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[H. Con. Res. 36 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 36


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2009

      Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Calling on the President and the allies of the United States to raise 
 in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral fora the case of Robert 
Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises of 
  assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, and calling on Iran to 
share the results of its investigation into the disappearance of Robert 
           Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Whereas United States citizen Robert Levinson is a retired agent of the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation, a resident of Florida, the husband of Christine 
        Levinson, and father of their 7 children;
Whereas Robert Levinson traveled from Dubai to Kish Island, Iran, on March 8, 
        2007;
Whereas, after traveling to Kish Island and checking into the Hotel Maryam, he 
        disappeared on March 9, 2007;
Whereas neither his family nor the United States Government has received further 
        information on his fate or whereabouts;
Whereas March 9, 2009, marks the second anniversary of the disappearance of 
        Robert Levinson;
Whereas the Government of Switzerland, which has served as the Protecting Power 
        for the United States in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the absence of 
        diplomatic relations between the Government of the United States and the 
        Government of Iran since 1980, has continuously pressed the Government 
        of Iran on the case of Robert Levinson and lent vital assistance and 
        support to the Levinson family during their December 2007 visit to Iran;
Whereas officials of the Government of Iran promised their continued assistance 
        to the relatives of Robert Levinson during the visit of the family to 
        the Islamic Republic of Iran in December 2007; and
Whereas the Government of Iran, including through a statement made during an 
        interview with NBC News broadcast on July 28, 2008, has declared that 
        its officials are willing to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation in the search for Robert Levinson: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) commends the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran, Iran, 
        and the Government of Switzerland for the ongoing assistance to 
        the Government of the United States and to the family of Robert 
        Levinson, particularly during the visit by Christine Levinson 
        and other relatives to Iran in December 2007;
            (2) notes that Iranian officials ensured the safety of the 
        family of Robert Levinson during their December 2007 visit to 
        Iran, and have promised their continued assistance;
            (3) urges the Government of Iran, as a humanitarian 
        gesture, to intensify its cooperation on the case of Robert 
        Levinson with the Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran and to share 
        the results of its investigation into the disappearance of 
        Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
            (4) urges the President and the allies of the United States 
        to raise at every opportunity in all appropriate multilateral 
        and bilateral fora the case of Robert Levinson; and
            (5) expresses sympathy to the family of Robert Levinson 
        during this trying period.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.