[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2477 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2477
To prohibit certain foreign assistance to the Government of Egypt as a
result of the July 3, 2013, military coup d'etat.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 17, 2014
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit certain foreign assistance to the Government of Egypt as a
result of the July 3, 2013, military coup d'etat.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Egyptian Military Coup Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS IN RESPONSE TO EGYPTIAN
MILITARY COUP D'ETAT.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On June 30, 2012, Mohamed Morsi was elected President
of Egypt in elections that were certified as free and fair by
the Egyptian Presidential Election Commission and the United
Nations.
(2) On July 3, 2013, the military of Egypt removed the
democratically elected President of Egypt, arrested his
supporters, and suspended the Constitution of Egypt. These
actions fit the definition of a military coup d'etat.
(3) On August 14, 2013, Egyptian security forces killed
over 600 protestors in the dispersal of a demonstration in
Rabaa, Egypt.
(4) Since the July 2013 military coup d'etat, the Egyptian
military and security officials are estimated to have killed
more than 1,000 Egyptian citizen protestors.
(5) On January 17, 2014, President Barack Obama signed into
law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-
76), which included language in section 7041(a) that
conditioned economic assistance to the Government of Egypt on
concrete and measurable actions to restore democracy to the
citizens of Egypt.
(6) On April 23, 2014, President Obama approved the
transfer of 10 AH-64 Apache Helicopters and $650,000,000 in
financial aid to the military-controlled Government of Egypt.
(7) On April 28, 2014, a court in Egypt sentenced 683
Egyptian citizens to death for protests in the town of Edwa,
Egypt, following a five-minute hearing that was not long enough
to recite the full names of the accused.
(8) On May 5, 2014, Former Army Chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi,
who led Egyptian military forces in the coup d'etat against a
ruling party that was elected with 51.7 percent of the vote,
said on Egyptian television that, if elected, the previous
ruling political party would ``not exist''.
(9) On May 6, 2014, a court in Egypt banned members of the
National Democratic Party from participating in any
Presidential, parliamentary, or local elections.
(10) Pursuant to section 7008 of the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, 2012 (division I
of Public Law 112-74; 125 Stat. 1195), the United States is
legally prohibited from providing foreign assistance to any
country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by a
military coup d'etat, or removed in such a way that the
military plays a decisive role.
(11) The United States has suspended aid to countries that
have undergone military coups d'etat in the past, including the
Ivory Coast, the Central African Republic, Thailand, Mali,
Fiji, and Honduras.
(b) Foreign Assistance to the Government of Egypt.--
(1) Restrictions on assistance under section 7008.--In
accordance with section 7008 of the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, 2012 (division I
of Public Law 112-74; 125 Stat. 1195), the United States
Government, including the Department of State, shall refrain
from providing to the Government of Egypt the assistance
restricted under such section.
(2) Additional restrictions.--In addition to the
restrictions referred to in paragraph (1), the following
restrictions shall be in effect with respect to United States
assistance to the Government of Egypt:
(A) Deliveries of defense articles currently slated
for transfer to Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and
Ministry of Interior (MOI) shall be suspended until the
President certifies to Congress that democratic
national elections have taken place in Egypt followed
by a peaceful transfer of power.
(B) Provision of defense services to Egyptian MOD
and MOI shall be halted immediately until the President
certifies to Congress that democratic national
elections have taken place in Egypt followed by a
peaceful transfer of power.
(C) Processing of draft Letters of Offer and
Acceptance (LOAs) for future arms sales to Egyptian MOD
and MOI entities shall be halted until the President
certifies to Congress that democratic national
elections have taken place in Egypt followed by a
peaceful transfer of power.
(D) All costs associated with the delays in
deliveries and provision of services required under
subparagraphs (A) through (C) shall be borne by the
Government of Egypt.
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