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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2477 

To prohibit certain foreign assistance to the Government of Egypt as a 

result of the July 3, 2013, military coup d’e ́tat. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2014 

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

the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit certain foreign assistance to the Government 

of Egypt as a result of the July 3, 2013, military coup 

d’e ́tat. 

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 ‘‘Egyptian Military 

5 Coup Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS IN RESPONSE 

7 TO EGYPTIAN MILITARY COUP D’E ́ TAT. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find9 ings: 


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1 (1) On June 30, 2012, Mohamed Morsi was 

2 elected President of Egypt in elections that were cer3 tified as free and fair by the Egyptian Presidential 

4 Election Commission and the United Nations. 

5 (2) On July 3, 2013, the military of Egypt re6 moved the democratically elected President of Egypt, 

7 arrested his supporters, and suspended the Constitu8 tion of Egypt. These actions fit the definition of a 

9 military coup d’e ́tat. 

10 (3) On August 14, 2013, Egyptian security 

11 forces killed over 600 protestors in the dispersal of 

12 a demonstration in Rabaa, Egypt. 

13 (4) Since the July 2013 military coup d’e ́tat, 

14 the Egyptian military and security officials are esti15 mated to have killed more than 1,000 Egyptian cit16 izen protestors. 

17 (5) On January 17, 2014, President Barack 

18 Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropria19 tions Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), which in20 cluded language in section 7041(a) that conditioned 

21 economic assistance to the Government of Egypt on 

22 concrete and measurable actions to restore democ23 racy to the citizens of Egypt. 

24 (6) On April 23, 2014, President Obama ap25 proved the transfer of 10 AH–64 Apache HeliVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:23 Jun 19, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2477.IS S2477

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1 copters and $650,000,000 in financial aid to the 

2 military-controlled Government of Egypt. 

3 (7) On April 28, 2014, a court in Egypt sen4 tenced 683 Egyptian citizens to death for protests in 

5 the town of Edwa, Egypt, following a five-minute 

6 hearing that was not long enough to recite the full 

7 names of the accused. 

8 (8) On May 5, 2014, Former Army Chief Abdul 

9 Fattah al-Sisi, who led Egyptian military forces in 

10 the coup d’e ́tat against a ruling party that was elect11 ed with 51.7 percent of the vote, said on Egyptian 

12 television that, if elected, the previous ruling political 

13 party would ‘‘not exist’’. 

14 (9) On May 6, 2014, a court in Egypt banned 

15 members of the National Democratic Party from 

16 participating in any Presidential, parliamentary, or 

17 local elections. 

18 (10) Pursuant to section 7008 of the Depart19 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro20 grams Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74; 

21 125 Stat. 1195), the United States is legally prohib22 ited from providing foreign assistance to any country 

23 whose duly elected head of government is deposed by 

24 a military coup d’e ́tat, or removed in such a way 

25 that the military plays a decisive role. 


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1 (11) The United States has suspended aid to 

2 countries that have undergone military coups d’e ́tat 

3 in the past, including the Ivory Coast, the Central 

4 African Republic, Thailand, Mali, Fiji, and Hon5 duras. 

6 (b) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF

7 EGYPT.— 

8 (1) RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE UNDER SEC9 TION 7008.—In accordance with section 7008 of the 

10 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re11 lated Programs Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 

12 112–74; 125 Stat. 1195), the United States Govern13 ment, including the Department of State, shall re14 frain from providing to the Government of Egypt 

15 the assistance restricted under such section. 

16 (2) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.—In addition to 

17 the restrictions referred to in paragraph (1), the fol18 lowing restrictions shall be in effect with respect to 

19 United States assistance to the Government of 

20 Egypt: 

21 (A) Deliveries of defense articles currently 

22 slated for transfer to Egyptian Ministry of De23 fense (MOD) and Ministry of Interior (MOI) 

24 shall be suspended until the President certifies 

25 to Congress that democratic national elections 


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1 have taken place in Egypt followed by a peace2 ful transfer of power. 

3 (B) Provision of defense services to Egyp4 tian MOD and MOI shall be halted immediately 

5 until the President certifies to Congress that 

6 democratic national elections have taken place 

7 in Egypt followed by a peaceful transfer of 

8 power. 

9 (C) Processing of draft Letters of Offer 

10 and Acceptance (LOAs) for future arms sales 

11 to Egyptian MOD and MOI entities shall be 

12 halted until the President certifies to Congress 

13 that democratic national elections have taken 

14 place in Egypt followed by a peaceful transfer 

15 of power. 

16 (D) All costs associated with the delays in 

17 deliveries and provision of services required 

18 under subparagraphs (A) through (C) shall be 

19 borne by the Government of Egypt. 

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