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HJRES 489 97th Congress House Arts, Culture, Religion Cultural relations Educational exchanges International Affairs Peace U.S.S.R.

A joint resolution requesting the President to negotiate the creation of a U.S.--Soviet "Exchange for Peace" program.

Introduced: May 19, 1982 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
May 26, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
May 26, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.
May 19, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 19, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin negotiating to create an exchange for peace program to provide an ongoing country-to-country exchange of individuals aged 15 through 19.

What's happening now May 26, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jul 28, 1982
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 1982
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 489: A joint resolution requesting the President to negotiate the creation of a U.S.--Soviet "Exchange for Peace" program.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-489/
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"H.J. Res. 489: A joint resolution requesting the President to negotiate the creation of a U.S.--Soviet "Exchange for Peace" program.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-489/.
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H.J. Res. 489, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-489/.
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[H.J. Res. 489: A joint resolution requesting the President to negotiate the creation of a U.S.--Soviet "Exchange for Peace" program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HJRES-489/)
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