US Congress House Resolution 327 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 23 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are prisoners who have been denied basic due process rights under international law and the laws of the Russian Federation for political reasons; (2) the Russian Federation's standing as a nation supporting democracy, freedom of expression, an independent judiciary, human rights, and the rule of law would be validated by overturning the convictions of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev and securing their immediate release; and (3) the Russian Federation is encouraged to take these actions in furtherance of a new and more positive relationship between the United States and Russia.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the trial and subsequent convictions of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev by the Government of the Russian Federation constitute a politically motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution which put in serious doubt the rule of law and the independence of Russia's judicial system.

Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
2011-06-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/327/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres327/BILLS-112hres327ih.pdf