the Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2021. (Shutterstock) NEW JERSEY — When the United States sells weapons to foreign governments, it has a responsibility to make sure they aren't used to inflict misery on innocent civilians, a cadre of federal lawmakers say. On Thursday, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and several of his Democratic peers in the U.S. Senate introduced the Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2021. If passed, the bill would prohibit U.S. arms sales to countries committing genocide or war crimes. Read the full text here.