,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eejh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ac1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,cicilline 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,deutch1  
,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 
,mr4 ,roskam1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4 
,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4       
,schneider1 ,ms4 ,titus1 and ,ms4 ,meng7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to repeal
 the prohibition on transfer of articles
 on the ,united ,states ,munitions ,list
 to the ,republic of ,cyprus4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,end the ,cyprus ,arms ,embargo     
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,the ,republic of     
,cyprus is a vital strategic partner to 
the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,the         
,republic of ,cyprus is a critical      
member of the ,global ,coalition to     
,counter the ,islamic ,state in ,iraq   

and the ,levant4  7#c7 ,the ,united     
,states cooperates closely with the     
,republic of ,cyprus through information
 sharing agreements4  7#d7 ,high-level  
,united ,states officials have assisted 
the ,republic of ,cyprus with crafting  
that nation's national security         
strategy4  7#e7 ,the ,united ,states    
provides training to ,cypriot officials 
in areas such as cybersecurity1         
counterterrorism1 and explosive         
ordinance disposal and stockpile        
management4  7#f7 ,the ,republic of     
,cyprus is a valued member of the       
,proliferation ,security ,initiative to 
combat the trafficking of weapons of    
mass destruction4  7#g7 ,the ,republic  
of ,cyprus continues to work closely    
with the ,united ,nations and regional  
partners in ,europe to combat terrorism 
through law enforcement1 counter violent
 extremism programs1 and through        
financial mechanisms4  7#h7 ,the ,united
 ,states and the ,republic of ,cyprus   
maintain strong bilateral economic      

relations1 particularly in sectors such 
as energy1 financial services1 and      
logistics4  7#i7 ,the energy exploration
 in the ,republic of ,cyprus's          
,exclusive ,economic ,zone and          
territorial waters includes the         
participation of ,united ,states        
companies and furthers ,united ,states  
interests by providing a potential      
alternative to ,russian gas for ,united 
,states allies and partners4  7#aj7     
,energy exploration in the ,eastern     
,mediterranean must be safeguarded      
against threats posed by terrorist and  
extremist groups such as ,hezbollah and 
others4  7#aa7 ,despite robust economic 
and security relations with the ,united 
,states1 the ,republic of ,cyprus has   
been subject to a ,united ,states       
embargo prohibiting the export of       
defense articles and services since     
#aihg4  7#ab7 ,the #aihg arms embargo   
was designed to restrict ,united ,states
 arms sales and transfer to both the    
,republic of ,cyprus and the occupied   

part of ,cyprus to avoid hindering      
reunification efforts4  7#ac7 ,at least 
#cj1jjj ,turkish troops are stationed in
 the occupied part of ,cyprus with      
weapons procured from the ,united       
,states through mainland ,turkey4  7#ad7
 ,the inability of the ,united ,states  
to provide defense articles and services
 to the ,republic of ,cyprus has forced 
,cyprus to obtain these items from      
countries which pose challenges to      
,united ,states interests around the    
world4  7#ae7 ,the security of partners 
in the ,eastern ,mediterranean region is
 critical to the security of the ,united
 ,states and ,europe4  #c4 ,repeal of   
prohibition on transfer of articles on  
the ,united ,states ,munitions ,list to 
the ,republic of ,cyprus  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #fbj;,c of the ,foreign
 ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb         
,u4,s4,c4 #bcgc7 is amended by striking 
subsection 7e74  7b7 ,other provisions  
,the following provisions shall have no 
force or effect3 7#a7 ,paragraph 7r7 of 

section #abf4a of title #bb1 ,code of   
,federal ,regulations 7relating to      
prohibited exports1 imports1 and sales  
to or from ,cyprus74  7#b7 ,public      
,notice #agch of ,december #ah1 #aiib   
7#eg ,fed4 ,reg4 #fjbfe2 relating to    
policy governing munitions export       
licenses to ,cyprus74