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HCONRES 251 97th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Emigration International Affairs Religion and Clergy Religion in communist countries Religious liberty U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Soviet families, known as the Siberian Seven, who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Soviet families, known as the Siberian Seven, who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the discrimination of their Pentacostal faith by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Introduced: January 27, 1982 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Feb 4, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Feb 4, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Feb 4, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Jan 27, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 27, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) advise the Soviet Union of U.S. concern over the deprivation by the Soviet government of the religious freedom of the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families and the refusal of such government to permit the emigration of such families; and (2) ensure that those families will be permitted to stay in the U.S. embassy in Moscow until the Soviet Union authorizes their emigration.

What's happening now February 4, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 9, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 251: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Soviet families, known as the Siberian Seven, who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the discrimination of their Pentacostal faith by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-251/
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"H. Con. Res. 251: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Soviet families, known as the Siberian Seven, who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the discrimination of their Pentacostal faith by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-251/.
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H. Con. Res. 251, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-251/.
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[H. Con. Res. 251: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Soviet families, known as the Siberian Seven, who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the discrimination of their Pentacostal faith by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HCONRES-251/)
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