SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) In accordance with section 701 of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
262d), it is the policy of the United States Govern-
ment that the voice and vote of the United States 
in international financial institutions ‘‘shall advance 
the cause of human rights, including by seeking to 
channel assistance towards countries other than 
those whose governments engage in . . . a pattern 
of gross violations of internationally recognized 
human rights, such as torture or cruel, inhumane, or 
degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged de-
tention without charges, or other flagrant denial to 
life, liberty, and the security of person’’. 
(2) International and civil society organizations 
have documented significant human rights abuses by 
the Government of Turkey since the failed coup at-
tempt in July 2016. 
(3) The 2017 Country Report on Human 
Rights Practices of the Department of State for 
Turkey highlights significant human rights issues in 
Turkey, including the ‘‘arbitrary arrest and deten-
tion under the state of emergency of tens of thou-
sands, including members of parliament and two 
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Turkish-national employees of the U.S. Mission to 
Turkey’’. 
(4) United States citizens continue to be sub-
jected to unacceptable harassment and human rights 
violations by the Government of Turkey, including 
prolonged detention on unsubstantiated, politically 
motivated allegations, and arbitrary restrictions on 
freedom of movement. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to oppose any effort by a foreign govern-
ment to detain United States citizens for political le-
verage; and 
(2) to contest the pattern of the Government of 
Turkey of arbitrary detention of and denial of free-
dom of movement to United States citizens (includ-
ing dual citizens) and locally employed staff of the 
United States mission to Turkey. 
SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL FI-
NANCIAL INSTITUTION ASSISTANCE TO THE 
GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall— 
(1) instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor of the World Bank Group to use the voice and 
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vote of the United States to oppose the extension by 
the International Finance Corporation of any loan or 
financial or technical assistance to the Government 
of Turkey or to any entity for a project in Turkey; 
(2) instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose the extension by the Bank of any 
loan or financial or technical assistance to the Gov-
ernment of Turkey or to any entity for a project in 
Turkey; and 
(3) instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor of all other international financial institutions, 
including the International Monetary Fund, to work 
with other key donor countries to develop a coherent 
policy approach to future engagements with and 
lending to the Government of Turkey, in a manner 
that will advance human rights, including the full 
restoration of the rights guaranteed to the people of 
Turkey through that government’s commitments as 
a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES.— 
The restrictions under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a) shall not apply with respect to loans or finan-
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cial or technical assistance provided for humanitarian pur-
poses. 
(c) 
WAIVER
FOR
ENERGY
DIVERSIFICATION 
PROJECTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the 
application of the restriction under subsection (a)(1) only 
if the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a written determination that the waiver will 
be used to support projects to diversify energy resources 
in Turkey and to lessen the dependence of Turkey on oil 
or gas from the Russian Federation or the Islamic Repub-
lic of Iran. 
(d) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply on 
or after the date that is 30 days after the President deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that the Government of Turkey is no longer arbi-
trarily detaining or denying freedom of movement to 
United States citizens (including dual citizens) or locally 
employed staff members of the United States mission to 
Turkey. 
(e) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter until the restrictions in subsection (a) are ter-
minated pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, shall 
brief the appropriate congressional committees on— 
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(1) the efforts of the United States Executive 
Directors of the international financial institutions 
under subsection (a); and 
(2) the status of all United States citizens (in-
cluding dual citizens) and locally employed staff 
members of the United States mission to Turkey ar-
bitrarily detained or denied freedom of movement by 
the Government of Turkey, as appropriate. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Financial Services 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) DUAL CITIZEN.—The term ‘‘dual citizen’’ 
means an individual who is a citizen of the United 
States and another country. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘‘international financial institu-
tion’’ means the International Monetary Fund, the 
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