The Marc Fogel Act, introduced by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania, would require the State Department to justify the lack of a "wrongfully detained" designation.
A lawmaker introduced a new piece of legislation that would require the State Department to provide relevant committees with information about Americans recently detained abroad.
A GOP lawmaker has introduced a bill forcing the State Department to provide more information on Americans imprisoned abroad like Marc Fogel who has been jailed in Russia since 2021.
A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania congressmen on Tuesday introduced the Marc Fogel Act, a bill named for an Oakmont teacher who was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian prison for possessing a small amount of medical marijuana. The lawmakers said the legislation would require the State Department to be
A GOP lawmaker has introduced a bill forcing the State Department to provide more information on Americans imprisoned abroad like Marc Fogel who has been jailed in Russia since 2021.