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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 939 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Support Democracy in Egypt Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF SALES, LEASES, TRANSFERS, RETRANSFERS, OR 
              DELIVERY OF COVERED DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES 
              TO EGYPT.

    (a) Suspension.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States Government shall not license, approve, facilitate, or 
otherwise allow the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of 
any covered defense article or defense service to the Government of 
Egypt unless the President submits to Congress a certification 
described in subsection (b) and a notification described in subsection 
(c).
    (b) Certification.--A certification referred to in subsection (a) 
is a certification that contains a determination of the President that 
each of the following conditions has been met:
            (1) The Government of Egypt is working to curtail support 
        for terrorist activities conducted by foreign terrorist 
        organizations.
            (2) The Government of Egypt has adopted policies that 
        promote religious and political freedoms for the people of 
        Egypt.
            (3) The Government of Egypt is carrying out concerted 
        efforts to enforce access along the Sinai Peninsula, including 
        to stop illegal weapons smuggling between Egypt and Gaza.
            (4) The Government of Egypt is fully implementing all 
        aspects of the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel.
    (c) Notification.--A notification referred to in subsection (a) is 
a notification of the President that is submitted to Congress not less 
than 30 days prior to the proposed sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, 
or delivery of any covered defense article or defense service, as the 
case may be, in accordance with procedures applicable to reprogramming 
notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394-1(a)).
    (d) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection 
(a) if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in 
the national security interests of the United States to do so.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered defense article or defense service.--The term 
        ``covered defense article or defense service'' means any F-16 
        aircraft, M1 tank, or other defense article or defense service 
        listed in Category VI, VII, or VIII of the United States 
        Munitions List.
            (2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign 
        terrorist organization'' means an organization designated as a 
        foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State in 
        accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
            (3) United states munitions list.--The term ``United States 
        Munitions List'' means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1) 
        of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)).
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