[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4270]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 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

  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:

                              S. Res. 652

       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.

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