S.Amdt. 6441

SA 6441. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1271. LIMITATION ON USE OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER
OF F-35 AIRCRAFT TO TURKEY.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the waiver authority under section 1245 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law
116-92; 133 Stat. 1659) may not be exercised until the date
on which the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, certifies to appropriate
committees of Congress that Turkey has ended forms of support
for foreign terrorist organizations.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
the Senate.
(2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign
terrorist organization'' means any organization designated by
the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(3) Support for terrorism.--The term ``support for
terrorism'' includes--
(A) materiel transfer to designated individuals;
(B) use of domestic financial institutions to transfer
funds to designated individuals; and

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(C) harboring of individuals designated for terrorism.
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