,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eahb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1       
#bjai,ms4 ,meng 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,bilirakis1 ,ms4 ,speier1 and ,mr4      
,soto7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to        
prohibit the ,department of ,defense    
from deploying strategic assets of the  
,united ,states in the ,republic of     
,turkey4  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds 
the following3 7#a7 ,as part of the     
,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization's
 7,,nato7 nuclear sharing policy1       
non-nuclear ,,nato members have hosted  
,united ,states nuclear weapons and     
associated forces within their          
respective territories since the #aifjs4
  7#b7 ,,nato's nuclear sharing policy  
was enacted during the ,cold ,war as a  
means to enhance deterrence of the      
,soviet ,union by involving non-nuclear 
,,nato allies alongside the ,united     
,states1 the ,united ,kingdom1 and      

,france4  7#c7 ,turkey has been a member
 of ,,nato since the organization's     
first enlargement in #aieb4  7#d7       
,turkey's current president ,recep      
,tayyip ,erdogan has altered many       
long-standing ,turkish policies and     
institutions1 making the ,government of 
,turkey more authoritarian and          
,islamist4  7#e7 ,the failed coup       
attempt of ,july #bjaf and the          
subsequent reprisals against suspected  
participants raise concerns about the   
stability of the ,turkish government and
 the discipline of its military4  7#f7  
,turkey continues to develop stronger   
relations with geopolitical adversaries 
to ,,nato such as ,russia1 ,china1 and  
,iran4  7#g7 ,in ,october #bjai1 in     
response to questions about the security
 of ,united ,states strategic assets in 
,turkey1 the ,president of the ,united  
,states noted we're confident1 and we   
have a great--a great air base there1 a 
very powerful air base44  7#h7 ,the     
,incirlik ,air ,base website states1    

,the #ci ,operations ,support ,squadron 
leads world-class airfield  support     
operations to orchestrate and control   
,u4,s41 ,turkish1 and coalition forces  
operating at ,incirlik ,airbase in the  
execution of full-spectrum airpower and 
nuclear deterrent operations44  7#i7    
,turkey denied the ,united ,states      
access to ,incirlik ,air ,base during   
the ,iraq ,war in #bjjc and refused to  
allow coalition jets to use ,incirlik   
when ,,isis gained ground in ,kobani1   
,syria1 in #bjad4  #b4 ,prohibition on  
availability of funds for certain       
deployment of strategic assets ,none of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated 
or otherwise made available for fiscal  
year #bjbj or any fiscal year thereafter
 for the ,department of ,defense may be 
obligated or expended for the future    
deployment of any strategic assets of   
the ,united ,states in the ,republic of 
,turkey4