SCONRES 76 97th Congress Senate International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Emigration Religion and Clergy Religion in communist countries Religious liberty Right of asylum Right to travel U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Russian families who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Russian families who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the suppression of their Pentecostal faith by the Government of the Soviet Union.

Introduced: March 22, 1982 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

Mar 25, 1982

Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Mar 25, 1982

Senate agreed to companion measure H.CON.RES. 100 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.

Mar 23, 1982

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 464.

Mar 23, 1982

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Percy without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

Mar 23, 1982

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Mar 22, 1982

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mar 22, 1982

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express to the Soviet Union the United States' deep concern about the Soviet Union's depriving the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families of religious freedom and refusing them permission to emigrate; (2) ensure that such families may reside in the U.S. embassy in Moscow until the Soviet Union authorizes their emigration; and (3) ensure provision of assistance for such families during their residence in the embassy.

What's happening now March 25, 1982

Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Related & companion bills 1

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 1

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · Mar 22, 1982

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Con. Res. 76: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Russian families who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the suppression of their Pentecostal faith by the Government of the Soviet Union.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SCONRES-76/

MLA

"S. Con. Res. 76: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Russian families who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the suppression of their Pentecostal faith by the Government of the Soviet Union.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SCONRES-76/.

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S. Con. Res. 76, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SCONRES-76/.

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[S. Con. Res. 76: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the situation of two Russian families who have sought refuge in the United States Embassy in Moscow because of the suppression of their Pentecostal faith by the Government of the Soviet Union.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SCONRES-76/)