Sponsored by Gary C. Peters (D)
Armenian Protection Act of 2023
Would have blocked the President from waiving a ban on aid to Azerbaijan's government in 2024 and 2025.
Tradeoff
Would have barred the President from waiving the aid ban on Azerbaijan's government for 2024 and 2025. Would have removed a national-security exception the President can currently use.
What's in it
The Senate passed this bill by on November 15, 2023. The bill then went to the House, where it never got a vote. It expired when the 118th Congress ended.
Senate
Introduced
(Sep 29, 2023)
Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations(Sep 29, 2023)
Senate · Amended
Senator Peters's
Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 1367 · Nov 15, 2023)
Bars the President from using the Freedom Support Act waiver authority for amounts made available in fiscal years 2024 or 2025.
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Nov 15, 2023)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Foreign Relations
Discharged(Nov 15, 2023)
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Nov 17, 2023)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Robert P., Jr. Casey (D-PA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)