US Congress Senate Bill 1539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-3-1)
Status: Introduced on September 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Taiwan Air Power Modernization Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a critical element to maintaining peace and stability in Asia in the face of China's military expansion is ensuring a militarily strong Taiwan, (2) the United States has a statutory obligation under the Taiwan Relations Act to help Taiwan maintain sufficient self-defense capabilities, and (3) the proposed fighter aircraft sale to Taiwan would have significant economic benefits to the U.S. economy. Directs the President to carry out the sale of no fewer than 66 F-16C/D multirole fighter aircraft to Taiwan.

Taiwan Airpower Modernization Act of 2011

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]
Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB2992 (Same As) 2011-11-17 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1539/BILLS-112s1539is.pdf