[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5872]
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  SA 6345. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and 
Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1276. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF F-16 AIRCRAFT.

       (a) In General.--The President may not sell or authorize a 
     license for the export of new F-16 aircraft or F-16 upgrade 
     technology or modernization kits pursuant to any authority 
     provided by the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
     seq.) to the Government of Turkey, or to any agency or 
     instrumentality of Turkey, unless the President provides to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
     and the congressional defense committees a certification 
     that--
       (1) such transfer is in the national interest of the United 
     States; and
       (2) includes a detailed description of concrete steps taken 
     to ensure that such F-16s are not used by Turkey for repeated 
     unauthorized territorial overflights of Greece or military 
     operations against United States allies, including the Syrian 
     Democratic Forces, in the fight against ISIS.
       (b) Additional Limitation.--Notwithstanding a certification 
     described in subsection (a), a transfer of new F-16 aircraft 
     or F-16 upgrade technology or modernization kits described in 
     that subsection may not be carried out before the date on 
     which Turkey ratifies the accession of Sweden and Finland to 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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