SRES 90
98th Congress
Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Soviet Government should immediately release Anatoly Shcharansky and allow him to emigrate.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
EmigrationInternational AffairsPolitical prisonersU.S.S.R.
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Agreed to (Senate)
May 12, 1983
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.
May 12, 1983
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.
May 10, 1983
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 135.
May 10, 1983
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Percy without amendment and an amended preamble. Without written report.
May 10, 1983
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 15, 1983
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 15, 1983
Introduced in Senate
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Anatoly Shcharansky should be released from prison in the Soviet Union and permitted to emigrate to Israel.
Urges the President and the Secretary of State to express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky.
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Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 90: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Soviet Government should immediately release Anatoly Shcharansky and allow him to emigrate.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-SRES-90/
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