Promoting United States national security and foreign policy objectives through consolidation and strengthening of the rule of law and respect for human rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Latest action · Nov 29, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Affirms the importance of the U.S. partnership with the government of Azerbaijan in the areas of international security, European energy security, and economic development.
Calls on the U.S. government:
- in its diplomatic engagement and delivery of bilateral assistance, to prioritize as a matter of strategic importance its response to Azerbaijan's violations of universally recognized human rights, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law to ensure the long-term sustainability of the U.S.-Azerbaijani bilateral partnership;
- to closely evaluate reporting to identify and impose travel and financial restrictions on Azerbaijan officials responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; and
- to closely evaluate reporting to identify and impose travel restrictions on Azerbaijan officials responsible for severe violations of religious freedom, pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
Calls on the government of Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, rehabilitate their records, lift travel bans, and cease harassment, intimidation, and mistreatment of citizens engaged in political speech, independent journalism, and other forms of advocacy on behalf of government accountability, democratic values, and universally recognized human rights.
Supports the peaceful efforts of the people of Azerbaijan ito achieve democratic reform and exercise their fundamental freedoms.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2017 to Feb 2, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Sep 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 2, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 2, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2017 |
| Africa Subcommittee | Referred Nov 29, 2017 | |
| Europe Subcommittee | Referred Nov 29, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
- Nov 29, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
- Sep 26, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 26, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Democracy Deferred: The State of Elections and Fundamental Freedoms in Azerbaijan28 pages | Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) | May 9, 2018 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Promoting United States national security and foreign policy objectives through consolidation and strengthening of the rule of law and respect for human rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Azerbaijan
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Economic development
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- News media and reporting
- Protest and dissent
- Religion
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Travel and tourism
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
