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HCONRES 176 101th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the egregious human rights violations in Cuba should be condemned and the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares for…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the egregious human rights violations in Cuba should be condemned and the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares for outstanding efforts to secure human rights and freedom for Cubans and millions of individuals throughout the world.

Introduced: July 27, 1989 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Awards, medals, prizesCubaHuman rights
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Aug 7, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Aug 7, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Aug 3, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Jul 27, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Jul 27, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 27, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 7, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) human rights violations in Cuba should be condemned; and (2) the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SCONRES 58 Identical bill A concurrent resolution calling on the President to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
BALLENGER, CASS
· Jul 27, 1989
CRANE, PHILIP
· Jul 27, 1989
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 27, 1989
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 27, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 176: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the egregious human rights violations in Cuba should be condemned and the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares for outstanding efforts to secure human rights and freedom for Cubans and millions of individuals throughout the world.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-176/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 176: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the egregious human rights violations in Cuba should be condemned and the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares for outstanding efforts to secure human rights and freedom for Cubans and millions of individuals throughout the world.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-176/.
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H. Con. Res. 176, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-176/.
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[H. Con. Res. 176: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the egregious human rights violations in Cuba should be condemned and the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Armando Valladares for outstanding efforts to secure human rights and freedom for Cubans and millions of individuals throughout the world.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HCONRES-176/)
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