A bill to restrict the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt.

Bill: 113-s-207
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-01-31
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations

Congressional oversight

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Egypt

Foreign aid and international relief

International law and treaties

Israel

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Protection of officials

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Prohibits the U.S. government from allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to Egypt until the President certifies to Congress that Egypt has agreed to: (1) continue to uphold its Camp David Peace Accords commitments, (2) provide proper security at U.S. embassies and consulates, and (3) end its systematic exclusion and silencing of all official minority political opposition parties and engage in dialogue for a power-sharing government with such parties.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 207 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 31, 2013 Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Lee , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Johanns , and Mr. Coburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To restrict the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F–16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt.

1. Restriction on certain military sales to Egypt The United States Government may not allow the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F–16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt until the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Egypt has agreed— (1) to continue to uphold its commitments under the Camp David Peace Accords; (2) to provide proper security at United States embassies and consulates pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963; and (3) to bring stability to Egypt by ending its systematic exclusion and silencing of all official minority political opposition and taking concrete steps to engage in dialogue with such opposition parties and consider a coalition, power-sharing government with such opposition parties.