Whereas, on February 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Türkiye, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally, and western Syria; Whereas this is the most powerful earthquake recorded in Türkiye since 1939; Whereas, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake epicenter was located approximately 16 miles east of Nurdagi, in Türkiye’s Gaziantep province; Whereas the USGS has registered more than 100 aftershocks between magnitudes 4.5 and 7.5; Whereas the reported death toll has reached 42,000, thousands more people have been reported injured, hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes, and thousands of buildings have collapsed; Whereas the World Health Organization estimates that 23,000,000 people, including 1,400,000 children, in Türkiye and Syria have likely been affected by the earthquake and more than 4,000,000 people already rely on humanitarian assistance in the region of northwest Syria that was affected by the earthquake; Whereas countless people in the region and across the world have lost family, friends, and loved ones to the earthquakes and will be mourning their loss; Whereas the United States Government responded immediately to the disaster and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has deployed a nearly 200-member Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Türkiye, including nearly 160 urban search-and-rescue teams, to provide life-saving assistance on both sides of the Türkiye-Syria border; Whereas USAID has committed $85,000,000 to date for USAID’s humanitarian partners to deliver urgently needed aid for millions of people in Türkiye and Syria; Whereas individuals, businesses, and philanthropic and humanitarian organizations across the United States and throughout the international community have responded in support of Türkiye and Syria; Whereas humanitarian access has been constrained by road closures, infrastructural damage, and weather conditions in Türkiye