[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3333. Mr. SCHIFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ARMENIANS IN CUSTODY OF 
                   GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Government of Azerbaijan should immediately--
       (A) cease the sham trials of Armenians who are in the 
     custody of the Government of Azerbaijan;
       (B) return all Armenian prisoners of war and captured 
     civilians to Armenia; and
       (C) provide information on the whereabouts of Armenian 
     members of the military and civilians who were last seen in 
     the custody of the Government of Azerbaijan but whose status 
     is unknown;
       (2) the Government of Azerbaijan should--
       (A) conduct prompt and transparent investigations into 
     allegations of torture, extrajudicial killings, and other 
     abuses against prisoners of war; and
       (B) hold accountable the individuals responsible;
       (3) the Trump administration should engage at all levels 
     with authorities of the Government of Azerbaijan, including 
     through the Organization for Security and Co-operation in 
     Europe Minsk Group process, to make clear the importance of--
       (A) adhering to the obligations of Azerbaijan under the 
     November 9, 2020, ceasefire statement and under international 
     law by immediately releasing all prisoners of war and 
     captured civilians; and
       (B) treating such prisoners and civilians humanely; and
       (4) the Trump administration should review the 
     applicability and advisability of imposing sanctions under 
     the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 
     U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) on officials of the Government of 
     Azerbaijan responsible for the capture, continued detention, 
     and sham trials of Armenian prisoners of war.
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