The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote next week on legislation to slap new financial penalties on Turkey.

Sen. Jim Risch James (Jim) Elroy RischWhy the US should rely more on strategy, not sanctions Davis: The Hall of Shame for GOP senators who remain silent on Donald Trump Senators blast Turkey's move to convert Hagia Sophia back into a mosque MORE (R-Idaho), the committee’s chairman, said Tuesday that he plans to bring up his sanctions bill for a vote.

“We’re going to mark up the Turkey bill next week,” Risch told reporters.

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The Idaho Republican introduced legislation earlier this year with Sen. Bob Menendez Robert (Bob) MenendezWatchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump Kasie Hunt to host lead-in show for MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Senators ask for removal of tariffs on EU food, wine, spirits: report MORE (D-N.J.) that would restrict U.S. arms sales to Turkey and sanction Turkish officials and those involved in providing weapons to Turkey's military in Syria.

The measure also would require a report on Turkey's participation in NATO and a comprehensive strategy on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), in addition to authorizing humanitarian assistance for Syrian civilians.

The House passed its own Turkey sanctions legislation earlier this year. Senators have introduced myriad bills in the wake of Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellHawley warns Schumer to steer clear of Catholic-based criticisms of Barrett Senate GOP set to vote on Trump's Supreme Court pick before election Harris slams Trump's Supreme Court pick as an attempt to 'destroy the Affordable Care Act' MORE (R-Ky.) has cautioned against imposing sanctions.

Risch was part of a group of GOP senators who met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the White House last month. After the meeting Risch said that while he planned to hold a committee vote on his legislation, he didn’t believe it was the right time for Congress to pass new sanctions.

“I think probably it’s best we don’t pass the sanctions bill at this moment,” Risch said last month.