HJRES 373
97th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conferences
Emigration
International Affairs
Jews
Religious liberty
U.S.S.R.
United Nations
A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the 38th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982.
Introduced: December 10, 1981
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20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 1982
Became Public Law No: 97-157.
Mar 22, 1982
Signed by President.
Mar 11, 1982
Presented to President.
Mar 11, 1982
Measure Signed in Senate.
Mar 4, 1982
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 4, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Mar 2, 1982
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 387 - 0 (Record Vote No: 11).
Mar 2, 1982
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 387 - 0 (Record Vote No: 11).
Mar 2, 1982
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Mar 2, 1982
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
Feb 25, 1982
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Feb 25, 1982
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 23, 1982
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Feb 3, 1982
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Feb 3, 1982
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 25, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Dec 17, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Dec 17, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Dec 10, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 10, 1981
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express, to the Soviet Union, U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to restrictions on emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.
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Became Public Law No: 97-157.