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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 18, 2000 114 STAT. 3199 location, and construction of memorials on the National Mall in the Nation's Capital, should be fulfilled by the construction of the National World War II Memorial, as designed, at the approved and dedicated Rainbow Pool site on the National Mall; and (3) it is imperative that expeditious action be taken to commence and complete the construction of the National World War II Memorial so that the completed memorial will be dedicated while Americans of the World War II generation are alive to receive the national tribute embodied in that memorial, which they earned with their sacrifice and achievement during the largest and most devastating war the world has known. Agreed to October 17, 2000. EDMOND POPE—RELEASE FROM RUSSIAN Oct. is, 2000 FEDERATION [H. Con. Res. 404] Whereas Mr. Edmond Pope of State College, Pennsylvania, is a husband, father, grandfather, son, and United States businessman; Whereas Edmond Pope has visited the Russian Federation 27 times in order to foster better business and university-based research relationships; Whereas Edmond Pope traveled to the Russian Federation in late March 2000 in order to purchase commercially advertised underwater propulsion technology, as stated in his visa approved by the Government of the Russian Federation; Whereas Edmond Pope was arrested on April 3, 2000, in Moscow, imprisoned in Lefortovo, and charged with espionage; Whereas the Russian who allegedly committed an act of treason by aiding Edmond Pope was released and has been living with , his family; Whereas Edmond Pope has been treated for hemangioperic3^oma, a rare form of cancer, that was in remission prior to his travel; Whereas Edmond Pope's father is dying of multiple myeloma, a type of bone cancer that can be hereditary; Whereas Edmond Pope should receive routine medical care by a qualified, trained professional in order to monitor the possibility of a recurrence of cancer due to his high-risk potential; Whereas Edmond Pope has missed his annual monitoring visit resulting in a 14 month lapse since his last visit; Whereas Edmond Pope's prison conditions have caused a dramatic loss in weight and his physical stature has deteriorated; Whereas Edmond Pope has been denied the basic human right of proper medical attention deserving of an individual in his condition; Whereas two Americans have died in the past few months within prisons in the Russian Federation and another individual has recently died in Lefortovo;

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