Expresses the sense of the Congress that in light of the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other specified human rights agreements, the Soviet Union should: (1) provide the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act with information on the whereabouts, health, and legal status of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner; (2) void all charges against Yelena Bonner and issue her an exit visa in order to obtain medical care outside of the Soviet Union; and (3) allow them to live in the country of their choice.
Urges the President to: (1) protest the Soviet Government's continued refusal to provide such information and to issue Yelena Bonner an exits visa; and (2) call upon all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Final Act to join in such protests.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 399 - 0 (Record Vote No: 296).
Roll Call #296 (House)Resolution Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 399 - 0 (Record Vote No: 296).
Roll Call #296 (House)Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Motion by Senator Baker to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to entered in Senate.
Motion by Senator Baker to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-0. Record Vote No: 190.
Roll Call #190 (Senate)Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-0. Record Vote No: 190.
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