[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4162]
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  SA 2416. Ms. WARREN (for Mr. Markey) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill 
S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EFFORTS TO SECURE THE RELEASE 
                   OF ALL AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN AFGHANISTAN OR 
                   PAKISTAN.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the President and the Department of State should 
     prioritize and continue efforts to secure the release of all 
     Americans held hostage by the Taliban, Haqqani Network, or 
     any other group in Afghanistan or Pakistan; and
       (2) the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for 
     Hostage Affairs should regularly brief Congress on its 
     efforts.
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