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 suppression of their Pentecostal faith by the Government of the Soviet Union.
Introduced: March 22, 1982
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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