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<item congress="116" measure-type="sres" measure-number="308" measure-id="id116sres308" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2019-09-11" update-date="2020-03-12">
<title>A resolution calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116sres308v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-03-12">
<action-date>2019-09-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution urges Russia to present credible evidence of wrongdoing against U.S. citizen Paul Whelan or immediately release him. It also urges Russia to provide unrestricted consular access to Whelan and to ensure that he is afforded due process and universally recognized human rights.</p>]]></summary-text>
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