Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Turkey should end its military occupation of the Republic of Cyprus, particularly because Turkey's pretext has been refuted by over 13,000,000 crossings by Turkish-Cypriots and Greek-Cypriots into each other's communities without incident.
Latest action · Aug 3, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedAug 3, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls on the U.S. government to initiate a new effort to help Turkey understand the benefits it will accrue by ending its military occupation of Cyprus.
Urges the government of Turkey to begin withdrawing its military occupation forces from Cyprus.
Cosponsors 68
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 3, 2007 to Sep 29, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Aug 3, 2007 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Aug 3, 2007 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Aug 3, 2007 |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Original | Aug 3, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 25, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Sep 26, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Sep 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Joe Knollenberg | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jan 17, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jan 17, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jan 17, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Jan 17, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | May 1, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Sep 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Aug 3, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Introduced in House
- Aug 3, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6804 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | Jul 22, 2008 |
Related bills 1
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Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Turkey should end its military occupation of the Republic of Cyprus, particularly because Turkey's pretext has been refuted by over 13,000,000 crossings by Turkish-Cypriots and Greek-Cypriots into each other's communities without incident.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Introduced in House
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