[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 652 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 652

  Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding preconditions for the 
  readmission of the Russian Federation into a reconstituted Group of 
             Eight or participation in the Group of Seven.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2020

  Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
  Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
 Markey, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Harris) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding preconditions for the 
  readmission of the Russian Federation into a reconstituted Group of 
             Eight or participation in the Group of Seven.

Whereas, since 2014, the Russian Federation has illegally occupied Crimea and 
        Donbass, which was condemned in the Senate by passage of Senate 
        Resolution 378 by unanimous consent in the 113th Congress;
Whereas, in March 2014, the Group of Eight suspended the Russian Federation as a 
        direct result of its actions in Ukraine and instead continued as the 
        Group of Seven;
Whereas, since 2014, the Russian Federation has also continued malign attacks on 
        western democracies, including ongoing aggressive cyber and military 
        provocations; and
Whereas the Russian Federation has reportedly offered bounties to kill members 
        of the United States Armed Forces deployed in Afghanistan: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that, as precondition 
for readmission into a reconstituted Group of Eight or participation in 
a Group of Seven proceeding, the Russian Federation must--
            (1) end its illegal occupation of Crimea and Donbass;
            (2) cease its malign activities against the United States 
        and its allies; and
            (3) terminate any bounties against members of the United 
        States Armed Forces.
                                 <all>