S.Amdt. 2408

SA 2408. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms.
Duckworth, and Mr. Durbin)) 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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