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HCONRES 74 99th Congress House International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Forced labor Foreign Trade and Investments Import restrictions Imports U.S.S.R.

A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to express to the Soviet Union the strong moral opposition of the United States to the forced labor policies of the Soviet Union by every means…

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A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to express to the Soviet Union the strong moral opposition of the United States to the forced labor policies of the Soviet Union by every means possible, including refusing to permit the importation into the United States of any products made in whole or in part by such labor.

Introduced: March 4, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 15, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Mar 15, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Mar 15, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mar 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 4, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 4, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 4, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should express to the Soviet Union the U.S. opposition to the Soviet Union's slave labor policies by all possible means, including refusing to permit imports of products made by such labor. Requests the President to end the delay in enforcing the restriction against importing goods produced by forced labor.

What's happening now March 15, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 19, 1986
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 4, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 74: A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to express to the Soviet Union the strong moral opposition of the United States to the forced labor policies of the Soviet Union by every means possible, including refusing to permit the importation into the United States of any products made in whole or in part by such labor.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-74/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 74: A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to express to the Soviet Union the strong moral opposition of the United States to the forced labor policies of the Soviet Union by every means possible, including refusing to permit the importation into the United States of any products made in whole or in part by such labor.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-74/.
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H. Con. Res. 74, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-74/.
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[H. Con. Res. 74: A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to express to the Soviet Union the strong moral opposition of the United States to the forced labor policies of the Soviet Union by every means possible, including refusing to permit the importation into the United States of any products made in whole or in part by such labor.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-74/)
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