[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6049]
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SA 6441. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1262. REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
AND PROHIBITED MUNITIONS BY AZERBAIJAN AGAINST
NAGORNO KARABAKH.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a report on the
following:
(1) United States parts and technology discovered in
Turkish Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by
Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh between September 27,
2020, and November 9, 2020, and during the September 2022
attacks, including an assessment of any potential violations
of United States arms export laws, sanctions policies, or
other provisions of United States law related to the
discovery of such parts and technology.
(2) Azerbaijan's use of white phosphorous, cluster bombs,
and other prohibited munitions deployed by Azerbaijan against
Nagorno Karabakh between September 27, 2020, and November 9,
2020, including an assessment of any potential violations of
United States or international law related to the use of such
munitions.
(3) Turkey's and Azerbaijan's recruitment of foreign
terrorist fighters to participate in Azerbaijan's offensive
military operations against Nagorno Karabakh between
September 27, 2020, and November 9, 2020, including an
assessment of any related potential violations of United
States law, the International Convention against the
Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, or
other international or multilateral treaties.
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