A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award Benjamin Elijah Mays the Presidential Medal of Freedom in honor of his distinguished career as an educator, civil rights leader, and theologian.
1983-10-06: Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the need to maintain guidelines which ensure equal rights with regard to education opportunity.
1983-11-16: Resolution Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 414 - 8 (Record Vote No: 513).
A resolution to establish the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.
1983-02-02: Resolution Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 312 - 69 (Record Vote No: 6).
A concurrent resolution reaffirming the United States commitment to international population and family planning assistance, as authorized by section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
1984-08-06: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of congress concerning the use and supplying of chemical and biological weapons.
1984-04-12: Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the need to achieve full democracy on Taiwan.
1984-09-18: Favorable Executive Comment Received From State.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the portion of the street in the District of Columbia on which is located the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the portion of any street in any other city in the United States on which is located a consular office or mission of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, should be named "Andrei Sakharov Avenue".
1984-06-15: Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning "Solidarity Sunday".
1983-05-18: Resolution Agreed to in House by Unanimous Consent.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should provide the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act with specific information as to the whereabouts, health, and legal status of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner.
1984-07-24: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-0. Record Vote No: 190.
A concurrent resolution urging the Soviet Union to return to the START and INF negotiations, calling discussions on eliminating the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles, and proposing as an interim measure a mutual and verifiable moratorium on further deployment of those missiles.
1984-05-11: Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Commission on Pay Equity
1984-09-12: Committee Hearings Held.
A concurrent resolution condemning Iraq for its use of chemical weapons and Iran for its human rights violations.
1984-04-20: Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House in support of a Call for Jobs with Peace.
1983-02-14: Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the United States delegation to the United Nations to request the Secretary General to seek the cooperation of the Government of Vietnam with the Governments of the United States, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, Canada, and the Philippines in ascertaining the fate or whereabouts of the 81 crewmen of the sunken United States registered vessel GLOMAR Java Sea.
1984-06-20: Executive Comment Received From State.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should allow Igor Ogurtsov to be released from internal exile and allowed to emigrate to the West without renouncing his views.
1984-03-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
A concurrent resolution declaring the support of the United States for the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free of foreign domination.
1984-10-04: For Further Action See S.Con.Res.74.
A concurrent resolution deploring the assassination of Benigno Aquino, calling for the conduct of a thorough, independent, and impartial investigation of that assassination, and calling for free and fair elections in the Philippines.
1983-10-26: Received in the Senate and held at the desk by unanimous consent. Pending further disposition.
A concurrent resolution deploring the assassination of Benigno Aquino, calling for the conduct of a thorough, independent, and impartial investigation of that assassination, and calling for free and fair elections in the Philippines.
1983-10-20: For Further Action See H.Con.Res.187.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Reagan Administration and succeeding Administrations stress to the People's Republic of China, as a continuing concern, the importance the American people attach to religious freedom, and to strongly urge that government to release from prison the five elderly Roman Catholic priests, a number of Protestant pastors and layworkers, and others of various faiths, reportedly being held on charges related to religious activities.
1984-05-17: Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the United States delegation to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the General Assembly calling for the immediate withdrawal of all Syrian and Syrian controlled forces from Lebanon.
1984-06-13: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.