HCONRES 352
106th Congress
House
International Affairs
Arrest
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Detention of persons
Due process of law
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Government and the press
Government officials
Government ownership
Human rights
International broadcasting
Law
Mass media
Political persecution
Press and politics
Privatization
Prosecution
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding manipulation of the mass media and intimidation of the independent press in the Russian Federation, expressing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation, and calling on the President of the United States to express his strong concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation.
Introduced: June 14, 2000
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Jun 20, 2000
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 19, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 19, 2000
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4655-4656)
Jun 19, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H4655-4656)
Jun 19, 2000
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4654-4656)
Jun 19, 2000
Mr. Gilman asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Jun 19, 2000
Committee on International Relations discharged.
Jun 15, 2000
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 15, 2000
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (text of measure as introduced in House : CR E1013-1014)
Jun 14, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1013)
Jun 14, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses: (1) continuing support for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation; (2) concern over the failure of the Russian Government to privatize major segments of the Russian media; (3) concern over the pattern of Russian officials' surveillance and intimidation of Russian citizens and media; (4) regret and dismay at the detention and continued prosecution of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty journalist Andrei Babitsky; and (5) concern over the breaches of Russian legal procedure in the raid by the Russian Federal Security Service on Media-Most and the arrest of Vladimir Gusinsky. Calls on the President to express to the Russian President his concern for freedom of speech and the independent media in the Russian Federation and to emphasize the U.S. concern that official pressures against such independent media and political manipulation of the state-owned Russian media are incompatible with democratic norms.
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Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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