Support Democracy in Egypt Act

Bill: 113-hr-939
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-04
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations

Arms control and nonproliferation

Congressional oversight

Egypt

Gaza Strip

Human rights

International law and treaties

Israel

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Political movements and philosophies

Religion

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Support Democracy in Egypt Act - 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: (1) is curtailing support for terrorist activities conducted by foreign terrorist organizations; (2) has adopted policies that promote religious and political freedoms; (3) is carrying out concerted efforts to enforce access along the Sinai Peninsula, including preventing illegal weapons smuggling between Egypt and Gaza; and (4) is fully implementing the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 939 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2013 Mr. Bentivolio (for himself, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas , Mr. Westmoreland , 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Democracy in Egypt Act . 2. Suspension of sales, leases, transfers, retransfers, or delivery of covered defense articles and defense services to Egypt (a) Suspension Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Government shall not license, approve, facilitate, or otherwise allow the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of any covered defense article or defense service to the Government of Egypt unless the President submits to Congress a certification described in subsection (b) and a notification described in subsection (c). (b) Certification A certification referred to in subsection (a) is a certification that contains a determination 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 policies 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 smuggling between Egypt and Gaza. (4) The Government of Egypt is fully implementing all aspects of the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel. (c) Notification A notification referred to in subsection (a) is a notification of the President that is submitted to Congress not less than 30 days prior to the proposed 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 reprogramming 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 application of subsection (a) if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national security interests 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 defense service means any F–16 aircraft, M1 tank, or other defense article or defense service listed in Category VI, VII, or VIII of the United States Munitions List. (2) Foreign terrorist organization The term foreign terrorist organization means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization 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) ).