S.Amdt. 1856

SA 1856. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1257. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SANCTIONING INDIVIDUALS
CONNECTED TO THE DETAINMENT OF UKRAINIAN
FIGHTER PILOT NADIYA SAVCHENKO.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko was captured
on June 17, 2014, in a town in Ukraine north of Luhansk, by
armed men loyal to the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's
Republic.
(2) Nadiya Savchenko was subsequently beaten, transported
to Voronezh, a town due north of Luhansk in the Russian
Federation, and held on falsified charges, including the
charge of illegal crossing of the border into the Russian
Federation even though she was brought to the Russian
Federation forcefully, blindfolded and handcuffed.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the detainment and continued detention of Nadiya
Savchenko and the falsified charges that have been brought
against her are serious violations of internationally
recognized human rights and are offenses for which sanctions
may be imposed under the law of the United States; and
(2) the United States should impose sanctions with respect
to the individuals connected to the detainment and continued
detention of Nadiya Savchenko.
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