HRES 398 97th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Emigration International Affairs U.S.S.R.

A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that Alexsei Murzhenko and Yuri Fiodorov should be released from prison and allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union.

Introduced: March 17, 1982 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (House)

Sep 30, 1982

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 30, 1982

Resolution Agreed to in House by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 30, 1982

Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 30, 1982

Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 21, 1982

Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East Discharged.

Sep 21, 1982

Ordered to be Reported.

Sep 21, 1982

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Sep 15, 1982

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Sep 15, 1982

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

May 14, 1982

Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.

Mar 31, 1982

Executive Comment Requested from State.

Mar 24, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

Mar 24, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

Mar 17, 1982

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mar 17, 1982

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the concern of the House of Representatives over the well-being of Yuri Fiodorov and Alexsei Murzhenko. Calls upon the Soviet Union to release them and to permit them to emigrate.

What's happening now September 30, 1982

Resolution Agreed to in House by Unanimous Consent.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee

Cosponsors 3

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Apr 29, 1982

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Apr 29, 1982

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Apr 29, 1982

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 398: A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that Alexsei Murzhenko and Yuri Fiodorov should be released from prison and allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-398/

MLA

"H. Res. 398: A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that Alexsei Murzhenko and Yuri Fiodorov should be released from prison and allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-398/.

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H. Res. 398, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-398/.

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