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Supporting the Baltic people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and condemning the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression of August 23, 1939.

Introduced: August 5, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Oct 12, 1998
Received in the Senate.
Oct 10, 1998
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10409)
Oct 10, 1998
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 10, 1998
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll No. 518).
Oct 9, 1998
DEBATE - The House continued with debate.
Oct 9, 1998
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10270-10274)
Oct 9, 1998
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Oct 9, 1998
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Oct 9, 1998
Mr. Gilman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Oct 2, 1998
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 2, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug 5, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Aug 5, 1998
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Oct 10, 1998 House · vote #518 Suspend the rules and agree, as amended Passed 417–0 See who voted →
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that, in observance of the 59th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, the Congress: (1) reaffirms the U.S. policy of the non-recognition of the occupation by the Soviet Union of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia subsequent to the Pact, which for the 50 years after the signing of the Pact, was a commendable bipartisan policy that refused to legally recognize the Soviet occupation of such countries; (2) urges Russia to renounce the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression and its secret supplemental protocols as illegal; (3) welcomes and supports the signing of the United States-Baltic Charter by the United States, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia that reiterates the strong historical kinship between the peoples of these countries; and (4) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to work to ensure that Russia understands that the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression should be considered illegal and null and void.

What's happening now October 12, 1998

Received in the Senate.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 24, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 320: Supporting the Baltic people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and condemning the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression of August 23, 1939.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-320/
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"H. Con. Res. 320: Supporting the Baltic people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and condemning the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression of August 23, 1939.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-320/.
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H. Con. Res. 320, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-320/.
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