Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: To authorize the direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to the Kurdistan Regional Government, and for other purposes.
Subject: Arms control and nonproliferation: Conflicts and wars: Iraq: Middle East: Military assistance, sales, and agreements: Military education and training: Racial and ethnic relations: Religion: Syria: Terrorism: Trade restrictions: International affairs
Description: Expresses the sense of Congress that: defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in which all faiths and ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full integration into the government and society; the people of Kurdistan face a deadly threat from ISIL which the Iraqi Security Forces, of which the Peshmerga are a component, are currently unable to match in armaments; any outstanding issues between the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional government (KRG) should be resolved expeditiously to allow for a resumption of normal relations; and ISIL's continued growth presents an imminent threat to Iraqi Kurdistan, the rest of Iraq and the Middle East, and international security. Authorizes the President to: (1) provide defense articles, defense services, and related training directly to the KRG to support international coalition efforts against ISIL or any successor group; and (2) issue licenses authorizing U.S. exporters to export defense articles, defense services, and related training directly to the KRG. Prohibits the provision of any defense article, service, or related training to the KRG under this Act unless the KRG agrees that it will not: provide any such defense article, service, or training to anyone who is not a KRG officer, employee, or agent; or use or permit the use of any such defense article, service, or training for purposes other than those for which it was provided, unless the President's consent has been obtained.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Last Action Date: November 20, 2014
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN05747:@@@L&summ2=m&
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32 sponsors: Royce, Edward R.; Blackburn, Marsha; Chabot, Steve; Clawson, Curt; Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"; Cook, Paul; DeSantis, Ron; Deutch, Theodore E.; Diaz-Balart, Mario; Duncan, Jeff; Engel, Eliot L.; Fitzpatrick, Michael G.; Fortenberry, Jeff; Franks, Trent; Gabbard, Tulsi; Higgins, Brian; Holding, George; Kinzinger, Adam; LoBiondo, Frank A.; McCaul, Michael T.; Meng, Grace; Moran, James P.; Perry, Scott; Poe, Ted; Rohrabacher, Dana; Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana; Sanchez, Loretta; Sherman, Brad; Turner, Michael R.; Van Hollen, Chris; Vargas, Juan; Walberg, Tim
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 20 2014 | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 22 2014 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Foreign Affairs
There have not been any votes on this bill