HCONRES 169 · 100th Congress · International Affairs
A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Soviet prisoners of war in Afghanistan.
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.(1987-08-11)
Plain Language Summary
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Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to establish a systematic method for encouraging, screening, and processing Soviet defectors and prisoners of war in Afghanistan; (2) Soviet defectors and prisoners of war who request political asylum should be granted such asylum and transported to the United States; (3) the President should seek to establish a framework under which Soviet defectors would be helped in adapting to American life; and (4) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to broadcast into the Soviet Union and Afghanistan information concerning the Soviet Union's actions in Afghanistan and the provisions of this Act.…
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Cosponsors (20)
9 Democrats11 Republicans