Support Democracy in Egypt Act - Prohibits the U.S. government from allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to Egypt until the President certifies to Congress that Egypt: (1) is curtailing support for terrorist activities conducted by foreign terrorist organizations; (2) has adopted policies that promote religious and political freedoms; (3) is carrying out concerted efforts to enforce access along the Sinai Peninsula, including preventing illegal weapons smuggling between Egypt and Gaza; and (4) is fully implementing the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 939 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 939
To suspend the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16
aircraft, M1 tanks, and certain other defense articles or defense
services to the Government of Egypt.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 4, 2013
Mr. Bentivolio (for himself, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Westmoreland,
Mr. Ross, and Mr. Yoho) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To suspend the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16
aircraft, M1 tanks, and certain other defense articles or defense
services to the Government of Egypt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Support Democracy in Egypt Act''.
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF SALES, LEASES, TRANSFERS, RETRANSFERS, OR
DELIVERY OF COVERED DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES
TO EGYPT.
(a) Suspension.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States Government shall not license, approve, facilitate, or
otherwise allow the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of
any covered defense article or defense service to the Government of
Egypt unless the President submits to Congress a certification
described in subsection (b) and a notification described in subsection
(c).
(b) Certification.--A certification referred to in subsection (a)
is a certification that contains a determination of the President that
each of the following conditions has been met:
(1) The Government of Egypt is working to curtail support
for terrorist activities conducted by foreign terrorist
organizations.
(2) The Government of Egypt has adopted policies that
promote religious and political freedoms for the people of
Egypt.
(3) The Government of Egypt is carrying out concerted
efforts to enforce access along the Sinai Peninsula, including
to stop illegal weapons smuggling between Egypt and Gaza.
(4) The Government of Egypt is fully implementing all
aspects of the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel.
(c) Notification.--A notification referred to in subsection (a) is
a notification of the President that is submitted to Congress not less
than 30 days prior to the proposed sale, lease, transfer, retransfer,
or delivery of any covered defense article or defense service, as the
case may be, in accordance with procedures applicable to reprogramming
notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394-1(a)).
(d) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection
(a) if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in
the national security interests of the United States to do so.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered defense article or defense service.--The term
``covered defense article or defense service'' means any F-16
aircraft, M1 tank, or other defense article or defense service
listed in Category VI, VII, or VIII of the United States
Munitions List.
(2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign
terrorist organization'' means an organization designated as a
foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State in
accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
(3) United states munitions list.--The term ``United States
Munitions List'' means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1)
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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