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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. HUD-
SON, 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 Flor-
ida, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RUTHERFORD, 
Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STEIL, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. TUR-
NER, 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. ARM-
STRONG, 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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Over-
sight and Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
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A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Turkish 
Aggression Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO TUR-
KEY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after that effective date 
described in subsection (f), the President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to— 
(1) each official of the Government of Turkey 
described in subsection (b); 
(2) any foreign person that the President deter-
mines knowingly sells or provides financial, material, 
or technological support to, or knowingly conducts a 
transaction with, the Turkish Armed Forces, includ-
ing— 
(A) aircraft or aircraft parts or machinery 
used by the Turkish Air Force; 
(B) automotive equipment and services 
used by the Turkish Land and Naval Forces; 
and 
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(C) defense articles, services, technology, 
or materials used by the Turkish Armed 
Forces; or 
(3) any foreign person that the President deter-
mines knowingly supplies goods, services, technology, 
information, or other support that maintains or sup-
ports the production of petroleum or natural gas in 
Turkey for use by the Turkish Armed Forces. 
(b) OFFICIALS DESCRIBED.—An official of the Gov-
ernment of Turkey described in this subsection is any of 
the following: 
(1) The President of Turkey. 
(2) The Vice President of Turkey. 
(3) The Minister of National Defense of Tur-
key. 
(4) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. 
(5) The Minister of Treasury and Finance of 
Turkey. 
(6) The Minister of Trade of Turkey. 
(7) The Minister of Energy and Natural Re-
sources of Turkey. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the blocking and prohibiting, 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in 
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property and interests in property of a person subject to 
subsection (a) if such property and interests in property 
are in the United States, come within the United States, 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE OF TURKEY.—Sanc-
tions under this section shall not apply with respect 
to— 
(A) the provision of humanitarian assist-
ance (including medical assistance) to the peo-
ple of Turkey; or 
(B) efforts to promote democracy in Tur-
key, including through providing election assist-
ance. 
(2) 
INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 
under this section shall not apply with respect to ac-
tivities subject to the reporting requirements under 
title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or any authorized intelligence 
activities of the United States. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided to the President under 
sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
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gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704) to carry out this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 
order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the effective date described in this sub-
section is the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) DELAYS OF EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Presi-
dent may delay the effective date described in para-
graph (1) for successive periods of not more than 90 
days each if, before each such delay takes effect, the 
President certifies to Congress that Turkey— 
(A) is not operating in Syria, east of the 
Euphrates and west of the Iraqi border, without 
the support of the United States; and 
(B) has withdrawn the Turkish Armed 
Forces and rebel groups supported by the Gov-
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