S.Amdt. 966

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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