S 2781
115th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
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Europe
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Sanctions
Turkey
A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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