HCONRES 227
99th Congress
House
International Affairs
Arms control
Arms control negotiations
Conferences
Nuclear weapons
Peace
Switzerland
U.S.S.R.
A concurrent resolution inviting citizens to light porchlights, candles, or other lights from dusk to dawn on November 19 and 20, 1985.
Introduced: November 5, 1985
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Nov 5, 1985
Introduced in House
Nov 5, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Plain-English summary
Declares that: (1) the people around the world desire a world free from the threat of war; (2) it is the hope of all citizens that the President and General Secretary Gorbachev will reach an arms control agreement which significantly cuts nuclear stockpiles and halts the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union; and (3) in order to express this hope, all citizens are invited to light candles from dusk to dawn on November 19 and 20, 1985, while the President and Gorbachev meet in summit.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Committees of jurisdiction
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