[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 966. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1240A. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON POTENTIAL HUMAN RIGHTS 
                   VIOLATIONS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH.

       It is the sense of Congress that Congress--
       (1) calls on officials of the Government of Azerbaijan to 
     allow for the unimpeded movement of essential humanitarian 
     assistance and commercial activities through the Lachin 
     Corridor for Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh;
       (2) calls on the United States Government to work swiftly 
     with international partners to explore opportunities for more 
     effective and sustainable guarantees of security and peaceful 
     development in Nagorno-Karabakh, including the reopening of 
     the Lachin Corridor;
       (3) encourages the Secretary of State--
       (A) to work closely with the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, and international partners to 
     investigate allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses 
     committed by Azerbaijani forces; and
       (B) to use all diplomatic tools available to prevent future 
     violations; and
       (4) reiterates support for sanctions, under existing 
     statutory authorities, against any official responsible for 
     human rights violations committed against Armenians in 
     Nagorno-Karabakh.
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