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HR 5863 115th Congress House International Affairs Alliances Asia Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Foreign aid and international relief Human rights Intellectual property Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military operations and strategy Sanctions Turkey

To limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey.

Introduced: May 17, 2018 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 17, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to transfer an F-35 aircraft or related intellectual property or technical data to Turkey unless the President certifies to Congress that Turkey is not: (1) degrading North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) interoperability or member country security, or exposing NATO assets to hostile actors; (2) seeking to import or purchase defense articles from a U.S.-sanctioned foreign country; (3) wrongfully or unlawfully detaining U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens; or (4) engaging in military action without following international legal norms to prevent civilian casualties.

What's happening now May 17, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2