I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5632 
To impose sanctions with respect to Azerbaijan upon renewed acts of 
aggression, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 
Mr. ISSA (for himself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to Azerbaijan upon renewed 
acts of aggression, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Escalation 
and Advancing Caucasus Engagement Act’’ or the 
‘‘PEACE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
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(1) support the sovereignty, territorial integrity, 
and independence of the Republic of Armenia and 
the Republic of Azerbaijan; 
(2) support direct negotiations between the gov-
ernments of the Republic of Armenia and the Re-
public of Azerbaijan to conclude a comprehensive, 
fair, and durable peace agreement between the two 
countries; 
(3) utilize sanctions and related measures to 
deter the use of force as an alternative to construc-
tive negotiations; and 
(4) welcome and support initiatives of the Ar-
menian Government, led by Prime Minister Nikol 
Pashinyan, to secure a long-standing peace agree-
ment with the Republic of Azerbaijan, expel malign 
Russian influence from the Republic of Armenia, 
and strengthen ties between the Republic of Armenia 
and the United States. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602); 
(2) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(3) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means any indi-
vidual or entity that is not a United States person; 
(4) the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural 
or man-made substance, material, supply, or manu-
factured product, including inspection and test 
equipment and excluding technical data; 
(5) the term ‘‘hostile action’’ means an act of 
military aggression taken by a country that results 
in significant loss of life, the disabling of military 
systems, materiel, or personnel, the incapacitation of 
major utility or transportation infrastructure, or a 
material breach of another country’s sovereignty, 
territorial integrity, or political independence; 
(6) the term ‘‘immediate family members’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘immediate relatives’’ in 
section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(b)(2)(A)(i)); 
(7) the term ‘‘knowingly’’, with respect to con-
duct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a per-
son has actual knowledge, or should have known, of 
the conduct, the circumstance, or the result; 
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(8) the term ‘‘medical device’’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘‘device’’ in section 201 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321); 
(9) the term ‘‘medicine’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321); 
(10) the term ‘‘military aggression’’ means the 
deliberate initiation of armed force or other coercive 
military conduct by a country, not undertaken in re-
sponse to an armed attack, that is reasonably ex-
pected to cause substantial harm to the territorial 
integrity and sovereignty of another country; and 
(11) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person within the United States. 
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the President determines that 
the Republic of Azerbaijan has engaged in hostile actions 
against the Republic of Armenia, the President— 
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(1) shall immediately issue a certification to 
Congress to that effect; and 
(2) upon issuance of such certification— 
(A) shall impose against each person de-
scribed in subsection (b) the sanctions described 
in subsection (c); and 
(B) shall impose sanctions against foreign 
financial institutions as described in subsection 
(d). 
(b) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 
this subsection is any person that— 
(1) is— 
(A) a senior Azerbaijani Government offi-
cial responsible for the policy and operations of 
branches of the Azerbaijani Government di-
rectly involved in hostile actions against the Re-
public of Armenia; or 
(B) an immediate family member of an in-
dividual described in subparagraph (A); 
(2) is an Azerbaijani military unit or civilian 
agency that has engaged in hostile actions against 
the Republic of Armenia; or 
(3) is a foreign person that has substantially 
and knowingly aided, abetted, taken part in, or oth-
erwise facilitated hostile actions taken by persons 
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described in paragraph (1) or (2) against the Repub-
lic of Armenia. 
(c) SANCTIONS ON PERSONS DESCRIBED.—The sanc-
tions described in this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent 
necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in 
property and interests in property of the foreign per-
son if such property and interests in property are in 
the United States, come within the United States, or 
are or come within the possession or control of a 
United States person. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR 
PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 
alien described in subsection (a) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
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tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 
in subsection (a) is subject to revocation of 
any visa or other entry documentation re-
gardless of when the visa or other entry 
documentation is or was issued. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revoca-
tion under clause (i) shall take effect im-
mediately and automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documentation 
that is in the alien’s possession. 
(d) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as specifically pro-
vided in this subsection, beginning on the date that 
is 60 days after the President’s certification to Con-
gress under this section, the President shall prohibit 
the opening, and prohibit or impose strict conditions 
on the maintaining, in the United States of a cor-
respondent account or a payable-through account by 
a foreign financial institution that the President de-
termines has knowingly conducted or facilitated any 
significant financial transaction with any Azerbaijani 
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