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HCONRES 188 105th Congress House International Affairs Boundary disputes Europe Greece International law Islands Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Middle East and North Africa Sovereignty Turkey

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey.

Introduced: November 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the islets of Imia in the Aegean Sea are sovereign territory of Greece under international law.

What's happening now November 7, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 3, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 3, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 24, 1998
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 24, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Nov 7, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 7, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 188: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-188/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 188: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-188/.
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H. Con. Res. 188, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-188/.
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[H. Con. Res. 188: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-188/)
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