Turkey Diplomatic Realignment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1890 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1890 To administratively reassign responsibility for the Republic of Turkey within the Department of State and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2025 Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Titus, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Pappas, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To administratively reassign responsibility for the Republic of Turkey within the Department of State and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Turkey Diplomatic Realignment Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Republic of Turkey occupies a unique geopolitical position at the intersection of Europe and the Middle East, influencing security, economic, and diplomatic interests of the United States in both regions. (2) The Department of State currently assigns responsibility for Turkey within the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, despite Turkey's extensive engagement in Middle Eastern affairs and security issues. (3) A reassignment of Turkey to the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would better align diplomatic strategy and facilitate regional cooperation. (4) Turkey's foreign policy trajectory in recent years has distanced it from the European Union and The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as evidenced by its strategic realignments and domestic political shifts that challenge European democratic norms. (5) European institutions have increasingly sidelined Turkey from full integration, delaying accession talks and raising