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HRES 180 99th Congress House International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Boundaries Claims East Germany Government liability Government liability (International law) Homicide Military missions Names U.S.S.R.

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should rename the control point known as Checkpoint Charlie between the American and Soviet zones of Berlin in honor of United States Army Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., who lost his life at Soviet hands while carrying out his duties in the German Democratic Republic.

Introduced: May 23, 1985 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 2, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from State.
May 31, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
May 23, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 23, 1985
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deplores and condemns the murder of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., and calls on the Soviet Union to apologize for his murder and to indemnify his family. Calls on the President to rename Checkpoint Charlie in honor of Major Nicholson.

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Executive Comment Requested from State.

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