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HCONRES 169 100th Congress House International Affairs Afghanistan Communications and Broadcasting Defectors Immigration International broadcasting Prisoners of war Refugees Right of asylum U.S.S.R. War

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Soviet prisoners of war in Afghanistan.

Introduced: July 29, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Aug 11, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Aug 11, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Aug 11, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.
Aug 3, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
Jul 29, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Jul 29, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 29, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to establish a systematic method for encouraging, screening, and processing Soviet defectors and prisoners of war in Afghanistan; (2) Soviet defectors and prisoners of war who request political asylum should be granted such asylum and transported to the United States; (3) the President should seek to establish a framework under which Soviet defectors would be helped in adapting to American life; and (4) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to broadcast into the Soviet Union and Afghanistan information concerning the Soviet Union's actions in Afghanistan and the provisions of this Act.

What's happening now August 11, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 29, 1988
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 10, 1988
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 169: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Soviet prisoners of war in Afghanistan.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-169/
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"H. Con. Res. 169: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Soviet prisoners of war in Afghanistan.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HCONRES-169/.
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