,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #feb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bj1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,brown1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 
,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4   
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1
 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,wyden1
 and ,ms4 ,harris7 submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate regarding      
preconditions for the readmission of the
 ,russian ,federation into a            
reconstituted ,group of ,eight or       
participation in the ,group of ,seven4  
,whereas1 since #bjad1 the ,russian     
,federation has illegally occupied      
,crimea and ,donbass1 which was         
condemned in the ,senate by passage of  
,senate ,resolution #cgh by unanimous   
consent in the #aacth ,congress2        
,whereas1 in ,march #bjad1 the ,group of
 ,eight suspended the ,russian          

,federation as a direct result of its   
actions in ,ukraine and instead         
continued as the ,group of ,seven2      
,whereas1 since #bjad1 the ,russian     
,federation has also continued malign   
attacks on western democracies1         
including ongoing aggressive cyber and  
military provocations2 and ,whereas the 
,russian ,federation has reportedly     
offered bounties to kill members of the 
,united ,states ,armed ,forces deployed 
in ,afghanistan3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that it is the sense of the ,senate    
that1 as precondition for readmission   
into a reconstituted ,group of ,eight or
 participation in a ,group of ,seven    
proceeding1 the ,russian ,federation    
must-- 7#a7 end its illegal occupation  
of ,crimea and ,donbass2  7#b7 cease its
 malign activities against the ,united  
,states and its allies2 and  7#c7       
terminate any bounties against members  
of the ,united ,states ,armed ,forces4