HCONRES 269
99th Congress
House
International Affairs
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Dissenters
Right to travel
Treaties
U.S.S.R.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that while the Soviet authorities are to be commended for allowing Elena Bonner to visit the United States for medical treatment, the Soviet Union is obligated under several international agreements to extend the rights of freedom of expression, of movement, of association, and of communication, to her and to her husband, Andrei Sakharov.
Introduced: January 21, 1986
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 29, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Jan 29, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 21, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 21, 1986
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union has taken a step in allowing Elena Bonner to travel to the United States for medical purposes, and should follow up by restoring to her and Andrei Sakharov their right to travel and freedom of expression.
Urges the President to protest the repeated violations of the Sakharovs' rights by the Soviet authorities and to call upon other signatory nations of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to join in such protests.
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Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
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