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SRES 61 101th Congress Senate International Affairs Aerospace industries Arms sales Congressional reporting requirements Congressional veto Export controls Fighter aircraft Foreign Trade and International Finance International competitiveness Japan Technology transfer Trade agreements

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the sale of F-16 fighter aircraft technology from General Dynamics to Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of the United States-Japan FSX co-development fighter program.

Introduced: February 9, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 9, 1989
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) delay notifying the Congress of the sale of General Dynamics F-16 fighter aircraft technology to Japan for 60 days while a further review of such sale is made by specified executive departments; (2) examine such sale's impact on the competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace industry; and (3) submit within 60 days after enactment of this resolution a report containing his findings to the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services.

What's happening now February 9, 1989

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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