legislation: 96-hconres-265
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| 96-hconres-265 | 96 | hconres | 265 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, and urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1980-01-29 | 1980-01-29 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | F000078 | 4 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile immediately. Urges the President and other Federal officials to: (1) protest Sakharov's exile and the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union; (2) call upon other nations to join in such protests and impose sanctions against the Soviet Union; and (3) inform Helsinki signatory governments that the U.S. delegation intends to raise these violations at the 1980 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe review meeting. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z |