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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5182 
To prohibit the Department of Defense from deploying strategic assets of 
the United States in the Republic of Turkey. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2019 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. SOTO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Department of Defense from deploying stra-
tegic assets of the United States in the Republic of 
Turkey. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) As part of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization’s (NATO) nuclear sharing policy, non-nu-
clear NATO members have hosted United States nu-
clear weapons and associated forces within their re-
spective territories since the 1960s. 
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(2) NATO’s nuclear sharing policy was enacted 
during the Cold War as a means to enhance deter-
rence of the Soviet Union by involving non-nuclear 
NATO allies alongside the United States, the United 
Kingdom, and France. 
(3) Turkey has been a member of NATO since 
the organization’s first enlargement in 1952. 
(4) Turkey’s current president Recep Tayyip 
Erdogan has altered many long-standing Turkish 
policies and institutions, making the Government of 
Turkey more authoritarian and Islamist. 
(5) The failed coup attempt of July 2016 and 
the subsequent reprisals against suspected partici-
pants raise concerns about the stability of the Turk-
ish government and the discipline of its military. 
(6) Turkey continues to develop stronger rela-
tions with geopolitical adversaries to NATO such as 
Russia, China, and Iran. 
(7) In October 2019, in response to questions 
about the security of United States strategic assets 
in Turkey, the President of the United States noted 
‘‘we’re confident, and we have a great—a great air 
base there, a very powerful air base.’’. 
(8) The Incirlik Air Base website states, ‘‘The 
39 Operations Support Squadron leads world-class 
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airfield & support operations to orchestrate and con-
trol U.S., Turkish, and coalition forces operating at 
Incirlik Airbase in the execution of full-spectrum air-
power and nuclear deterrent operations.’’. 
(9) Turkey denied the United States access to 
Incirlik Air Base during the Iraq War in 2003 and 
refused to allow coalition jets to use Incirlik when 
ISIS gained ground in Kobani, Syria, in 2014. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CERTAIN DEPLOYMENT OF STRATEGIC AS-
SETS. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 or any fiscal 
year thereafter for the Department of Defense may be ob-
ligated or expended for the future deployment of any stra-
tegic assets of the United States in the Republic of Tur-
key. 
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