HJRES 376 100th Congress House International Affairs Dams Emigration Georgia Human rights Married people Names Reservoirs Roads and highways South Carolina U.S.S.R. Water and Water Resources Development

A joint resolution calling upon the Soviet Union to immediately grant permission to emigrate to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States.

Introduced: October 14, 1987 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 23, 1987

Signed by President.

Dec 23, 1987

Became Public Law No: 100-209.

Dec 22, 1987

Presented to President.

Dec 21, 1987

Measure Signed in Senate.

Dec 20, 1987

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 19, 1987

Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.

Dec 19, 1987

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.

Dec 18, 1987

Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.

Dec 18, 1987

House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 18, 1987

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Dec 7, 1987

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 4, 1987

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Dec 4, 1987

Passed Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Dec 4, 1987

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

Nov 19, 1987

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.

Nov 17, 1987

Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 414 - 0 (Record Vote No: 431).

Nov 17, 1987

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 414 - 0 (Record Vote No: 431).

Nov 16, 1987

Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

Nov 16, 1987

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Nov 5, 1987

Ordered to be Reported.

Nov 5, 1987

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Oct 27, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

Oct 27, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

Oct 14, 1987

Introduced in House

Oct 14, 1987

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 1,251	—	To provide that the project referred to as the Clarks Hill Dam, Reservoir and Highway transversing the dam on…	Agreed to	Dec 4, 1987

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Measure passed Senate, amended)

Calls upon the Soviet Union to: (1) grant to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States permission to emigrate with their family members to the United States; and (2) give special consideration to such cases that have remained unresolved for many years.

Renames the Clarks Hill Dam, Reservoir, and Highway traversing the Dam on the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, as the J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Reservoir, and Highway.

What's happening now December 23, 1987

Became Public Law No: 100-209.

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Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee

Cosponsors 4

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Oct 21, 1987

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Oct 14, 1987

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Oct 14, 1987

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Oct 14, 1987

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