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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 907 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 8, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Defense Cooperation Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) As of January 22, 2015, the United States 

7 Government has provided $3,046,343,000 in assist8 ance to the Syria humanitarian response, of which 

9 nearly $467,000,000 has been to the Hashemite 

10 Kingdom of Jordan. 

11 (2) As of January 2015, according to the 

12 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

13 (UNHCR), there are 621,937 registered Syrian ref14 ugees in Jordan and 83.8 percent of those refugees 

15 live outside refugee camps. 

16 (3) In 2000, the United States and Jordan 

17 signed a free-trade agreement that went into force 

18 in 2001. 

19 (4) In 1996, the United States granted Jordan 

20 major non-NATO ally status. 

21 (5) Jordan is suffering from the Syrian refugee 

22 crisis and the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and 

23 the Levant (ISIL). 

24 (6) The Government of Jordan was elected as 

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1 curity Council beginning in January 2014 and ter2 minating in December 2015. 

3 (7) Enhanced support for defense cooperation 

4 with Jordan is important to the national security of 

5 the United States, including through creation of a 

6 status in law for Jordan similar to the countries in 

7 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, 

8 Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, and New 

9 Zealand, with respect to consideration by Congress 

10 of foreign military sales to Jordan. 

11 (8) The Colorado National Guard’s relationship 

12 with the Jordanian military provides a significant 

13 benefit to both the United States and Jordan. 

14 (9) Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh was bru15 tally murdered by ISIL. 

16 (10) On February 3, 2015, Secretary of State 

17 John Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser 

18 Judeh signed a new Memorandum of Understanding 

19 that reflects the intention to increase United States 

20 assistance to the Government of Jordan from 

21 $660,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 per year for the 

22 years 2015 through 2017. 

23 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

24 It should be the policy of the United States to sup25 port the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in its response 


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1 to the Syrian refugee crisis, provide necessary assistance 

2 to alleviate the domestic burden to provide basic needs for 

3 the assimilated Syrian refugees, cooperate with Jordan to 

4 combat the terrorist threat from the Islamic State of Iraq 

5 and the Levant (ISIL) or other terrorist organizations, 

6 and help secure the border between Jordan and its neigh7 bors Syria and Iraq. 

8 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that expeditious consider10 ation of certifications of letters of offer to sell defense arti11 cles, defense services, design and construction services, 

12 and major defense equipment to the Hashemite Kingdom 

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

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

15 States security and foreign policy interests and the objec16 tives of world peace and security. 

17 SEC. 5. ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—For the 3-year period beginning 

19 on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Hashemite 

20 Kingdom of Jordan shall be treated as if it were a country 

21 listed in the provisions of law described in subsection (b) 

22 for purposes of applying and administering such provi23 sions of law. 


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1 (b) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of law de2 scribed in this subsection are the following provisions of 

3 the Arms Export Control Act: 

4 (1) Subsections (b)(2), (d)(2)(B), (d)(3)(A)(i), 

5 and (d)(5) of section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753). 

6 (2) Subsections (e)(2)(A), (h)(1)(A), (h)(2) of 

7 section 21 (22 U.S.C. 2761). 

8 (3) Subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(6), (c), and 

9 (d)(2)(A) of section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2776). 

10 (4) Section 62(c)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2796a(c)(1)). 

11 (5) Section 63(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a)(2)). 

12 SEC. 6. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 

13 The Secretary of State is authorized, subject to the 

14 availability of appropriations, to enter into a Memo15 randum of Understanding with the Hashemite Kingdom 

16 of Jordan to increase economic support funds, military co17 operation, including joint military exercises, personnel ex18 changes, support for international peacekeeping missions, 

19 and enhanced strategic dialogue. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 7, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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