[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3560-S3561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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