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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4563 

To improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite 

Kingdom of Jordan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2024 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To improve defense cooperation between the United States 

and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Jordan 

5 Defense Cooperation Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that expeditious consider8 ation of certifications of letters of offer to sell defense arti9 cles, defense services, design and construction services, 

10 and major defense equipment to the Hashemite Kingdom 


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1 of Jordan under section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control 

2 Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)) is fully consistent with United 

3 States security and foreign policy interests and the objec4 tives of world peace and security. 

5 SEC. 3. ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION. 

6 (a) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the 3-year period be8 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan shall be treated as if 

10 it were a country listed in the provisions of law de11 scribed in paragraph (2) for purposes of applying 

12 and administering such provisions of law. 

13 (2) COVERED PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provi14 sions of law described in this paragraph are as fol15 lows: 

16 (A) Subsections (b)(2), (d)(2)(B), 

17 (d)(3)(A)(i), and (d)(5) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

18 2753). 

19 (B) Subsections (e)(2)(A), (h)(1)(A), and 

20 (h)(2) of section 21 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 2761). 

22 (C) Subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(6), (c), 

23 and (d)(2)(A) of section 36 of such Act (22 

24 U.S.C. 2776). 


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1 (D) Section 62(c)(1) of such Act (22 

2 U.S.C. 2796a(c)(1)). 

3 (E) Section 63(a)(2) of such Act (22 

4 U.S.C. 2796b(a)(2)). 

5 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPABILITIES.— 

6 (1) REPORT.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 

8 (2), the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordina9 tion with the Commander of Central Command, 

10 work cooperatively with the Minister of Defense 

11 of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to estab12 lish or further capabilities for countering air 

13 and missile threats from Iran and its terrorist 

14 proxies, including the threat from unmanned 

15 aerial systems, that threaten the United States, 

16 Jordan, and other allies and partners of the 

17 United States. 

18 (B) PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE TECH19 NOLOGY AND INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

20 shall ensure that any activities carried out 

21 under this subsection are conducted in a man22 ner that appropriately protects sensitive tech23 nology and information and the national secu24 rity interests of the United States and the 

25 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 


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1 (2) LIMITATION AND REPORT.—Activities may 

2 not be carried out under paragraph (1) until after 

3 the Secretary submits to the appropriate congres4 sional committees a report setting forth the fol5 lowing: 

6 (A) A memorandum of agreement between 

7 the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom 

8 of Jordan regarding sharing of research and de9 velopment costs for the capabilities described in 

10 clause (i) and any supporting documents. 

11 (B) A certification that the memorandum 

12 of agreement— 

13 (i) requires sharing of costs of 

14 projects, including in-kind support, be15 tween the United States and the 

16 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; 

17 (ii) establishes a framework to nego18 tiate the rights to any intellectual property 

19 developed under the memorandum of 

20 agreement; and 

21 (iii) requires the United States Gov22 ernment to receive semiannual reports on 

23 expenditure of funds, if any, by the Gov24 ernment of the Hashemite Kingdom of 

25 Jordan, including a description of what the 


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1 funds have been used for, when funds were 

2 expended, and an identification of entities 

3 that expended the funds. 

4 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap6 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com9 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com12 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives. 

14 (c) MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE

15 DEFENSE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 1658 of 

17 the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza18 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

19 263), the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 

20 with the Secretary of State and with the concurrence 

21 of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, develop a 

22 plan to bolster the participation of Jordan in a mul23 tinational integrated air and missile defense archi24 tecture to protect the people, infrastructure, and ter25 ritory of Jordan from cruise and ballistic missiles, 


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1 manned and unmanned aerial systems, and rocket 

2 attacks from Iran and groups linked to Iran. 

3 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2025, 

4 the Secretary and the Commander of United States 

5 Central Command shall provide the Committee on 

6 Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Rela7 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 

8 Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

9 the House of Representatives a briefing on the 

10 progress of the Department of Defense towards bol11 stering the participation of Jordan in a multi12 national integrated air and missile defense architec13 ture, and provide a list of requirements, with cost 

14 estimates, for strengthening the defense of Jordan 

15 within this architecture. 

16 (d) SUNSET.—The authority in this subsection to 

17 carry out activities described in subsection (b), and to pro18 vide support described in subsection (c), shall expire on 

19 December 31, 2028. 

20 SEC. 4. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 

21 Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Sec22 retary of State is authorized to enter into a memorandum 

23 of understanding with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 

24 to increase economic support funds, military cooperation, 

25 including joint military exercises, personnel exchanges, 


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1 support for international peacekeeping missions, and en2 hanced strategic dialogue. 

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