SCONRES 29
100th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Family policy
Human rights
Right to travel
Transportation and Travel
U.S.S.R.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the inability of American citizens to maintain regular contact with relatives in the Soviet Union.
Introduced: March 11, 1987
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Everywhere this bill has been
12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 27, 1987
See H.Con.Res.68.
Aug 24, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Aug 24, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Aug 3, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Aug 3, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 29, 1987
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Jul 29, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Jul 28, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 263.
Jul 28, 1987
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Pell without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Jul 28, 1987
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 11, 1987
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 11, 1987
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the promotion of unrestricted family visits between related people of the United States and the Soviet Union is an essential part of American policy toward the Soviet Union; and (2) the President, the Secretary of State, and other administration members should raise the issue of family visitation at all appropriate opportunities in discussions with leaders of the Communist Party and the Government of the Soviet Union.
What's happening now
See H.Con.Res.68.
Cosponsors
1