Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February 1982 meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express, to the Soviet Union, U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to restrictions on emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Discharged by Suspension of Rules.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 387 - 0 (Record Vote No: 11).
Roll Call #11 (House)Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 387 - 0 (Record Vote No: 11).
Roll Call #11 (House)Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 97-157.
Became Public Law No: 97-157.
Enacted as Public Law 97-157
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