I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 907 
To improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2015 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. DEUTCH, and Mrs. 
LOWEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To improve defense cooperation between the United States 
and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Jordan 
Defense Cooperation Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) As of January 22, 2015, the United States 
Government has provided $3,046,343,000 in assist-
ance to the Syria humanitarian response, of which 
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nearly $467,000,000 has been to the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan. 
(2) As of January 2015, according to the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
(UNHCR), there are 621,937 registered Syrian ref-
ugees in Jordan and 83.8 percent of those refugees 
live outside refugee camps. 
(3) In 2000, the United States and Jordan 
signed a free-trade agreement that went into force 
in 2001. 
(4) In 1996, the United States granted Jordan 
major non-NATO ally status. 
(5) Jordan is suffering from the Syrian refugee 
crisis and the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and 
the Levant (ISIL). 
(6) The Government of Jordan was elected as 
a non-permanent member of the United Nations Se-
curity Council beginning in January 2014 and ter-
minating in December 2015. 
(7) Enhanced support for defense cooperation 
with Jordan is important to the national security of 
the United States, including through creation of a 
status in law for Jordan similar to the countries in 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, 
Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, and New 
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Zealand, with respect to consideration by Congress 
of foreign military sales to Jordan. 
(8) Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh was bru-
tally murdered by ISIL. 
(9) On February 3, 2015, Secretary of State 
John Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser 
Judeh signed a new Memorandum of Understanding 
that reflects the intention to increase United States 
assistance to the Government of Jordan from 
$660,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 per year for the 
years 2015 through 2017. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It should be the policy of the United States to sup-
port the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in its response 
to the Syrian refugee crisis, provide necessary assistance 
to alleviate the domestic burden to provide basic needs for 
the assimilated Syrian refugees, cooperate with Jordan to 
combat the terrorist threat from the Islamic State of Iraq 
and the Levant (ISIL) or other terrorist organizations, 
and help secure the border between Jordan and its neigh-
bors Syria and Iraq. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that expeditious consider-
ation of certifications of letters of offer to sell defense arti-
cles, defense services, design and construction services, 
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and major defense equipment to the Hashemite Kingdom 
of Jordan under section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)) is fully consistent with United 
States security and foreign policy interests and the objec-
tives of world peace and security. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 
The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2753)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘the 
Government of Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or the Govern-
ment of New Zealand’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by insert-
ing ‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
(2) in section 21 (22 U.S.C. 2761)— 
(A) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)— 
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(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or Israel’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or Israel’’ both places it 
appears; 
(3) in section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2776)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (6), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘Jor-
dan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’ both places it 
appears; and 
(C) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
(4) in section 62(c)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2796a(c)(1)), 
by inserting ‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’; 
and 
(5) 
in 
section 
63(a)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2796b(a)(2)), by inserting ‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or 
New Zealand’’. 
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SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 
1961. 
Section 656(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416(a)(2)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘Jordan,’’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’. 
SEC. 7. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
The Secretary of State is authorized, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, to enter into a Memo-
randum of Understanding with Jordan to increase eco-
nomic support funds, military cooperation, including joint 
military exercises, personnel exchanges, support for inter-
national peacekeeping missions, and enhanced strategic 
dialogue. 
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