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A resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow summit meeting, the inherent link between…

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A resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow summit meeting, the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.

Introduced: April 28, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 24, 1988
See H.Res.455.
May 20, 1988
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
May 18, 1988
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
May 18, 1988
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 1988
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 1988
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
May 11, 1988
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 6, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
May 6, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
May 4, 1988
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Apr 28, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 28, 1988
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protests Soviet human rights violations, especially the restrictive emigration regulations. Calls upon the President to use the upcoming summit meeting in Moscow to stress the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.

What's happening now May 24, 1988

See H.Res.455.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HRES 455 Related bill A resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and calling on t…
  • HCONRES 289 Identical bill A concurrent resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and c…
 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 24, 1988
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 17, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 437: A resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow summit meeting, the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-437/
MLA
"H. Res. 437: A resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow summit meeting, the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-437/.
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H. Res. 437, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-437/.
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[H. Res. 437: A resolution protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive emigration regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow summit meeting, the inherent link between respect for human rights and the achievement of lasting peace.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HRES-437/)
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