HRES 41
99th Congress
House
International Affairs
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emigration
Jews
Treaties
U.S.S.R.
A resolution calling upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to permit the emigration of Yuli Kosharovsky and his immediate family to Israel, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 31, 1985
Introduced by:
Smith, Christopher H.
Republican
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 31, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 31, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should express opposition to the Soviet Union's refusal to permit Yuli Kosharovsky and his family to emigrate to Israel; (2) the Soviet Union should comply with the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other specified human rights agreements by permitting them to emigrate; and (3) the Soviet Union should cease persecuting individuals seeking to emigrate and denying human rights to Soviet Jews.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.