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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 387 

To prohibit the sale by the Department of Defense of parts for F–14 fighter 

aircraft. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25, 2007 

Mr. WYDEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To prohibit the sale by the Department of Defense of parts 

for F–14 fighter aircraft. 

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 ‘‘Stop Arming Iran 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE BY DEPARTMENT OF DE7 FENSE OF PARTS FOR F–14 FIGHTER AIR8 CRAFT. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find10 ings: 

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1 (1) The Department of Defense is responsible 

2 for demilitarizing and auctioning off sensitive sur3 plus United States military equipment. 

4 (2) F–14 ‘‘Tomcat’’ fighter aircraft have re5 cently been retired, and their parts are being made 

6 available by auction in large quantities. 

7 (3) Iran is the only country, besides the United 

8 States, flying F–14 fighter aircraft and is pur9 chasing surplus parts for such aircraft from brokers. 

10 (4) The Government Accountability Office has, 

11 as a result of undercover investigative work, declared 

12 the acquisition of the surplus United States military 

13 equipment, including parts for F–14 fighter aircraft, 

14 to be disturbingly effortless. 

15 (5) Upon the seizure of such sensitive surplus 

16 military equipment being sold to Iran, United States 

17 customs agents have discovered these same items, 

18 having been resold by the Department of Defense, 

19 being brokered illegally to Iran again. 

20 (6) Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa21 bility, and the Department of State has identified 

22 Iran as the most active state sponsor of terrorism. 

23 (7) Iran continues to provide funding, safe 

24 haven, training, and weapons to known terrorist 

25 groups, including Hizballah, HAMAS, the Palestine 

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1 Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Lib2 eration of Palestine. 

3 (8) The sale of spare parts for F–14 fighter 

4 aircraft could make it more difficult to confront the 

5 nuclear weapons capability of Iran and would 

6 strengthen the ground war capability of Iran. To 

7 prevent these threats to regional and global security, 

8 the sale of spare parts for F–14 fighter aircraft 

9 should be prohibited. 

10 (b) PROHIBITION ON SALE BY DEPARTMENT OF DE11 FENSE.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law and except as provided in paragraph 

14 (2), the Department of Defense may not sell (wheth15 er directly or indirectly) any parts for F–14 fighter 

16 aircraft, whether through the Defense Reutilization 

17 and Marketing Service or through another agency or 

18 element of the Department. 

19 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

20 apply with respect to the sale of parts for F–14 

21 fighter aircraft to a museum or similar organization 

22 located in the United States that is involved in the 

23 preservation of F–14 fighter aircraft for historical 

24 purposes. 

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1 (c) PROHIBITION ON EXPORT LICENSE.—No license 

2 for the export of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft to a non3 United States person or entity may be issued by the 

4 United States Government. 

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