Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 36
- Latest action
- Sep 15, 2025
What it does
The Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act of 2025 would require the President to determine within 180 days of enactment whether specific Azerbaijani officials listed in the bill meet criteria for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act or related appropriations law, based on findings of widespread human rights abuses including war crimes, torture, arbitrary detention, and repression of dissent. The bill affects Azerbaijani government and military officials named in subsection (b), particularly those implicated in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and domestic crackdowns, and mandates a detailed justification for any sanctions determination. It directs the determination to…
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Dina Titus
- Brad Sherman
- Bradley Schneider
- Chris Pappas
- Dan Goldman
- Dave Min
- Donald Norcross
- Eleanor Norton
- Frank Pallone
- Gabe Amo
- Grace Meng
- Gus Bilirakis
- Jake Auchincloss
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jim Costa
- Joaquin Castro
- Josh Gottheimer
- Joyce Beatty
- Judy Chu
- Kevin Mullin
- Lateefah Simon
- Laura Friedman
- Luz Rivas
- Michael Lawler
- Mike Levin
- Mike Quigley
- Nicole Malliotakis
- Paul Tonko
- Robert Menendez
- Sarah McBride
- Scott Peters
- Seth Magaziner
- Steven Horsford
- Ted Lieu
- Young Kim
- Zoe Lofgren
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While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.