S.Amdt. 2296

SA 2296. Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Lankford)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282
submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1271. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF F-35 AIRCRAFT TO TURKEY.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
United States Government may not--
(1) transfer, or authorize the transfer of, an F-35
aircraft to Turkey; or
(2) transfer intellectual property or technical data
necessary for or related to any maintenance or support of the
F-35 aircraft.
(b) Waiver.--The President may waive the limitation in
subsection (a) upon a written certification to Congress that
the Government of Turkey is not--
(1) taking steps to degrade North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) interoperability;
(2) exposing North Atlantic Treaty Organization assets to
hostile actors;
(3) degrading the general security of North Atlantic Treaty
Organization member countries;
(4) seeking to import or purchase defense articles from a
foreign country with respect to which sanctions are imposed
by the United States; or
(5) wrongfully or unlawfully detaining one or more United
States citizens.
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