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HRES 240 117th Congress House International Affairs Armenia Asia Azerbaijan Conflicts and wars Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe International law and treaties

Calling on Azerbaijan to immediately release all prisoners of war and captured civilians.

Introduced: October 7, 2022 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.
Mar 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 16, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution calls on the government of Azerbaijan to immediately return all Armenian prisoners of war and captured civilians. The resolution also urges the Department of State to engage with Azerbaijani authorities to bring about this result.

What's happening now April 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 66
All 66 Democratic 45 Republican 7
D
Garamendi, John
California · Oct 25, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Oct 7, 2022
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Sep 30, 2022
 D
Torres, Norma J.
California · Sep 21, 2022
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 20, 2022
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Sep 13, 2022
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 13, 2022
Luria, Elaine
· Aug 30, 2022
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Aug 16, 2022
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jun 21, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Apr 5, 2022
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Apr 1, 2022
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Dec 8, 2021
 R
Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Nov 17, 2021
Higgins, Brian
· Sep 20, 2021
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Aug 17, 2021
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Aug 6, 2021
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jul 20, 2021
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Jul 16, 2021
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Jun 28, 2021
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jun 25, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 25, 2021
 R
Kim, Young
California · May 20, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 19, 2021
Bourdeaux, Carolyn
· May 11, 2021
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · May 11, 2021
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 11, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · May 11, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 11, 2021
Ruppersberger, C.
· May 11, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 20, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Apr 1, 2021
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Apr 1, 2021
 R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 1, 2021
Perlmutter, Ed
· Apr 1, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Apr 1, 2021
Taylor, Van
· Apr 1, 2021
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 16, 2021
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Mar 16, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 240: Calling on Azerbaijan to immediately release all prisoners of war and captured civilians.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-240/
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"H. Res. 240: Calling on Azerbaijan to immediately release all prisoners of war and captured civilians.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-240/.
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H. Res. 240, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-240/.
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