III 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 36 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 29, 2009 
Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling on the President and the allies of the United States 
to raise in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral fora 
the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, urging 
Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance to the family 
of Robert Levinson, and calling on Iran to share the 
results of its investigation into the disappearance of Rob-
ert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Whereas United States citizen Robert Levinson is a retired 
agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a resident 
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; 
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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 
the Protecting Power for the United States in the Islamic 
Republic of Iran in the absence of diplomatic relations 
between the Government of the United States and the 
Government 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 Government of Iran, including through a state-
ment made during an interview with NBC News broad-
cast on July 28, 2008, has declared that its officials are 
willing to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation in the search for Robert Levinson: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) commends the Embassy of Switzerland in 
Tehran, Iran, and the Government of Switzerland 
for the ongoing assistance to the Government of the 
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United States and to the family of Robert Levinson, 
particularly during the visit by Christine Levinson 
and other relatives to Iran in December 2007; 
(2) notes that Iranian officials ensured the safe-
ty of the family of Robert Levinson during their De-
cember 2007 visit to Iran, and have promised their 
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 raise at every opportunity in all ap-
propriate multilateral and bilateral fora the case of 
Robert Levinson; and 
(5) expresses sympathy to the family of Robert 
Levinson during this trying period. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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