HJRES 80 · 102th Congress · International Affairs
To revoke recently-extended U.S. taxpayer subsidies to the Soviet Union as a consequence of its attacks on freedom of the press and democracy in the Baltic republics in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.(1991-02-07)
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Imposes upon the Soviet Union the trade and assistance restrictions described in this resolution unless and until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has: (1) ceased all interference with freedom of the press in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; (2) ceased the threat and use of force against the people of such states; (3) ceased its military occupation of all buildings and facilities in such states seized during the crackdown that commenced in March 1990; and (4) entered into meaningful negotiations with the democratically elected leaders of such states for the purposes of establishing the formal recognition of their independence. Specifies as such restrictions: (1) prohibiting the Export-Import Bank and the Commodity Credit Corporation from issuing or paying any insurance or credit guarantee with respect to financing exports to the Soviet Union; (2) making ineffective the U.S.-Soviet trade agreement concluded on June 1, 1990; (3) denying authority to the Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. executive director of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to support any grant of special association status;…
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Cosponsors (20)
6 Democrats14 Republicans