Conditioning United States-Egypt Military Exercises Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-984
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-05-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Arab-Israeli relations

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Egypt

International law and treaties

Israel

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Conditioning United States-Egypt Military Exercises Act of 2013 - Prohibits funds from being used for U.S. participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty. </p> <p>Authorizes the President to waive such limitation if the President certifies to Congress that the waiver is in U.S. national security interests.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 984 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 16, 2013 Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit the use of funds for United States participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if the Government of Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conditioning United States-Egypt Military Exercises Act of 2013 . 2. Contingent limitation on availability of funds for United States participation in joint military exercises with Egypt (a) Limitation No amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the United States Government may be used for United States participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if the Government of Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty signed at Washington, DC, on March 26, 1979. (b) Waiver The President may waive the limitation in subsection (a) if the President certifies to Congress in writing that the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.