H. Con. Res. 404
Agreed to October 18, 2000
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
Concurrent Resolution
Whereas Mr. Edmond Pope of State College, Pennsylvania, is a
husband, father, grandfather, son, and United States business-
man;
Whereas Edmond Pope has visited the Russian Federation 27 times
in order to foster better business and university-based research
relationships;
Whereas Edmond Pope traveled to the Russian Federation in late
March 2000 in order to purchase commercially advertised under-
water propulsion technology, as stated in his visa approved by
the Government of the Russian Federation;
Whereas Edmond Pope was arrested on April 3, 2000, in Moscow,
imprisoned in Lefortovo, and charged with espionage;
Whereas the Russian who allegedly committed an act of treason
by aiding Edmond Pope was released and has been living with
his family;
Whereas Edmond Pope has been treated for hemangiopericytoma,
a rare form of cancer, that was in remission prior to his travel;
Whereas Edmond Pope’s father is dying of multiple myeloma, a
type of bone cancer that can be hereditary;
Whereas Edmond Pope should receive routine medical care by a
qualified, trained professional in order to monitor the possibility
of a recurrence of cancer due to his high-risk potential;
Whereas Edmond Pope has missed his annual monitoring visit
resulting in a 14 month lapse since his last visit;
Whereas Edmond Pope’s prison conditions have caused a dramatic
loss in weight and his physical stature has deteriorated;
Whereas Edmond Pope has been denied the basic human right
of proper medical attention deserving of an individual in his
condition;
Whereas two Americans have died in the past few months within
prisons in the Russian Federation and another individual has
recently died in Lefortovo;
Whereas Edmond Pope has been unjustly arrested and detained
for more than 5 months, preventing him from celebrating his
30th wedding anniversary and the marriage of his son, and
during which time his mother-in-law passed away;
Whereas recent events have shown that trials in the Russian Fed-
eration involving alleged violations in the area of national security
can take several years;
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Whereas it is unlikely that Edmond Pope would survive a lengthy
trial; and
Whereas United States business and academic interests with the
Russian Federation are beginning to be detrimentally impacted
by this event: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That—
(1) the Congress calls on the Russian Federation, under
the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, to immediately
release Mr. Edmond Pope of State College, Pennsylvania, and
to ensure that proper and qualified medical attention is pro-
vided to him in order to ensure that another loss of life does
not occur in a prison in the Russian Federation;
(2) it is the sense of the Congress that if Edmond Pope
is not released immediately the President should continue all
efforts afforded to the administration to secure his release,
including the consideration of—
(A) terminating all assistance to the Government of
the Russian Federation under the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and the annual Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for
purposes of preparing the Russian Federation’s entrance
or accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO); and
(B) opposing any further debt relief of obligations owed
to the United States Government from the Government
of the Russian Federation; and
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(3) the President should increase efforts to secure appro-
priate medical attention for Edmond Pope.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
By
Deputy Clerk.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.