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HRES 439 99th Congress House International Affairs Foreign correspondents Health International cooperation Nuclear energy Nuclear power plant accidents Nuclear power plants Public safety Radiation Radiation safety U.S.S.R.

A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl.

Introduced: April 29, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 9, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
May 9, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
May 9, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
May 1, 1986
See H.Res.440.
Apr 29, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 29, 1986
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the Soviet Union's failure to provide notification and information about the nuclear accident at Chernobyl; and (2) calls upon the Soviet Union to permit outside nuclear experts to assist with the accident and to allow the international press corps to cover the situation.

What's happening now May 9, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 1, 1986
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 29, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 439: A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-439/
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"H. Res. 439: A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-439/.
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H. Res. 439, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-439/.
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