IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1115 
Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen 
who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 
Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
ARRINGTON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. ROY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
GOODEN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 
GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 
GRANGER, and Mr. WILLIAMS) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United 
States citizen who was unjustly sentenced to 9 years 
in a Russian prison. 
Whereas United States citizen Trevor Reed is a resident of 
Granbury, Texas, and a United States Marine Corps vet-
eran; 
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; 
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Whereas Trevor Reed was accused of grabbing the arm of the 
police officer driving the vehicle and elbowing another of-
ficer while en route to the police station, causing the ve-
hicle to swerve and therefore endangering the lives of the 
police officers; 
Whereas the United States Embassy in Moscow has filed nu-
merous diplomatic complaints with the Russian Foreign 
Ministry regarding Trevor Reed being denied consular, 
access, communications, medical treatment, family visita-
tions, and other violations of the Vienna Convention on 
Consular Relations; 
Whereas Trevor Reed’s defense team presented video evidence 
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 po-
lice 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violated in the way that Trevor Reed’s bail was revoked; 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; 
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(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 informa-
tion from the investigator’s case files that were not dis-
cussed or read into the court files; 
Whereas the judge sentenced Trevor Reed to 9 years in pris-
on 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 Sul-
livan, upon Trevor’s sentencing, stated that the prosecu-
tion’s case and the evidence presented against Mr. Reed 
were ‘‘so preposterous that they provoked laughter in the 
courtroom’’, the conviction and sentence were ‘‘ridicu-
lous’’, and ‘‘justice was not even considered’’: Now, there-
fore, 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 moti-
vated imprisonment in the Russian Federation, 
which violates the commitments of the Russian Fed-
eration to international obligations with respect to 
human rights and the rule of law; 
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(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 Fed-
eration to provide unrestricted consular access to 
Trevor Reed while he remains in detention; 
(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 Ambas-
sador to Russia 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 Fed-
eration to respect Trevor Reed’s universally recog-
nized human rights; and 
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(8) expresses support to the family of Trevor 
Reed and commitment to bringing Trevor Reed 
home. 
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