What it is

Third Amendment Protocol to the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, of 1 December 1988, and its Amendments, done in Washington on 17 June 2015.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 19 June 2015. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000181· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced19 June 2015Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted23 June 2015The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments24 June 2015Groups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary4 July 2015All 350 deputies vote.
Senate16 July 2015The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE2 September 2015It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 8 official steps on a timeline

16 July 2015

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 304 yes · 16 no · 5 abst.

Voted on: Joint vote on the Third Amendment Protocol to the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, of 1 December 1988, and its Amendments, done in Washington on 17 June 2015, as it is processed in a single reading.

This law had 3 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 280· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), GC-CiU, GUPyD and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Mixto and GIP. 7 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 52 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	109	98 in favour · 1 abst. · 10 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	4 in favour · 1 did not vote
Mixto	19	2 in favour · 7 against · 3 abst. · 7 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	14 in favour · 2 did not vote
GIP	11	9 against · 2 did not vote
GUPyD	5	5 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	185	181 in favour · 1 abst. · 3 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000181
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 2 of sitting 280
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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Third Amendment Protocol to the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, of 1 December 1988, and its Amendments, done in Washington on 17 June 2015. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original