Senate - 06/12/2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
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Shown Here: Referred in Senate (06/12/2007)
110th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 1441
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES
June 12, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the
Committee on Armed
Services
AN ACT
To strengthen controls on the export of
surplus parts for F–14 fighter aircraft.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Prohibition on sale by
Department of Defense of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft.
(a) Findings.—Congress
makes the following findings:
(1) The Department of
Defense is responsible for demilitarizing and auctioning off sensitive surplus
United States military equipment.
(2) F–14
“Tomcat” fighter aircraft have recently been retired, and their
parts are being made available by auction in large quantities.
(3) Iran is the only
country, besides the United States, flying F–14 fighter aircraft and is
purchasing surplus parts for such aircraft from brokers.
(4) The Government
Accountability Office has, as a result of undercover investigative work,
declared the acquisition of the surplus United States military equipment,
including parts for F–14 fighter aircraft, to be disturbingly
effortless.
(5) Upon the seizure
of such sensitive surplus military equipment being sold to Iran, United States
customs agents have discovered these same items, having been resold by the
Department of Defense, being brokered illegally to Iran again.
(6) Iran is pursuing a
nuclear weapons capability, and the Department of State has identified Iran as
the most active state sponsor of terrorism.
(7) Iran continues to
provide funding, safe haven, training, and weapons to known terrorist groups,
including Hizballah, HAMAS, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine.
(8) The sale of spare
parts for F–14 fighter aircraft could make it more difficult to confront the
nuclear weapons capability of Iran and would strengthen the ground war
capability of Iran. To prevent these threats to regional and global security,
the sale of spare parts for F–14 fighter aircraft should be prohibited.
(b) Prohibition on
sale by Department of Defense.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and except as provided in paragraph (2), the Department
of Defense may not sell (whether directly or indirectly) any parts for F–14
fighter aircraft, whether through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing
Service or through another agency or element of the Department.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to the sale of parts for F–14 fighter aircraft to a museum or similar
organization located in the United States that is involved in the preservation
of F–14 fighter aircraft for historical purposes.
(c) Prohibition on
export license.—No license for the export of parts for F–14
fighter aircraft to a non-United States person or entity may be issued by the
United States Government.
Passed the House of
Representatives June 11, 2007.