[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 388 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 388

  To prohibit all United States military and economic assistance for 
 Turkey until the Turkish Government takes certain actions to resolve 
      the Cyprus problem and complies with its obligations under 
                           international law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 1997

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit all United States military and economic assistance for 
 Turkey until the Turkish Government takes certain actions to resolve 
      the Cyprus problem and complies with its obligations under 
                           international law.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR TURKEY UNTIL CERTAIN 
              CONDITIONS MET.

    (a) Assistance Terminated Until Conditions Met.--Military and 
economic assistance may not be provided for Turkey until the President 
certifies to the Congress that--
            (1) the Government of Turkey has released, returned, or 
        accounted for the 5 Americans who were abducted by the Turkish 
        invasion forces in 1974 and the 1,614 Greek Cypriots who have 
        been missing since the Turkish invasion;
            (2) the churches in the occupied parts of Cyprus that were 
        illegally converted to mosques in violation of the 1949 Geneva 
        Conventions have been restored to their original condition for 
        Christian worship;
            (3) the Government of Turkey has authorized a census of the 
        colonists on Cyprus to be taken under the auspices of the 
        United Nations;
            (4) all Turkish military forces, and all illegal Turkish 
        colonists, have been withdrawn from Cyprus;
            (5) the Government of Turkey has returned to the Government 
        of Cyprus under the auspices of the United Nations the formerly 
        Greek Cypriot area of Famagusta/Varosha for the immediate 
        resettlement of displaced persons;
            (6) the negotiations under United Nations auspices have 
        resulted in significant progress towards establishing a 
        constitutional democracy in Cyprus based on majority rule, the 
        rule of law, and the protection of minority rights;
            (7) the Government of Turkey is in compliance with 
        paragraph 4 of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter and with 
        relevant United Nations resolutions on Cyprus, including--
                    (A) General Assembly Resolution 3212 (XXIX) of 1974 
                which was endorsed by Security Council Resolution 365 
                (1974),
                    (B) Security Council Resolutions 353, 354, 357, 
                358, and 360 (1974), and
                    (C) Security Council Resolutions 774 and 789 
                (1992);
            (8) the Government of Turkey is in compliance with the 
        Preamble and Article 1 of the North Atlantic Treaty and with 
        the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and 
        Cooperation in Europe; and
            (9) the Government of Turkey is not engaged in a consistent 
        pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human 
        rights (within the meaning of sections 116 and 502B of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961).
    (b) Military and Economic Assistance Defined.--As used in this 
section, the term ``military or economic assistance'' means--
            (1) any assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to military 
        assistance), including any transfer of excess defense articles 
        under sections 516 through 519;
            (2) any assistance under chapter 4 of that part (relating 
        to the economic support fund);
            (3) any assistance under chapter 5 of that part (relating 
        to international military education and training); and
            (4) any assistance under the Arms Export Control Act.

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