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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1890
5	5	To administratively reassign responsibility for the Republic of Turkey within
6	6	the Department of State and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH5, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	CHNEIDER(for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS,
11	11	Mr. P
12	12	APPAS, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the following bill; which
13	13	was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To administratively reassign responsibility for the Republic
16	16	of Turkey within the Department of State and for other
17	17	purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Turkey Diplomatic Re-4
22	22	alignment Act’’. 5
23	23	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
24	24	Congress finds the following: 7
25	25	(1) The Republic of Turkey occupies a unique 8
26	26	geopolitical position at the intersection of Europe 9
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30	30	and the Middle East, influencing security, economic, 1
31	31	and diplomatic interests of the United States in both 2
32	32	regions. 3
33	33	(2) The Department of State currently assigns 4
34	34	responsibility for Turkey within the Bureau of Euro-5
35	35	pean and Eurasian Affairs, despite Turkey’s exten-6
36	36	sive engagement in Middle Eastern affairs and secu-7
37	37	rity issues. 8
38	38	(3) A reassignment of Turkey to the Bureau of 9
39	39	Near Eastern Affairs would better align diplomatic 10
40	40	strategy and facilitate regional cooperation. 11
41	41	(4) Turkey’s foreign policy trajectory in recent 12
42	42	years has distanced it from the European Union and 13
43	43	The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as 14
44	44	evidenced by its strategic realignments and domestic 15
45	45	political shifts that challenge European democratic 16
46	46	norms. 17
47	47	(5) European institutions have increasingly 18
48	48	sidelined Turkey from full integration, delaying ac-19
49	49	cession talks and raising concerns over human 20
50	50	rights, democratic governance, and rule of law. 21
51	51	(6) Turkey’s growing partnerships with non- 22
52	52	western powers, including Russia and China, along 23
53	53	with its pursuit of BRICS membership, underscore 24
54	54	its shifting priorities away from western alignment. 25
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58	58	(7) The Turkish government’s increasing en-1
59	59	gagement with Islamist actors, its role in conflicts 2
60	60	such as Syria and Libya, and its strained relations 3
61	61	with Israel have deepened concerns over its long- 4
62	62	term reliability as a western partner. 5
63	63	(8) The reassignment serves as a diplomatic 6
64	64	signal reflecting Turkey’s diminishing European 7
65	65	prospects and encourages national debate within 8
66	66	Turkey about its geopolitical future, particularly in 9
67	67	light of its perceived marginalization from European 10
68	68	strategic decision-making. 11
69	69	(9) Turkey has provided political and logistical 12
70	70	support to Hamas, hosting members of the group 13
71	71	and facilitating fundraising activities, further strain-14
72	72	ing its relationships with western allies and contrib-15
73	73	uting to concerns over its regional alignment. 16
74	74	(10) The United States remains committed to 17
75	75	a strong relationship with Turkey but must recali-18
76	76	brate its diplomatic engagement in recognition of 19
77	77	changing realities, ensuring U.S. regional policy re-20
78	78	mains consistent with evolving security and economic 21
79	79	dynamics. 22
80	80	SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE REASSIGNMENT. 23
81	81	(a) I
82	82	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 24
83	83	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 25
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86	86	•HR 1890 IH
87	87	shall administratively reassign responsibility for the Re-1
88	88	public of Turkey from the Bureau of European and Eur-2
89	89	asian Affairs to the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs with-3
90	90	in the Department of State. 4
91	91	(b) R
92	92	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 5
93	93	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
94	94	shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 7
95	95	House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 8
96	96	Relations of the Senate a report— 9
97	97	(1) describing the effectiveness and implications 10
98	98	of the reassignment required by subsection (a); and 11
99	99	(2) providing recommendations for further 12
100	100	changes regarding the assignment of responsibility 13
101	101	for Turkey. 14
102	102	(c) R
103	103	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-15
104	104	tion may be construed to prevent the Secretary from modi-16
105	105	fying or discontinuing the use of regional bureaus as nec-17
106	106	essary to advance the diplomatic objectives of the United 18
107	107	States. 19
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