S.Con.Res. 118 — A concurrent resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the execution of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in April and May 1940. | PoliFocus

S.Con.Res. 118106th Congress

A concurrent resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the execution of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in April and May 1940.

Subjects

Commemorations

Summary

Declares that Congress: (1) remembers and honors those Polish officers, government officials, and civilians who were murdered in April and May 1940 by the NKVD; (2) recognizes all those scholars, researchers, and writers from Poland, Russia, the United States, and elsewhere and, particularly, those who worked under Soviet and communist domination and who had the courage to tell the truth about the crimes committed at Katyn, Miednoye, and Kharkiv; and (3) urges all people to remember and honor these and other victims of communism so that such crimes will never be repeated.

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Legislative Actions

2000-05-25
Introduced in Senate
2000-05-25
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2000-06-07
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2000-06-12
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
2000-06-12
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
2000-06-12
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
2000-06-23
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5756; text as passed Senate: CR S5756)
2000-06-23
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5756; text as passed Senate: CR S5756)
2000-06-26
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2000-06-26
Received in the House.
2000-06-26
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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