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A resolution remembering the 1- year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route…

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A resolution remembering the 1- year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route to memorialize those Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by the Soviet Union in 1940.

Introduced: April 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Apr 13, 2011
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2457-2458)
Apr 13, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2457-2458)
Apr 13, 2011
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2457-2458)
Apr 13, 2011
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2457-2458)
Apr 7, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2281)
Apr 7, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Remembers the tragedy that took place on April 10, 2010, when an aircraft carrying a delegation of current and former Polish officials, family members, and others crashed en route from Warsaw to Smolensk to memorialize the 1940 Katyn massacres, killing all 96 passengers.

Honors the memories of all Poles executed by the Soviet secret police (NKVD) at Katyn, Miednoye, Khakriv, and elsewhere and those who perished in the April 2010 crash.

Expresses sympathy for the family members of those who perished in the crash.

Recognizes the resilience of Poland's constitution as demonstrated by the stable transfer of constitutional authority that occurred after the crash.

What's happening now April 13, 2011

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2457-2458)

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 8, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 135: A resolution remembering the 1- year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route to memorialize those Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by the Soviet Union in 1940.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-135/
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"S. Res. 135: A resolution remembering the 1- year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route to memorialize those Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by the Soviet Union in 1940.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-135/.
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S. Res. 135, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-135/.
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[S. Res. 135: A resolution remembering the 1- year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route to memorialize those Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by the Soviet Union in 1940.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SRES-135/)
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