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S 312 97th Congress Senate Private Legislation Immigration

A bill for the relief of Maria and Timofei Chmykhalov, and for Lilia, Peter, Liubov, Lidia and Augustina Vashchenko.

Introduced: January 29, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 1982
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Jul 13, 1982
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 13, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 6, 1982
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 703.
Jul 6, 1982
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond under the authority of the order of Jul 1, 82 without amendment. Without written report.
Jul 6, 1982
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
May 10, 1982
Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.
Nov 19, 1981
Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Hearings held.
Feb 5, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.
Jan 29, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 29, 1981
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that seven members of named families have resided since a certain date in the United States Embassy in Moscow and have been living there in accordance with United States laws.

Authorizes the granting of a visa and admission to the United States for permanent residence to each individual.

Provides that each individual shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of a specified date, and to have been physically present and residing therein continuously since such date.

What's happening now July 15, 1982

Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 25, 1981
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 312: A bill for the relief of Maria and Timofei Chmykhalov, and for Lilia, Peter, Liubov, Lidia and Augustina Vashchenko.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-312/
MLA
"S. 312: A bill for the relief of Maria and Timofei Chmykhalov, and for Lilia, Peter, Liubov, Lidia and Augustina Vashchenko.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-312/.
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S. 312, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-312/.
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