Sec. 1282. REPORT ON STATUS OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

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## SEC. 1282 REPORT ON STATUS OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY ###

(a)Report Required ####

(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of the United States relationship with the Republic of Turkey. ####

(2)Matters to be included The report required under this subsection shall include the following: #####

(A)An assessment of United States military and diplomatic presence in the Republic of Turkey, including all military activities conducted from Incirlik Air Base or elsewhere. #####

(B)An assessment of the potential purchase by the Government of the Republic of Turkey of the S-400 air and missile defense system from the Russian Federation and the potential effects of such purchase on the United States-Turkey bilateral relationship, including an assessment of impacts on other United States weapon systems and platforms operated jointly with the Republic of Turkey to include— ######

(i)the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike aircraft, including an assessment of the operational and counterintelligence risks posed by the deployment of the S-400 air and missile defense system in the Republic of Turkey and the steps required to mitigate those risks, if possible; ######

(ii)the Patriot surface-to-air missile system; ######

(iii)the CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter; ######

(iv)the AH-64 Attack helicopter; ######

(v)the H-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter; and ######

(vi)the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. #####

(C)An assessment of the Republic of Turkey’s participation in the F-35 program, including— ######

(i)a description of industrial participation of Turkish industry in the manufacturing and assembly of the F-35 program; ######

(ii)an assessment of tooling and other manufacturing materials held by Turkish industry; and ######

(iii)an assessment of the impacts of a significant change in participation by the Republic of Turkey in the F-35 program and the steps that would be required to mitigate negative impacts of such a change on the United States and other international program partners. #####

(D)An identification of potential alternative air and missile defense systems that could be purchased by the Government of the Republic of Turkey, including air and missile defense systems operated by the United States or other North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO)member states. ####

(3)Form The report required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(b)Limitation The Department of Defense may not deliver any F-35 aircraft to the Republic of Turkey, until such time as the report identified in subsection

(a)has been submitted. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.