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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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2013 
Mr. BENTIVOLIO (for himself, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. ROSS, and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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 Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF SALES, LEASES, TRANSFERS, RE-
TRANSFERS, OR DELIVERY OF COVERED DE-
FENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES 
TO EGYPT. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the United States Government shall not li-
cense, approve, facilitate, or otherwise allow the sale, 
lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of any covered de-
fense article or defense service to the Government of 
Egypt unless the President submits to Congress a certifi-
cation described in subsection (b) and a notification de-
scribed in subsection (c). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a certification that contains a determina-
tion 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 poli-
cies 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 smug-
gling between Egypt and Gaza. 
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(4) The Government of Egypt is fully imple-
menting all aspects of the 1979 Peace Treaty be-
tween Egypt and Israel. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—A notification referred to in sub-
section (a) is a notification of the President that is sub-
mitted to Congress not less than 30 days prior to the pro-
posed 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 re-
programming 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 applica-
tion of subsection (a) if the President determines and cer-
tifies to Congress that it is in the national security inter-
ests 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 de-
fense service’’ means any F–16 aircraft, M1 tank, or 
other defense article or defense service listed in Cat-
egory VI, VII, or VIII of the United States Muni-
tions List. 
(2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-
ganization designated as a foreign terrorist organiza-
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tion 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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