SRES 454 99th Congress Senate International Affairs Catholic Church Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Conferences Eastern Europe Religion and Clergy Religion in communist countries Religious liberty Romania U.S.S.R.

A resolution urging the full restoration in Eastern Europe of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Church and of freedom of religion for the people of all Captive Nations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 1986 See on congress.gov

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Agreed to (Senate)

Oct 1, 1986

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Oct 1, 1986

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Sep 30, 1986

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1023.

Sep 30, 1986

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Lugar without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

Sep 30, 1986

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Jul 25, 1986

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Jul 25, 1986

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Senate: (1) recognizes the right of the people of Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and other Soviet-bloc Eastern European countries to have religious freedom; and (2) deplores the refusal by the Soviet Union and Romania to recognize the Byzantine Rite Catholic Church and the refusal by those countries to restore Church property.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to press the restoration of the Church and freedom of all religions.

What's happening now October 1, 1986

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 1

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · Oct 3, 1986

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 454: A resolution urging the full restoration in Eastern Europe of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Church and of freedom of religion for the people of all Captive Nations, and for other purposes.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-454/

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"S. Res. 454: A resolution urging the full restoration in Eastern Europe of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Church and of freedom of religion for the people of all Captive Nations, and for other purposes.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-454/.

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S. Res. 454, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-454/.

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