House of Representatives Speaker Hanafi Gebali referred on Sunday five republican decrees approving a number of international agreements and four bills offered by the government to the ad-hoc committees to prepare reports about them.

The decrees included presidential approvals on the sixth amendment to grant agreements between Egypt and the US as regards Egyptian-American cooperation for science and technology, Egyptian-American higher education initiative and rural development.

The submitted bills cover amendments to some provisions of Nasser Military Academy, promotion and service regulations for army officers, the issuance of the statute of specialized military institutes and establishment of a military technological college.

Source: State Information Service Egypt