H. Res. 336 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 27, 2022. 
Whereas United States citizen Paul Whelan is a resident of 
Novi, Michigan, and a United States Marine Corps vet-
eran; 
Whereas Paul Whelan traveled to Moscow for the wedding of 
a personal friend on December 22, 2018; 
Whereas Russia’s Federal Security Service arrested Paul 
Whelan at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow on December 
28, 2018, and charged him with espionage; 
Whereas the Federal Security Service has never provided any 
evidence of supposed wrongdoing; 
Whereas Paul Whelan was imprisoned in Lefortovo Prison 
and was held there for more than 19 months after his 
arrest in pretrial detention; 
Whereas a Moscow court extended Paul Whelan’s pretrial de-
tention multiple times without publicly presenting jus-
tification or evidence of wrongdoing; 
Whereas even Paul Whelan’s Federal Security Service-ap-
pointed lawyer, Vladimir Zherebenkov, said on May 24, 
2019, ‘‘[The Federal Security Service] always roll[s] out 
what they have, but in this case, we’ve seen nothing con-
crete against Whelan in five months. That means there 
is nothing.’’;
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Whereas the then United States Ambassador to the Russian 
Federation, Jon Huntsman, responded on April 12, 
2019, to a question about the detention of Paul Whelan, 
‘‘If the Russians have evidence, they should bring it for-
ward. We have seen nothing. If there was a case, I think 
the evidence would have been brought forward by now.’’; 
Whereas then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Rus-
sian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on May 14, 2019, 
and urged him to ensure United States citizens are not 
unjustly held abroad; 
Whereas the Kremlin has refused Paul Whelan full access to 
his lawyer and the so-called evidence against him; 
Whereas any evidence he has seen is in Russian, a language 
Paul does not read or speak; 
Whereas Lefortovo pretrial detention facility and the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs refused to provide medical treatment 
for Paul Whelan’s medical condition, despite being aware 
of its worsening state, resulting in emergency surgery on 
May 29, 2020; 
Whereas Paul Whelan was wrongfully convicted on June 15, 
2020, and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian labor camp 
by a 3-judge panel, in a trial witnessed by then United 
States Ambassador John Sullivan, who referred to it as 
‘‘a mockery of justice’’ due to the denial of a fair trial 
and the exclusion of defense witnesses; 
Whereas in August 2020, on an unknown day because he was 
moved secretly, Paul Whelan was transferred to camp 
IK–17, a penal labor camp in Mordovia, where he is 
forced to work 6 days a week in a garment factory; 
Whereas Ambassador John Sullivan, while visiting Paul 
Whelan at the labor camp in Mordovia, stated that ‘‘Rus-
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sian authorities . . . have never shown the world evi-
dence of his guilt,’’ and reiterated his call that the Rus-
sian authorities correct this injustice and release Mr. 
Whelan; and 
Whereas Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Rus-
sian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on February 4, 
2021, and urged him to release Americans detained in 
Russia, including Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, so that 
they are able to return home to their families in the 
United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) demands the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration present credible evidence on the allegations 
against Paul Whelan or immediately release him from 
imprisonment; 
(2) demands the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration comply with its international treaty obligations 
and provide unrestricted consular access to Paul Whelan 
while he remains imprisoned in Russia; 
(3) calls on the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion to provide Paul Whelan, Trevor Reed, and all others 
imprisoned for political motivations or otherwise unjustly 
imprisoned their constitutionally afforded due process 
rights and universally recognized human rights; and 
(4) expresses sympathy to the family of Paul 
Whelan for this travesty to justice and personal hard-
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ship, and expresses hope that their ordeal can soon be 
brought to a just end. 
Attest: 
Clerk.