The US House Rules Committee has given the green light for the amendment calling for continued US aid for Artsakh demining to be considered and voted upon by the full US House of Representatives, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported. 

The US  House is set to take up the amendment as early as Thursday, July 23.

"The Rules Committee ruled “out of order” Amendment #69, introduced by Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus and Turkey Caucus Co-Chair Steve Cohen (D-TN), which sought to block any U.S. funding for humanitarian de-mining in Artsakh. A similarly hostile amendment, offered by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), was withdrawn earlier today. The panel also ruled out of order the ANCA-backed Speier-Sherman-Costa Amendment #50 which would have increased U.S. aid to Armenia by $20 million," ANCA noted.

The US has been funding humanitarian programs in Artsakh since 1998. Artsakh assistance has been long under attack by Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime.

Tens of thousands of advocates have contacted Congress in support of continued US demining support to Artsakh via the ANCA’s online action portals.