CONDITIONS FOR SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF F–15 AIRCRAFT TO SAUDI ARABIA

SEC. 1306. CONDITIONS FOR SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF F–15 AIRCRAFT TO SAUDI ARABIA (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any sale or other transfer to Saudi Arabia by the United States of F–15 aircraft shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) Any such F–15 aircraft sold or otherwise transferred to Saudi Arabia shall be limited to models A, B, C, and D. (2) The United States shall not sell or otherwise transfer to Saudi Arabia the F–15–E with a ground attack capability and shall not upgrade existing Saudi aircraft to that capability. (3) Saudi Arabia shall not possess more than 60 F–15 aircraft at any time, except that additional replacement F–15 aircraft may be held in the United States, at the expense of Saudi Arabia, for shipment to Saudi Arabia only after the President notifies Congress that the existing inventory of F–15 aircraft held by Saudi Arabia is less than 60 and, then, only on a one-for-one replacement basis as each F–15 aircraft is totally removed from the inventory of Saudi Arabia. (b) The President may waive subsection (a) if the President certifies to Congress that such action is in the national interest.