US Congress House Bill 5747 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-12)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-20 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

To authorize the direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to the Kurdistan Regional Government, and for other purposes.

Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5747/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5747/BILLS-113hr5747ih.pdf