HCONRES 229 98th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Arts, Culture, Religion Communications and Broadcasting International Affairs Motion pictures Nuclear weapons Television Television broadcasting U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should air to the Soviet public the ABC television movie "The Day After".

Introduced: November 17, 1983 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

Dec 9, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

Dec 9, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.

Nov 17, 1983

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Nov 17, 1983

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the American Broadcasting Company, the Department of State, and the U.S. Information Agency should work to have the television movie "The Day After" aired to the Soviet public.

What's happening now December 9, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
International Operations Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee

Cosponsors 5

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Feb 9, 1984

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Jan 25, 1984

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Jan 25, 1984

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Jan 24, 1984

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Nov 17, 1983

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 229: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should air to the Soviet public the ABC television movie "The Day After".. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-229/

MLA

"H. Con. Res. 229: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should air to the Soviet public the ABC television movie "The Day After".." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-229/.

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H. Con. Res. 229, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-229/.

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