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 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
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Cosponsors
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