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SJRES 203 100th Congress Senate International Affairs Emigration Human rights Married people U.S.S.R.

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

Introduced: October 15, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Nov 19, 1987
Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Oct 15, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Oct 15, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls upon the Government of 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.

What's happening now November 19, 1987

Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Nov 17, 1987
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 6, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 203: A joint resolution calling upon the Soviet Union immediately to grant permission to emigrate to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-203/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 203: A joint resolution calling upon the Soviet Union immediately to grant permission to emigrate to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-203/.
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S.J. Res. 203, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-203/.
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[S.J. Res. 203: A joint resolution calling upon the Soviet Union immediately to grant permission to emigrate to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-SJRES-203/)
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