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S 2781 115th Congress Senate International Affairs Alliances Asia Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Foreign aid and international relief Intellectual property Military assistance, sales, and agreements Sanctions Turkey

A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey.

Introduced: April 26, 2018 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Apr 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds 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; or (3) wrongfully or unlawfully detaining U.S. citizens.

What's happening now April 26, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2925 Related bill A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to foreign countries.
  • HR 5863 Related bill To limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Apr 26, 2018
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Apr 26, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2781: A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2781/
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"S. 2781: A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2781/.
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