[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1115 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 1115

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      December 3, 2020.
Whereas United States citizen Trevor Reed is a resident of Granbury, Texas, and 
        a United States Marine Corps veteran;
Whereas Trevor Reed traveled to Moscow to visit his girlfriend on May 16, 2019;
Whereas Moscow's Police Service detained Trevor Reed on August 16, 2019;
Whereas Trevor Reed was accused of grabbing the arm of the police officer 
        driving the vehicle and elbowing another officer while en route to the 
        police station, causing the vehicle to swerve and therefore endangering 
        the lives of the police officers;
Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed numerous diplomatic 
        complaints with the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding Trevor Reed being 
        denied consular access, communications, medical treatment, family 
        visitations, and other violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular 
        Relations;
Whereas Trevor Reed's defense team presented video evidence from traffic camera 
        footage to the courts that disproves the police officers' statements of 
        supposed endangerment and wrongdoing;
Whereas Trevor Reed's defense team was denied access to additional video 
        evidence from the police vehicle and police station that had the 
        potential to prove his innocence;
Whereas the police officers claimed emotional and physical damages, but did not 
        sustain any visible injury, or claim any time missed from work;
Whereas the Constitutional Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the 
        Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction concurred that Russian 
        procedural law was violated in the way that Trevor Reed's bail was 
        revoked;
Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed complaints with the 
        Russian Foreign Ministry regarding denial of communications with Trevor 
        Reed;
Whereas during the trial, the defense counsel presented 59 minutes of traffic 
        camera video that showed the police car--

    (1) did not change direction or leave its lane;

    (2) did not swerve; and

    (3) did not stop or slow down;

Whereas, on July 30, 2020, Golovinsky District Court Judge Arnout read a verdict 
        that dismissed all defense evidence, witnesses, and government experts 
        and included information from the investigator's case files that were 
        not discussed or read into the court files;
Whereas the judge sentenced Trevor Reed to 9 years in prison camp and was 
        ordered to pay 100,000 rubles to each police officer for moral and 
        physical injuries;
Whereas Trevor Reed had already been detained in Russia for 1 year at the time 
        of the judge's verdict; and
Whereas, the United States Ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, upon Trevor's 
        sentencing, stated that the prosecution's case and the evidence 
        presented against Mr. Reed were ``so preposterous that they provoked 
        laughter in the courtroom'', the conviction and sentence were 
        ``ridiculous'', and ``justice was not even considered'': Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) expresses support for Trevor Reed, Paul Whelan, and all 
        prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the Russian Federation;
            (2) condemns the practice of politically motivated imprisonment in 
        the Russian Federation, which violates the commitments of the Russian 
        Federation to international obligations with respect to human rights and 
        the rule of law;
            (3) urges the United States Government, in all its interactions with 
        the Government of the Russian Federation, to raise the case of Trevor 
        Reed and to press for his release;
            (4) calls on the Government of the Russian Federation to immediately 
        release Trevor Reed and all other prisoners arrested for political 
        motivations;
            (5) urges the Government of the Russian Federation to provide 
        unrestricted consular access to Trevor Reed while he remains in 
        detention as required under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations;
            (6) calls on the Government of the Russian Federation--
                    (A) to provide Trevor Reed any necessary medical treatment 
                and personal protective equipment;
                    (B) to notify the United States Embassy in Moscow of any 
                medical problems or complaints that arise during his detention; 
                and
                    (C) to provide the United States Embassy in Moscow with full 
                access to all of Trevor Reed's medical records;
            (7) urges the Government of the Russian Federation to respect Trevor 
        Reed's universally recognized human rights; and
            (8) expresses support to the family of Trevor Reed and commitment to 
        bringing Trevor Reed home.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.