Commission on Pay Equity
1984-09-12: Committee Hearings Held.
A concurrent resolution to encourage the people of Paraguay in their efforts to reclaim and exercise their basic human rights.
1984-03-15: Referred to Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to ratification of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
1983-02-10: Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
A concurrent resolution expressing support for the initiatives of the Contadora Group.
1984-06-29: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
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 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 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.
A concurrent resolution on behalf of the independent Soviet peace movement.
1983-12-09: Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning the Soviet Union's systematic nondelivery of international mail addressed to certain persons residing within the Soviet Union, and that the United States delegation to the Congress of the Universal Postal Union seek the compliance of the Government of the Soviet Union with the treaties governing international mail to which it is a party.
1984-06-28: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the common security of all nations is threatened by the escalating arms race and that the danger of nuclear war requires renewed and persistent efforts to negotiate a comprehensive treaty for staged disarmament to be verified by an international security and disarmament authority and accompanied by strengthened international peacekeeping and dispute resolution institutions.
1983-11-15: Executive Comment Requested from State, Arms Control & Disarm Agcy.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should allow pianist Vladimir Feltsman freedom to travel with his family, to the United States to perform.
1983-11-18: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Commission on Civil Rights Resolution
1983-11-10: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A concurrent resolution authorizing the Rotunda of the United States Capitol to be used on April 30, 1984, for a ceremony commemorating the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
1984-02-23: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
A concurrent resolution calling for an impartial international tribunal to investigate the Aquino assassination and calling for democracy in the Philippines.
1983-10-06: Executive Comment Requested from State.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that it is not appropriate at this time to transfer ownership or management of any civil meteorological satellite system and associated ground system equipment to the private sector.
1984-08-06: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
A concurrent resolution expressing the grave concern of the Congress regarding the plight of Ethiopian Jews.
1984-09-17: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the persecution of members of the Baha'i religion in Iran by the Government of Iran.
1984-06-15: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that nuclear reactor components should not be exported from the United States for India's Tarapur nuclear power station unless the Government of India provides stronger nonproliferation guarantees.
1983-08-18: Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should observe the month of May 1983 as Older Americans Month.
1983-05-12: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Namibia and efforts by the United States to achieve that country's independence from South Africa's illegal occupation.
1983-04-29: Referred to Subcommittee on Africa.