[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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