Condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment and calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse.

3.0.0 524 2022-02-08T23:21:14Z 2022-02-08T23:21:14Z Senate SRES 2020-03-02 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-02T21:36:42Z Condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment and calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse. 116 958 HRES 2020-12-03 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 16:29:00 Related bill CRS 2020-03-02 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1258-1259) IntroReferral 2020-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2020-03-02 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-03-02 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2020-03-02 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-03-02 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2020-07-27 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2020-08-06 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-09-09 False International Affairs Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Human rights Protest and dissent Russia Sanctions International Affairs

00 2020-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-22T15:44:49Z This resolution condemns political imprisonments in Russia and calls on Russia to release its political prisoners. The resolution also urges the United States to advocate for the release of such prisoners and to identify the Russian officials responsible for their imprisonment.

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A resolution condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment, calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation, and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse. Display Title A resolution condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment, calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation, and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse. Official Title as Introduced A resolution condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment, calling for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian Federation, and urging action by the United States Government to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human rights abuse. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres524is/xml/BILLS-116sres524is.xml 2020-03-02 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1258-1259) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.