HCONRES 320 · 105th Congress · International Affairs

Supporting the Baltic people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and condemning the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression of August 23, 1939.

Introduced 1998-08-05· Sponsored by Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(1998-10-12)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1998-10-10
Roll #518
Yea 417Nay 0
Democrats
200 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
216 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 1998-10-10
Roll #518
Yea 417Nay 0
Democrats
200 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
216 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares that, in observance of the 59th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, the Congress: (1) reaffirms the U.S. policy of the non-recognition of the occupation by the Soviet Union of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia subsequent to the Pact, which for the 50 years after the signing of the Pact, was a commendable bipartisan policy that refused to legally recognize the Soviet occupation of such countries; (2) urges Russia to renounce the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression and its secret supplemental protocols as illegal; (3) welcomes and supports the signing of the United States-Baltic Charter by the United States, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia that reiterates the strong historical kinship between the peoples of these countries; and (4) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to work to ensure that Russia understands that the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression should be considered illegal and null and void.…

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Cosponsors (8)

4 Democrats4 Republicans