Whereas Mark Swidan is being unjustly and arbitrarily detained by the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC), according to the United States Government and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Whereas Mark Swidan is a United States citizen from Luling, Texas, and is a resident of Houston, Texas; Whereas, on November 13, 2012, Mark Swidan was abducted by officers of the Public Security Bureau while on a business trip to the People's Republic of China, and on December 21, 2012, Swidan was formally arrested following an indictment issued by the Public Prosecutions Office of the People's Procuratorate of Jiangmen City alleging that Swidan was part of a criminal conspiracy with 11 other individuals to manufacture and traffic drugs; Whereas, on April 30, 2019, a Chinese court sentenced Swidan to death, which he has appealed; Whereas security officials in the People's Republic of China repeatedly attempted to coerce Swidan into signing a confession, but Swidan refused to sign a confession and pleaded not guilty; Whereas, according to evidence evaluated by the UNHRC Working Group on Arbitrary Detention— (1) no drugs were found on Swidan or in his hotel room; (2) the prosecution did not produce any forensic evidence of the alleged offenses; (3) records in Swidan's passport indicate he was not in the People's Republic of China during the time of the offenses; and (4) the 11 other individuals indicted in relation to the alleged conspiracy could not identify Swidan; Whereas officials of the People's Republic of China and the CPC have maliciously and systematically denied Swidan's mother Katherine Swidan, a resident of Texas, and other members of his family the ability to contact him; Whereas officials of the People's Republic of China and the CPC have denied and continue to deny United States diplomats full consular access to Swidan, in violation of international norms