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HR 1045 101th Congress House International Affairs American economic assistance American military assistance Congressional oversight Cyprus Democracy Hostages International relations Military intervention Negotiations Treaties Turkey

To prohibit all United States military and economic assistance for Turkey until the Turkish Government takes certain actions to resolve the Cyprus problem.

Introduced: February 22, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mar 6, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Feb 22, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 22, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits all U.S. military and economic assistance for Turkey until the President certifies to the Congress that negotiations have achieved significant progress toward establishing a constitutional democracy in Cyprus and that the Turkish Government has: (1) withdrawn all Turkish military forces, in excess of those permitted by the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, and all illegal Turkish colonists from Cyprus; (2) returned the area of Famagusta/Varosha to the Government of Cyprus; (3) returned the five Americans abducted by the Turkish invasion forces in 1974 and the 1,614 Greek Cypriots who have been missing since the Turkish invasion; (4) withdrawn its recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; and (5) taken steps to reverse the illegal declaration of an independent state in northern Cyprus.

What's happening now March 6, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

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