[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1200 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1200

  To establish and implement efforts to eliminate restrictions on the 
                       enclaved people of Cyprus.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 11 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

Ms. Snowe (for herself and Ms. Mikulski) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish and implement efforts to eliminate restrictions on the 
                       enclaved people of Cyprus.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom and Human Rights for the 
Enclaved People of Cyprus Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The respect for fundamental freedom and human rights, 
        especially in those countries that are allies of the United 
        States, is a cornerstone of United States foreign policy.
            (2) Among the purposes of United States foreign assistance 
        is to promote human rights.
            (3) United States foreign assistance should be utilized to 
        end the imposition of restrictions on the freedoms and human 
        rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus.
            (4) Among the restrictions of freedom and human rights to 
        which the enclaved people of Cyprus are subjected are the 
        following:
                    (A) Restrictions on the freedom to worship, 
                including restrictions on times and places for such 
                worship.
                    (B) Restrictions on communication with individuals 
                living outside the area of the enclaved, including a 
                requirement that an individual from among those in 
                control be present during any such communication.
                    (C) Prohibition on the possession of telephones in 
                homes.
                    (D) A requirement that an enclaved individual 
                receive permission from an individual from among those 
                in control before leaving the enclaved area.
                    (E) Censorship of mail sent to and from the 
                enclaved area.
                    (F) A requirement that enclaved males aged 18 to 50 
                report once a week to those in control.
                    (G) Restrictions on the provision of educational 
                services, including--
                            (i) lack of replacement elementary school 
                        teachers and lack of educational facilities 
                        beyond elementary school;
                            (ii) a requirement that an enclaved 
                        individual who chooses to leave home for 
                        education beyond elementary school may return 
                        home not more than three times a year; and
                            (iii) a requirement that enclaved males 16 
                        years of age or older and enclaved females 18 
                        years of age or older who choose to leave home 
                        for education beyond elementary school may not 
                        return home at all.
                    (H) Violation of property rights, including 
                confiscation of property without compensation.
                    (I) Lack of compensation for work performed.
                    (J) Harassment, beating, rape, and murder without 
                adequate protection or investigation.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE AND ELIMINATE THE 
              RESTRICTIONS ON THE ENCLAVED PEOPLE IN CYPRUS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall take steps--
            (1) to inform the United Nations, foreign governments, and 
        the appropriate departments and agencies of the United States 
        Government of the restrictions on the enclaved people of 
        Cyprus,
            (2) to enlist the United Nations and foreign governments in 
        efforts to end restrictions on the freedom and human rights of 
        the enclaved people of Cyprus, and
            (3) to establish United States Government programs of 
        assistance to the enclaved people of Cyprus, consistent with 
        subsection (b), and to undertake efforts for the alleviation 
        and elimination of restrictions on the enclaved.
    (b) Establishment of Assistance Programs.--
            (1) In general.--The President--
                    (A) shall, to the extent practicable, use funds 
                allocated for a fiscal year to the government or ethnic 
                community participating directly or indirectly in 
                imposition of restrictions on the freedom and human 
                rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus to assist such 
                people, or
                    (B) in the absence of such funds, shall establish a 
                foreign assistance program for the enclaved people of 
                Cyprus.
            (2) Use of funds.--Assistance for the enclaved people of 
        Cyprus under paragraph (1) shall include--
                    (A) programs to eliminate specific aspects of the 
                restrictions of freedom and human rights on the 
                enclaved people of Cyprus; and
                    (B) programs to return ancestral homes and lands to 
                the enclaved people, including United States citizens, 
                who have been forcibly expelled, or those individuals 
                who have fled the enclaved areas or other areas of 
                Cyprus in fear of severe restrictions of freedom, human 
                rights abuses, or violation of property rights.
    (c) Notification of Opposition to Restrictions of Freedom and Human 
Rights Abuses.--The President--
            (1) shall notify in writing each fiscal year the head of 
        government of any foreign country that is participating, 
        directly or indirectly, in the restrictions on freedom and 
        human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus of the opposition 
        by the United States to that government's participation in such 
        restrictions; and
            (2) shall urge the head of such government to cease 
        participation in such restrictions and to work to eliminate 
        such restrictions.
    (d) Monitoring and Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary of State 
shall include a report on the enclaved people of Cyprus as part of the 
annual Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

SEC. 4. UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE 
              ENCLAVED PEOPLE IN CYPRUS.

    The President shall direct the United States representative to the 
United Nations--
            (1) to urge the United Nations High Commissioner for 
        Refugees to address and solve the plight of those enclaved on 
        Cyprus; and
            (2) to call upon the United Nations Human Rights 
        Commissioner to investigate the plight of the enclaved on 
        Cyprus and to implement appropriate and effective corrective 
        action.
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