Congress blocks a military engine sale to Turkey
H.J.Res. 200 — Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Turkey of certain defense articles and services. · Filed by Dina Titus (D-NV) · 15 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 2, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops the U.S. from selling advanced jet engines to Turkey. The engines were meant for Turkey's new fighter plane. Congress has the power to block military sales under U.S. law. The bill prevents the engines and technical information from going to Turkey.
Who it affects
Turkey loses access to the engines it wanted. U.S. companies that make military equipment are affected. The U.S. keeps control of the sensitive technology.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say why Congress wants to block the sale. The public cannot read the reasons for the decision.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
15 cosponsors: 15 Democrats.
- Jul 2, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 2, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $240,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 52 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Dina Titus, who sponsored the bill, received $762,196 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Fdd Action — $240,000 in 1 report
- The Order of Ahepa — $0 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,320 characters) on Jul 6, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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