114 STAT. 3200 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 18, 2000 Whereas Edmond Pope has been unjustly arrested and detained for more than 5 months, preventing him from celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary and the marriage of his son, and during which time his mother-in-law passed away; Whereas recent events have shown that trials in the Russian Federation involving alleged violations in the area of national security can take several years; Whereas it is unlikely that Edmond Pope would survive a lengthy trial; and Whereas United States business and academic interests with the Russian Federation are beginning to be detrimentally impacted by this event: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That— (1) the Congress calls on the Russian Federation, under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, to immediately release Mr. Edmond Pope of State College, Pennsylvania, and to ensure that proper and qualified medical attention is provided to him in order to ensure that another loss of life does not occur in a prison in the Russian Federation; (2) it is the sense of the Congress that if Edmond Pope is not released immediately the President should continue all efforts afforded to the administration to secure his release, including the consideration of— (A) terminating all assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the annual Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for purposes of preparing the Russian Federation's entrance or accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO); and (B) opposing any further debt relief of obligations owed to the United States Government from the Government of the Russian Federation; and (3) the President should increase efforts to secure appropriate medical attention for Edmond Pope. Agreed to October 18, 2000. •••:.- -•- I^ ^v^"' \: . '.; Oct. 18, 2000 ENROLLMENT CORRECTION—H.R. 2348 [S.Con. Res. 151] Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 2348) entitled "An Act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.", the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following correction: Strike section 4 and insert: "SEC. 4. EFFECT ON RECLAMATION LAW. "Specifically with regard to the acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law, any action taken pursuant to or in furtherance of this title will not— "(1) be considered in determining whether a district as defined in section 202(2) of the Reclamation Reform Act of
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