HRES 620 · 110th Congress · International Affairs

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Turkey should end its military occupation of the Republic of Cyprus, particularly because Turkey's pretext has been refuted by over 13,000,000 crossings by Turkish-Cypriots and Greek-Cypriots into each other's communities without incident.

Introduced 2007-08-03· Sponsored by Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]· House

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Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.(2007-08-03)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Calls on the U.S. government to initiate a new effort to help Turkey understand the benefits it will accrue by ending its military occupation of Cyprus. Urges the government of Turkey to begin withdrawing its military occupation forces from Cyprus.…

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Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats3 Republicans
Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]FL
Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]MD
Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]OH
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]NY
Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]CA
Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]MD
Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]NY
Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1]SC
Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]RI
Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]CA
Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]NY
Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]NV
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]MI
Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]MO
Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]NJ
Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]CA
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]CA
Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]NY
Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]NJ
Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]NJ