Law Covering CAATSA Sanctions in USA Passed the Senate

Law Covering CAATSA Sanctions in USA Passed the Senate The law covering CAATSA sanctions in the USA passed the senate. The law also included sanctions for Turkey. The US Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA), which allocated $ 740 billion to the defense budget and stated that President Donald Trump "would veto". Although President Trump said he would veto the law as it contained a regulation that provided legal assurance to social media companies, the House of Representatives approved it by 13 to 84 votes. Trump's veto may be nullified, as the bill, which passed the House of Representatives with more than two-thirds of the votes, passed the Senate with the same majority.   What Does the Bill Include? In the latest version of the bill, the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon) has a basic budget of 635.5 billion dollars, the "Overseas Possible Operations Fund" known as the war fund, and 8.9 billion dollars for defense expenditures outside the jurisdiction of the bill. A budget of 4 billion dollars has been allocated. In addition, a budget of 26.6 billion dollars was set for defense spending on nuclear capacity under the Ministry of Energy's budget. In the NDAA bill, while the establishment of the "Pacific Deterrence Initiative" against China is considered, an additional $ 2.2 billion was allocated to the budget of the Indo-Pacific Forces Command for this initiative to strengthen the military power of the USA in the Pacific region and to support the partners and allies in the region. .   Where does Turkey stand on the bill? Turkey's sanctions in the defense budget bill contains a section on implementation. Accordingly, Turkey's purchase of S-400’s for receiving the through sanctions to US adversaries Terrorism Act (CAATS a) under the implementation of which it is deemed a major operation with Russia and Turkey within 30 days after ndaa the enactment of S-400 purchase those involved in the CAATS sanctions has been asked. Also, of which Turkey will receive six F-35 aircraft in the bill provides authorization was required for use by the US Air Force. The following conditions were stipulated for the elimination of the sanctions: “President can lift the sanctions within one year with the required commitees of the Congress, provided that Russian Government or none of its citizens did not operate on the S-400's that are in Turkey's borders and receiving a commitment from Turkey which states that the Turkish Government or a third party operating on their behalf would not obtain S-400 or a replacement system by the scope of CAATSA's section 231.”     In this article includes contributions of Bloomberg HT