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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 939 

To suspend the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F–16 aircraft, 

M1 tanks, and certain other defense articles or defense services to the 

Government of Egypt. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 4, 2013 

Mr. BENTIVOLIO (for himself, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. ROSS, and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To suspend the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery 

of F–16 aircraft, M1 tanks, and certain other defense 

articles or defense services to the Government of Egypt. 

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 ‘‘Support Democracy 

5 in Egypt Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF SALES, LEASES, TRANSFERS, RE2 TRANSFERS, OR DELIVERY OF COVERED DE3 FENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES 

4 TO EGYPT. 

5 (a) SUSPENSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the United States Government shall not li7 cense, approve, facilitate, or otherwise allow the sale, 

8 lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of any covered de9 fense article or defense service to the Government of 

10 Egypt unless the President submits to Congress a certifi11 cation described in subsection (b) and a notification de12 scribed in subsection (c). 

13 (b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification referred to in 

14 subsection (a) is a certification that contains a determina15 tion of the President that each of the following conditions 

16 has been met: 

17 (1) The Government of Egypt is working to 

18 curtail support for terrorist activities conducted by 

19 foreign terrorist organizations. 

20 (2) The Government of Egypt has adopted poli21 cies that promote religious and political freedoms for 

22 the people of Egypt. 

23 (3) The Government of Egypt is carrying out 

24 concerted efforts to enforce access along the Sinai 

25 Peninsula, including to stop illegal weapons smug26 gling between Egypt and Gaza. 


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1 (4) The Government of Egypt is fully imple2 menting all aspects of the 1979 Peace Treaty be3 tween Egypt and Israel. 

4 (c) NOTIFICATION.—A notification referred to in sub5 section (a) is a notification of the President that is sub6 mitted to Congress not less than 30 days prior to the pro7 posed sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of any 

8 covered defense article or defense service, as the case may 

9 be, in accordance with procedures applicable to re10 programming notifications under section 634A(a) of the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1(a)). 

12 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica13 tion of subsection (a) if the President determines and cer14 tifies to Congress that it is in the national security inter15 ests of the United States to do so. 

16 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) COVERED DEFENSE ARTICLE OR DEFENSE

18 SERVICE.—The term ‘‘covered defense article or de19 fense service’’ means any F–16 aircraft, M1 tank, or 

20 other defense article or defense service listed in Cat21 egory VI, VII, or VIII of the United States Muni22 tions List. 

23 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

24 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or25 ganization designated as a foreign terrorist organizaVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:44 Mar 05, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H939.IH H939

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1 tion by the Secretary of State in accordance with 

2 section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 

3 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 

4 (3) UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.—The 

5 term ‘‘United States Munitions List’’ means the list 

6 referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export 

7 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 

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