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HRES 391 98th Congress House International Affairs Airlines Aviation Aviation safety Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Jews Prisoners Religious liberty South Korea U.S.S.R.

A resolution to demand that the Soviet Union release one Jewish prisoner of conscience for every person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 007.

Introduced: January 23, 1984 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 3, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Feb 3, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 23, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 23, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that the House of Representatives demands that one Jewish prisoner of conscience in the Soviet Union be released for every person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 7.

What's happening now February 3, 1984

Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 10, 1984
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 26, 1984
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 391: A resolution to demand that the Soviet Union release one Jewish prisoner of conscience for every person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 007.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-391/
MLA
"H. Res. 391: A resolution to demand that the Soviet Union release one Jewish prisoner of conscience for every person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 007.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-391/.
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H. Res. 391, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-391/.
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[H. Res. 391: A resolution to demand that the Soviet Union release one Jewish prisoner of conscience for every person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 007.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-391/)
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