United States-Philippines Security Partnership Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1855
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2015-07-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Philippines
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>United States-Philippines Security Partnership Enhancement Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to extend special foreign military sales status to the Philippines.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1855 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2015 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Menendez , and Mr. Johnson ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide special foreign military sales status to the Philippines.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States-Philippines Security Partnership Enhancement Act of 2015 . 2. Special foreign military sales status for the Philippines The Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in sections 3(d)(2)(B), 3(d)(3)(A)(i), 3(d)(5), 21(e)(2)(A), 36(b), 36(c), 36(d)(2)(A), 62(c)(1), and 63(a)(2), by inserting the Philippines, before or New Zealand each place it appears; (2) in section 3(b)(2), by inserting the Government of the Philippines, before or the Government of New Zealand ; and (3) in section 21(h), by inserting the Philippines, before or Israel each place it appears.