A resolution to urge the Soviet Union to release Georgi Vins and permit religious believers within its borders to worship God according to their own consciences.

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Georgi Vins should be released from imprisonment and that the Government of the Soviet Union should allow him and all other religious believers within its borders to worship God freely, as the Soviet Union is committed to do by the provisions of its constitution and by the provisions of the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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Timeline

1. 1 September 1976

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 September 1976

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on International Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 September 1976

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 September 1976

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Buchanan, John [R-AL-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Blanchard, James [D-MI-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. du Pont, Pierre S., IV [R-DE-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ketchum, William M. [R-CA-18] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Krebs, John H. [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mikva, Abner J. [D-IL-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Peyser, Peter A. [D-NY-23] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Preyer, Richardson [D-NC-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Quie, Albert H. [R-MN-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Shriver, Garner E. [R-KS-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Thone, Charles [R-NE-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wydler, John W. [R-NY-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsfa00 · Standing

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