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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4692 

To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2019 

Ms. CHENEY (for herself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. BACON, Mr. 

BALDERSON, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. BROOKS

of Indiana, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CARTER of 

Georgia, Mr. CLINE, Mr. COOK, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 

CURTIS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. 

GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. 

KING of New York, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

MITCHELL, Mr. OLSON, Mr. PALMER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. 

RIGGLEMAN, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RUTHERFORD, 

Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STEIL, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. WALKER, Mr. 

WALTZ, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WOMACK, 

Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. 

BYRNE, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. LONG, Mr. 

GUTHRIE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ESTES, Mr. 

GIANFORTE, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

TIMMONS, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. WITTMAN, 

Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. KATKO, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BARR, 

Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. EMMER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. 

WALBERG, Mr. SPANO, Mrs. LESKO, Mrs. MILLER, Mr. FORTENBERRY, 

Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROY, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Ohio, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. STEWART, and Mr. MULLIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

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A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Turkish 

5 Aggression Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TUR7 KEY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after that effective date 

9 described in subsection (f), the President shall impose the 

10 sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to— 

11 (1) each official of the Government of Turkey 

12 described in subsection (b); 

13 (2) any foreign person that the President deter14 mines knowingly sells or provides financial, material, 

15 or technological support to, or knowingly conducts a 

16 transaction with, the Turkish Armed Forces, includ17 ing— 

18 (A) aircraft or aircraft parts or machinery 

19 used by the Turkish Air Force; 

20 (B) automotive equipment and services 

21 used by the Turkish Land and Naval Forces; 

22 and 


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1 (C) defense articles, services, technology, 

2 or materials used by the Turkish Armed 

3 Forces; or 

4 (3) any foreign person that the President deter5 mines knowingly supplies goods, services, technology, 

6 information, or other support that maintains or sup7 ports the production of petroleum or natural gas in 

8 Turkey for use by the Turkish Armed Forces. 

9 (b) OFFICIALS DESCRIBED.—An official of the Gov10 ernment of Turkey described in this subsection is any of 

11 the following: 

12 (1) The President of Turkey. 

13 (2) The Vice President of Turkey. 

14 (3) The Minister of National Defense of Tur15 key. 

16 (4) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. 

17 (5) The Minister of Treasury and Finance of 

18 Turkey. 

19 (6) The Minister of Trade of Turkey. 

20 (7) The Minister of Energy and Natural Re21 sources of Turkey. 

22 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de23 scribed in this subsection are the blocking and prohibiting, 

24 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Pow25 ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in 


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1 property and interests in property of a person subject to 

2 subsection (a) if such property and interests in property 

3 are in the United States, come within the United States, 

4 or come within the possession or control of a United 

5 States person. 

6 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

7 (1) SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE OF TURKEY.—Sanc8 tions under this section shall not apply with respect 

9 to— 

10 (A) the provision of humanitarian assist11 ance (including medical assistance) to the peo12 ple of Turkey; or 

13 (B) efforts to promote democracy in Tur14 key, including through providing election assist15 ance. 

16 (2) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 

17 under this section shall not apply with respect to ac18 tivities subject to the reporting requirements under 

19 title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

20 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or any authorized intelligence 

21 activities of the United States. 

22 (e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

23 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex24 ercise all authorities provided to the President under 

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1 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 

2 1704) to carry out this section. 

3 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at4 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

5 violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 

6 order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 

7 to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

8 of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco9 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex10 tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de11 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

12 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para14 graph (2), the effective date described in this sub15 section is the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (2) DELAYS OF EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Presi17 dent may delay the effective date described in para18 graph (1) for successive periods of not more than 90 

19 days each if, before each such delay takes effect, the 

20 President certifies to Congress that Turkey— 

21 (A) is not operating in Syria, east of the 

22 Euphrates and west of the Iraqi border, without 

23 the support of the United States; and 

24 (B) has withdrawn the Turkish Armed 

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1 ernment of Turkey from areas occupied by Tur2 key during the operation beginning on October 

3 9, 2019. 

4 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per6 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

7 United States person. 

8 (2) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

9 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

10 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

11 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

12 result. 

13 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

14 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

15 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law16 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

17 United States; or 

18 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

19 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

20 United States, including a foreign branch of 

21 such an entity. 


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1 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF PURCHASE OF S–400 SURFACE-TO2 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM AS A SIGNIFICANT 

3 TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 231 OF THE 

4 COUNTERING AMERICA’S ADVERSARIES 

5 THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall— 

7 (1) treat the purchase by the Government of 

8 Turkey of the S–400 surface-to-air defense system 

9 from the Russian Federation as a significant trans10 action described in section 231 of the Countering 

11 America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 9525); and 

13 (2) not later than 180 days after that purchase, 

14 impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in sec15 tion 235 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect 

16 to the Government of Turkey. 

17 (b) DEFINITION.—In subsection (a), the term ‘‘pur18 chase’’ means the execution of a contract, the delivery of 

19 any goods or services, or the payment for any goods or 

20 services. 

21 (c) NONAPPLICABILITY OF WAIVER AND DELAY PRO22 VISIONS.—The following provisions of law shall not apply 

23 for purposes of subsection (a): 

24 (1) Subsection (b) or (c) of section 231 of the 

25 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanc26 tions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525). 


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1 (2) Section 236 or 237 of that Act. 

2 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY AS3 SISTANCE. 

4 Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 

5 no funds may be obligated or expended to sell or transfer 

6 any United States defense articles, services, technology, 

7 or materials or ammunition for end use by the Turkish 

8 Armed Forces. 

9 SEC. 5. VISA RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF 

10 THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective as of the date of the en12 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State may not issue 

13 a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

14 exclude from the United States, an official of the Govern15 ment of Turkey described in section 2(b). 

16 (b) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL

17 OBLIGATIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to the ad18 mission of an official described in section 2(b) if the ad19 mission of that official is necessary to comply with United 

20 States obligations under the Agreement between the 

21 United Nations and the United States of America regard22 ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at 

23 Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No24 vember 21, 1947, under the Convention on Consular Rela25 tions, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into 


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1 force March 19, 1967, or under other international agree2 ments. 

3 SEC. 6. REPORT ON NET WORTH OF RECEP TAYYIP 

4 ERDOGAN. 

5 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 

7 a report on the net worth and assets of the President of 

8 Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 

9 SEC. 7. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 

10 GOODS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 

12 to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall not 

13 include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions 

14 on the importation of goods. 

15 (b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

16 ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or manmade substance, 

17 material, supply or manufactured product, including in18 spection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. 

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