Title: Turkey International Financial Institutions Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Turkey International Financial Institutions Act
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to:
Treasury may waive the IFC restriction for projects to diversify Turkey's energy resources and lessen its dependence on Russian or Iranian oil or gas.
Such restrictions:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6633 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6633

 To restrict the provision by international financial institutions of 
   loans and financial and technical assistance to the Government of 
                    Turkey, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

Mr. Walker (for himself, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
Norman, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Budd, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Johnson 
 of Louisiana, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Brat, Mr. 
Pittenger, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Hultgren, 
    Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Arrington, and Mr. Gibbs) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
 Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restrict the provision by international financial institutions of 
   loans and financial and technical assistance to the Government of 
                    Turkey, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Turkey International Financial 
Institutions Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In accordance with section 701 of the International 
        Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d), it is the policy 
        of the United States Government 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 detention 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 attempt 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 
        detention under the state of emergency of tens of thousands, 
        including members of parliament and two Turkish-national 
        employees of the U.S. Mission to Turkey''.
            (4) United States citizens continue to be subjected 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 government to detain 
        United States citizens for political leverage; and
            (2) to contest the pattern of the Government of Turkey of 
        arbitrary detention of and denial of freedom of movement to 
        United States citizens (including dual citizens) and locally 
        employed staff of the United States mission to Turkey.

SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION 
              ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY.

    (a) Restrictions.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall--
            (1) instruct the United States Executive Director of the 
        World Bank Group to use the voice and 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 Director 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 Government of Turkey or to any entity for a project in 
        Turkey; and
            (3) instruct the United States Executive Director 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 subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 
to loans or financial or technical assistance provided for humanitarian 
purposes.
    (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 Republic of Iran.
    (d) Termination.--Subsection (a) shall not apply on or after the 
date that is 30 days after the President determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Turkey 
is no longer arbitrarily 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 terminated pursuant to subsection 
(d), the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Secretary 
of State, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on--
            (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 (including 
        dual citizens) and locally employed staff members of the United 
        States mission to Turkey arbitrarily detained or denied freedom 
        of movement by the Government of Turkey, as appropriate.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' 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 institution.--The term 
        ``international financial institution'' means the International 
        Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
        Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
        Development, the International Development Association, the 
        International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment 
        Guarantee Agency, the African Development Bank, the African 
        Development Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-
        American Development Bank, the Bank for Economic Cooperation 
        and Development in the Middle East and North Africa, and the 
        Inter-American Investment Corporation.
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