[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 16 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 16

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that Jonathan Jay Pollard should 
  serve his full sentence of life imprisonment and should not receive 
  pardon, reprieve, or any other form of executive clemency from the 
                    President of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 1999

Mr. Nethercutt submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that Jonathan Jay Pollard should 
  serve his full sentence of life imprisonment and should not receive 
  pardon, reprieve, or any other form of executive clemency from the 
                    President of the United States.

Whereas from September 1979 to November 1985 Jonathan Jay Pollard worked in the 
        intelligence offices of the United States Navy as a civil servant with 
        access to classified information;
Whereas between 1984 and 1985 Jonathan Jay Pollard provided classified documents 
        to Israeli intelligence officers and received from the officers regular 
        payments totaling over $45,000;
Whereas the documents that Jonathan Jay Pollard provided to the Government of 
        Israel were estimated to fill a volume of 360 cubic feet of space;
Whereas these documents contained highly sensitive information regarding 
        military technology and intelligence capabilities, and the release of 
        these documents by Pollard was enormously damaging to the national 
        security interests of the United States;
Whereas press accounts have indicated that Jonathan Jay Pollard offered to 
        provide classified information to countries in addition to Israel;
Whereas in 1987 Jonathan Jay Pollard pleaded guilty to espionage and was 
        sentenced to life imprisonment;
Whereas in 1998 the Government of Israel admitted that Jonathan Jay Pollard had 
        been spying on its behalf, disavowing earlier claims that the Government 
        of Israel had not sanctioned Pollard's activities;
Whereas at the Wye River conference in October 1998, President William Jefferson 
        Clinton agreed to review the sentence imposed on Jonathan Jay Pollard;
Whereas Senator Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence 
        of the Senate, and Representative Porter Goss, Chairman of the Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, have 
        strongly opposed any early release of Pollard;
Whereas four former Directors of Naval Intelligence have issued a statement that 
        a pardon for Jonathan Jay Pollard ``would send a most damaging message 
        to the loyal U.S. citizens who are entrusted with our national secrets, 
        many of whom have emotional ties to other nations but who, nonetheless, 
        have taken seriously their oath to keep our national security 
        information secret'';
Whereas seven former Secretaries of Defense have opposed a pardon for Jonathan 
        Jay Pollard;
Whereas press accounts have indicated that the Secretary of State, the Director 
        of Central Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense each oppose 
        leniency for Jonathan Jay Pollard;
Whereas any release of Jonathan Jay Pollard would represent a continuing 
        security risk to the United States because Pollard, intelligence 
        officials believe, continues to possess information the release of which 
        could be harmful to national security; and
Whereas President William Jefferson Clinton has denied two previous requests for 
        executive clemency with respect to the sentence imposed on Jonathan Jay 
        Pollard: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that Jonathan Jay Pollard should 
serve his full sentence of life imprisonment and should not receive 
pardon, reprieve, or any other form of executive clemency from the 
President of the United States.
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