A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear facility in Soviet Ukraine.

(Measure passed House, amended)

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) conveys American sympathy to the Ukrainian people over the Chernobyl accident; (2) calls upon the Ukraine and the Soviet Union to allow relatives of the victims to receive word about the fate of family members; (3) supports the U.S. offer for technical and medical assistance to the Ukraine authorities; (4) expresses its support for European nations that have been affected by nuclear radiation from the accident; (5) calls upon the Ukraine and the Soviet Union to facilitate the furnishing of technical and humanitarian assistance through appropriate international organizations; (6) deplores the Soviet Union's failure to notify and provide information to the world about the Chernobyl accident and calls upon the Ukraine and the Soviet Union to permit the international press to cover the accident; (7) calls upon the Soviet Union to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct an investigation of the cause of such accident and to share the results with other nations; (8) calls upon the President to take steps to establish at the Agency a mechanism for an automatic response to any nuclear accident that threatens the health and safety of the public; and (9) calls upon the Ukraine and the Soviet Union to allow the American people to provide assistance to the victims and their families by facilitating the prompt delivery of humanitarian packages.