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of Florida, the husband of Christine Levinson, and father 
of their 7 children; 
Whereas Robert Levinson traveled from Dubai to Kish Is-
land, Iran, on March 8, 2007; 
Whereas, after traveling to Kish Island and checking into the 
Hotel Maryam, he disappeared on March 9, 2007; 
Whereas neither his family nor the United States Govern-
ment has received further information on his fate or 
whereabouts; 
Whereas March 9, 2009 marks the second anniversary of the 
disappearance of Robert Levinson; 
Whereas the Government of Switzerland, which has served as 
Protecting Power for the United States in the Islamic 
Republic of Iran in the absence of diplomatic relations 
between the United States Government and the Govern-
ment of Iran since 1980, has continuously pressed the 
Government of Iran on the case of Robert Levinson and 
lent vital assistance and support to the Levinson family 
during their December 2007 visit to Iran; 
Whereas officials of the Government of Iran promised their 
continued assistance to the relatives of Robert Levinson 
during the visit of the family to the Islamic Republic of 
Iran in December 2007; and 
Whereas the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated during an interview with 
NBC News broadcast on July 28, 2008, that officials of 
the Government of Iran were willing to cooperate with 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the search for 
Robert Levinson: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) commends the Embassy of Switzerland in 
Tehran and the Government of Switzerland for the 
ongoing assistance to the United States Government 
and to the family of Robert Levinson, particularly 
during the visit by Christine Levinson and other rel-
atives to Iran in December 2007; 
(2) expresses appreciation for efforts by Iranian 
officials to ensure the safety of the family of Robert 
Levinson during their December 2007 visit to Iran, 
as well as for the promise of continued assistance; 
(3) urges the Government of Iran, as a humani-
tarian gesture, to intensify its cooperation on the 
case of Robert Levinson with the Embassy of Swit-
zerland in Tehran and to share the results of its in-
vestigation 
into 
the 
disappearance 
of 
Robert 
Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(4) urges the President and the allies of the 
United States to engage with officials of the Govern-
ment of Iran to raise the case of Robert Levinson 
at every opportunity, notwithstanding other serious 
disagreements the United States Government has 
had with the Government of Iran on a broad array 
of issues, including human rights, the nuclear pro-
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gram of Iran, the Middle East peace process, re-
gional stability, and international terrorism; and 
(5) expresses sympathy to the family of Robert 
Levinson during this trying period. 
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