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HCONRES 100 97th Congress House International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Emigration Religion and Clergy Religion in communist countries Religious liberty Right of asylum Right to travel U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Russian families who have sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of the suppression of their Pentecostal faith by the Government of the Soviet Union.

Introduced: March 25, 1981 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 1982
Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to in lieu of S.CON.RES. 76 without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 25, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to in lieu of S.CON.RES. 76 without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 23, 1982
Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 23, 1982
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 23, 1982
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Mar 23, 1982
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
Mar 16, 1982
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Mar 16, 1982
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 10, 1982
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Feb 10, 1982
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 8, 1981
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Jul 2, 1981
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Apr 20, 1981
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Apr 3, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Apr 3, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mar 25, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 25, 1981
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express to the Soviet Union the United States' deep concern about the Soviet Union's depriving the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families of religious freedom and refusing them permission to emigrate; (2) ensure that such families may reside in the U.S. embassy in Moscow until the Soviet Union authorizes their emigration; and (3) ensure provision of assistance for such families during their residence in the embassy.

What's happening now March 25, 1982

Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to in lieu of S.CON.RES. 76 without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

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