#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
,,con4 ,,res4 #ah  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,whereas ,united ,states  
citizen ,marc ,fogel has lived a life of
 service1 teaching history at           
international schools in ,colombia1     
,malaysia1 ,oman1 ,venezuela1 and       
,russia for #ce years2 ,whereas ,marc   
,fogel taught at the ,anglo-,american   
,school of ,moscow from #bjab to #bjba1 
honorably serving the children of       
,united ,states diplomats and members of
 the ,armed ,forces2 ,whereas ,marc     
,fogel is known to his family1 friends1 
colleagues1 and students as a kind1     
personable1 upbeat1 and giving man1 a   
loving father1 and a passionate and     
dedicated teacher2 ,whereas ,marc ,fogel
 has undergone three back surgeries1 a  
spinal fusion1 a hip replacement1 and   
two knee surgeries to correct various   
injuries and health issues1 which have  
left him with chronic back pain and a   
permanent limp2 ,whereas ,marc ,fogel   
did not wish to use opioids to manage   

his pain and was instead prescribed     
medical marijuana for pain management in
 a manner consistent with the ,state law
 of ,pennsylvania2 ,whereas1 on ,august 
#ad1 #bjba1 as he returned to ,russia   
for one final year of teaching before   
his intended retirement1 ,marc ,fogel   
was arrested in the ,sheremetyevo       
airport in ,moscow for carrying about   
half an ounce of medical marijuana in   
his luggage2 ,whereas ,marc ,fogel has  
stated he intended that marijuana solely
 for personal consumption1 and the      
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
has presented no evidence to the        
contrary2 ,whereas1 on ,june #af1 #bjbb1
 a ,russian court convicted ,marc ,fogel
 of large-scale drugs smuggling in a    
politicized show trial and sentenced him
 to #ad years in a maximum-security     
penal colony in ,russia2 ,whereas       
,russian lawyers informed the family    
that the typical sentence for ,marc     
,fogel's offense is five years of       
probation1 and in #bjai1 the same       

,russian court sentenced ,alexander     
,grigoriev to eight years in prison for 
the possession of #a1ejj grams of       
various narcotics2 ,whereas ,marc       
,fogel's sentence is vastly             
disproportionate to the severity of his 
nonviolent crime1 wildly dissimilar to  
the typical punishments for comparable  
offenses in ,russia1 and clearly        
motivated by ongoing political tensions 
between ,russia and the ,united ,states2
 ,whereas1 in ,august #bjbb1 ,russian   
courts denied ,marc ,fogel's appeal of  
his sentence2 ,whereas the #bjba        
,country ,report on ,human ,rights      
,practices in ,russia issued by the     
,department of ,state reported1         
,conditions in prisons and detention    
centers ''' were often harsh and life   
threatening4 ,overcrowding1 abuse by    
guards and inmates1 limited access to   
health care1 food shortages1 and        
inadequate sanitation were common2      
,whereas ,marc ,fogel turns #fb years   
old in ,july #bjbc1 and his physical and

 mental health is rapidly declining due 
to the stress and harsh conditions of   
his detention1 such that his family     
fears he will not survive his sentence2 
and ,whereas the ,department of ,state  
requested ,marc ,fogel be released from 
,russian custody on humanitarian        
grounds1 but received no response to    
that request3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that ,congress-- 7#a7 calls on the     
,government of the ,russian ,federation 
to immediately release ,marc ,fogel1 who
 has already served more time in prison 
than his minor and nonviolent crimes can
 justify2  7#b7 urges the ,government of
 the ,russian ,federation to respect    
,marc ,fogel's human rights and to      
provide full1 unfettered1 and consistent
 consular access to ,marc ,fogel while  
he remains in detention1 in accordance  
with its international obligations2     
7#c7 urges all ,united ,states executive
 branch officials1 including relevant   
officials at the ,department of ,state  
and the ,white ,house1 to raise the case

 of ,marc ,fogel and to press for his   
immediate release in all interactions   
with the ,government of the ,russian    
,federation2  7#d7 urges the ,government
 of the ,russian ,federation to desist  
from issuing outlandishly               
disproportionate criminal sentences to  
nonviolent ,united ,states nationals2   
7#e7 condemns the ,government of the    
,russian ,federation's continued use of 
detentions and prosecutions of citizens 
and lawful permanent residents of the   
,united ,states for political purposes2 
7#f7 calls for the immediate release of 
other citizens and lawful permanent     
residents of the ,united ,states who are
 wrongfully and unlawfully detained in  
,russia1 such as ,paul ,whelan1 ,evan   
,gershkovich1 ,ksenia ,khavana1 ,alsu   
,kurmasheva1 and ,vladimir ,kara-,murza2
 and  7#g7 expresses sympathy for and   
solidarity with the families of all     
other citizens and lawful permanent     
residents of the ,united ,states        
wrongfully detained abroad for the      

personal hardship experienced as a      
result of the arbitrary and baseless    
detention of their loved ones4  ,passed 
the ,senate ,june #d1 #bjbd4,secretary