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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5648 

To improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite 

Kingdom of Jordan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

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 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) From the $2,400,000,000 in total United 

9 States multilateral funding for the Syrian humani10 tarian crisis, the United States Government has proVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:28 Oct 03, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5648.IH H5648

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1 vided $268,000,000 to the Hashemite Kingdom of 

2 Jordan. 

3 (2) As of August 2014, the United Nations 

4 High Commissioner for Refugees estimates there are 

5 more than 600,000 registered Syrian refugees in 

6 Jordan. 

7 (3) Jordan estimates that more than 800,000 

8 unregistered refugees are in Jordan living outside of 

9 refugee camps, assimilated into local communities, 

10 which would bring the total to approximately 

11 1,400,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan. 

12 (4) In February 2014, President Obama an13 nounced that the United States and Jordan will 

14 renew the non-binding memorandum of under15 standing that was signed in 2008 to provide assist16 ance to Jordan over a 5-year period that reinforces 

17 the commitment to broaden cooperation and dia18 logue between the two countries in a variety of 

19 areas. 

20 (5) In 2000, the United States and Jordan 

21 signed a free-trade agreement that went into force 

22 in 2001. 

23 (6) In 1996, the United States granted Jordan 

24 major non-NATO ally status. 


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1 (7) Jordan is suffering from the Syrian refugee 

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

3 the Levant (ISIL). 

4 (8) The Government of Jordan was elected as 

5 a non-permanent member of the United Nations Se6 curity Council beginning in January 2014 and ter7 minating in December 2015. 

8 (9) Enhanced support for defense cooperation 

9 with Jordan is important to the national security of 

10 the United States, including through creation of a 

11 status in law for Jordan similar to the countries in 

12 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, 

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

14 Zealand, with respect to consideration by Congress 

15 of foreign military sales to Jordan. 

16 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

17 It should be the policy of the United States to sup18 port the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in its response 

19 to the Syrian refugee crisis, provide necessary assistance 

20 to alleviate the domestic burden to provide basic needs for 

21 the assimilated Syrian refugees, cooperate with Jordan to 

22 combat the terrorist threat from the Islamic State of Iraq 

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

24 and help secure the border between Jordan and its neigh25 bors Syria and Iraq. 


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1 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that expeditious consider3 ation of certifications of letters of offer to sell defense arti4 cles, defense services, design and construction services, 

5 and major defense equipment to the Hashemite Kingdom 

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

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

8 States security and foreign policy interests and the objec9 tives of world peace and security. 

10 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 

11 The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

12 seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753)— 

14 (A) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘the 

15 Government of Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or the Govern16 ment of New Zealand’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (d)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘ 

19 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by insert21 ing ‘‘ Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 

22 and 

23 (iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘ 

24 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 

25 (2) in section 21 (22 U.S.C. 2761)— 


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1 (A) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘ 

2 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (h)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘ 

5 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or Israel’’; and 

6 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘ 

7 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or Israel’’ both places it 

8 appears; 

9 (3) in section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2776)— 

10 (A) in subsection (b)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘ 

12 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘ or New Zealand’’; 

13 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘ 

14 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; and 

15 (iii) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘ 

16 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘ Jor18 dan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’ both places it 

19 appears; and 

20 (C) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘ 

21 Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 

22 (4) in section 62(c)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2796a(c)(1)), 

23 by inserting ‘‘ Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 

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1 (5) in section 63(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 

2 2796b(a)(2)), by inserting ‘‘ Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or 

3 New Zealand’’. 

4 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 

5 1961. 

6 Section 656(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

7 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416(a)(2)) by inserting ‘‘Jordan,’’ be8 fore ‘‘or New Zealand’’. 

9 SEC. 7. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author11 ized, subject to the availability of appropriations, to enter 

12 into a Memorandum of Understanding with Jordan to in13 crease military cooperation, including joint military exer14 cises, personnel exchanges, support for international 

15 peacekeeping missions, and enhanced strategic dialogue. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

17 authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) 

18 not less than $1,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

19 2015 through 2019. 

20 SEC. 8. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM. 

21 Amounts made available under the Foreign Military 

22 Financing (FMF) program estimated to be outlayed for 

23 Jordan during each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019 

24 shall be disbursed to an interest-bearing account for Jor25 dan in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York not later 


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1 than 30 days of the date of the enactment of this Act 

2 provided that— 

3 (1) withdrawal of funds from such account shall 

4 be made only on authenticated instructions from the 

5 Defense Finance and Accounting Service of the De6 partment of Defense; 

7 (2) in the event such account is closed, the bal8 ance of the account shall be transferred promptly to 

9 the appropriations account for the Foreign Military 

10 Financing Program; and 

11 (3) none of the interest accrued by such ac12 count should be obligated unless the Committee on 

13 Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Af14 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com15 mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on 

16 Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified. 

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