In the House. the Foreign Affairs Committee trimmed $40 million from the Turkish aid and brought the grant aid down to $215 million. reinstating the 7to10 ratio. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee went one step further and attached conditions to the $215 million grant aid. Under the Senate version. the grant aid will not be released to Turkey until the President can certify to Congress that the formerly GreekCypriot city of Famagusta/Varosha has been returned to the Government of Cyprus under the auspices of the United Nations for the immediate resettlement of refugees. Both committees increased aid to Cyprus to last years level of $15 million. Similar amendments will probably be offered in the House when the foreign aid authorization bill reaches the House floor.
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