To eliminate certain limitations and exclusions regarding defense articles and requirements regarding security assistance and sales with respect to the Republic of Cyprus.

Bill: 119-hr-298
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-09
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill eliminates certain statutory restrictions on U.S. security assistance to Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.&nbsp;</p><p>For example, the bill eliminates requirements that the President</p><ul><li>as a condition of transferring defense articles to Cyprus, annually certify to Congress that Cyprus is taking certain actions with regards to money laundering, financial regulatory oversight, and denying refueling and servicing to Russian military vessels; and</li><li>when requesting certain security assistance funds from Congress for Greece and Turkey, certify that providing such assistance is compatible with specified principles that support U.S. policy in the region (e.g., that such security assistance is intended solely for defensive purposes and preserves the balance of military strength among countries of the region).</li></ul>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 298 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2025 Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Ms. Titus , Mr. Bilirakis , and Mr. Pappas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To eliminate certain limitations and exclusions regarding defense articles and requirements regarding security assistance and sales with respect to the Republic of Cyprus.

1. Elimination of requirements concerning the Republic of Cyprus (a) Elimination of limitations and exclusions regarding defense articles Section 1250A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( 22 U.S.C. 2373 note) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking Repeal of prohibition on and inserting Sense of Congress regarding ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking (a) Sense of Congress .—It is the sense of Congress that— and inserting the following: It is the sense of Congress that— ; and (3) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d). (b) Elimination of requirements regarding security assistance and certain sales Section 620C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2373 ) is amended by striking subsections (d) and (e).