LEGISLATION IN THE 110th CONGRESS

H.R. 1456 (American Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act)

This bill authorizes lawsuits to seek financial remedies in U.S. district courts by U.S. citizens against the Turkish government and private persons for lost access to their properties in Turkish occupied Cyprus.

Total Cosponsors to Date: 31

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Frank Lobiondo (R-NJ), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Mike Rogers (R-AL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Don Payne (D-NJ), Shelly Berkeley (D-NV), Diane Watson (D-CA), Henry Brown, Jr. (R-SC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Zachary Space (D-OH), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Luis Fortuno (R-Puerto Rico), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Edward Royce (R-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ) and Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO).