Legislative history Feb. 5, 1979-Referred jointly to Subcommittees on Asian and Pacific Apr. 10, 1979-Considered by Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs May 10, 1979-Considered in open markup session by full committee, 2. Law of the Sea Conference-H. Con. Res. 53 (by Mr. Breaux, for himself, and Representatives Murphy of New York, McCloskey, Forsythe, and Pritchard) House Concurrent Resolution 53 expressed the endorsement of the Congress for the efforts of the United States delegation of the Third United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea to establish a regime which would protect the right to carry out and encourage the conduct of marine scientific research, both within and beyond 200 miles of the coast of any country. A future regime for the conduct of marine and scientific research would insure the greatest possible access to marine areas; create uniformly applied rules and procedures to protect legitimate coastal interests; insure unrestricted international dissemination of research results for the benefit of mankind; and provide an objective mechanism to resolve international disputes which may occur in the conduct of research. The concurrent resolution was considered by the full committee on July 12, 1979 and ordered favorably reported by voice vote. The committee was discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent on July 16, 1979 and that same day the measure passed the House by voice vote. On July 17, 1979, House Concurrent Resolution 53 was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Legislative history Mar. 1, 1979-Referred to Subcommittee on International Organizations. Apr. 6, 1979-Report received. July 12, 1979-Considered in open markup session by full committee, and ordered favorably reported by voice vote. July 16, 1979-Committee discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent. July 16, 1979-Passed House by voice vote. July 17, 1979-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 3. Urging the Government of Syria, on humanitarian grounds, to permit Syrian Jews to emigrate-H. Con. Res. 91 (by Mr. Solarz) House Concurrent Resolution 91 expressed the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should call upon the Government of Syria, on humanitarian grounds, to permit free emigration for the members of the Syrian Jewish community, for purposes including family reunification. The concurrent resolution was considered and approved for full committee action by unanimous voice vote by the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East on June 25, 1979. The full committee ordered the measure favorably reported by voice vote on September 6, 1979. House Concurrent Resolution 91 passed the House by voice vote on September 17, 1979 under suspension of the rules and the following day was referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. On September 24, 1979, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ordered the measure favorably reported, and the measure passed the Senate on October 10, by voice vote. Legislative history Apr. 2, 1979-H. Con. Res. 91 referred jointly to Subcommittees on Apr. 26, 1979-Report requested from Department of State. June 25, 1979-Considered in open markup session by Subcommittee Sept. 6, 1979 Considered in open markup session by full committee Sept. 17 1979-Passed House by voice vote under suspension of rules. 4. Commercial Killing of Whales-H. Con. Res. 143 (by Mr. Bonker, for himself, and Representatives Richmond, Dornan, Beilenson, Fazio, Jacobs, Rodino, Mitchell of Maryland, Pepper, Bailey, Murphy of Pennsylvania, Bingham, Moakley, Drinan, Edwards of California, Corman, Lehman, Studds, Whitehurst, Ottinger, Seiberling, Forsythe, Sabo, Gephardt, Mineta, Pickle, Kogovsek, Hughes, Frenzel, Vento, Burgener, Gray, Horton, Wolpe, Stack, Long of Maryland, Weiss, Solarz, Lowry, McCloskey, Robert W. Daniel, Jr., Roe, Stokes, Coughlin, Maguire, Erdahl, Cheney, Fithian, Stark, Guarini, Fish, Emery, Gudger, Edgar, D'Amours, Wirth, and Barnes) The purpose of House Concurrent Resolution 143 was to call upon the President to urge the International Whaling Commission to adopt an indefinite moratorium on the commercial killing of whales. The resolution additionally urged the countries of Japan, Norway, the Soviet Union, Brazil, Denmark, Iceland, Chile, the Peoples' Republic of China, Peru, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Spain, and Taiwan to immediately recognize and comply voluntarily with such a moratorium, as endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme. Legislative history June 14, 1979-Draft resolution, incorporating elements of H. Con. Res. 87 and 92, considered in open markup session by Subcommittee on International Organizations and approved for full committee action prior to introduction. June 15, 1979 Text considered in open markup session by full com- June 25, 1979-Passed House by voice vote under suspension of rules. 5. Welcoming the First Directly Elected Parliament of the European Community-H. Con. Res. 159 (by Mr. Pease, for himself, and Representatives Zablocki, Gibbons, Winn, Rosenthal, Fithian, Gray, J. William Stanton, Gilman, Frenzel, and Madigan) House Concurrent Resolution 159 expressed the welcome of the Congress to the first directly elected Parliament of the European Community. The concurrent resolution also pledged the continuing support of the Congress for continued close relations with Parliamentarians from the European Community, and reaffirmed the readiness of the United States to continue the semi-annual discussions with the European Parliament on issues of common concern. The committee ordered House Concurrent Resolution 159 favorably reported by voice vote on July 12, 1979, and was discharged from further consideration on July 16, 1979 by unanimous consent. On that same day, the resolution passed the House by voice vote. House Concurrent Resolution 159 was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 17. On the 18th of July, the Senate committee was discharged from further consideration and the resolution passed the Senate by voice vote in lieu of a similar Senate-passed resolution. Legislative history July 12, 1979-Considered in open markup session by full committee, and ordered favorably reported by voice vote. July 16, 1979-Committee discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent. July 16, 1979-Passed House by voice vote. July 17, 1979-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 6. Soviet Union Non-Delivery of Mail-H. Con. Res. 167 (Mr. Gilman, for himself, and Representatives Hanley, Derwinski, Harris, Ambro, Archer, AuCoin, Barnes, Brodhead, Corcoran, Drinan, Evans of the Virgin Islands, Forsythe, Green, Kogovsek, Lagomarsino, Leach of Iowa, Lent, Oakar, Ottinger, Rousselot, Spellman, Taylor, Whitehurst, Wolff, Dornan, Glickman, Holtzman, Mineta, Moakley, Rangel, Horton, Buchanan, Yates, Rudd, Marks, Levitas, Charles Wilson of Texas, Bauman, Guyer, Stratton, and Daniel B. Crane) The purpose of House Concurrent Resolution 167 was to express the sense of the Congress that the President, through the offices of the Department of State, should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people over the nondelivery within the Soviet Union of postal items mailed from the United States. The concurrent resolution also expressed the disapproval of the American people concerning violations by the Soviet Union of the Acts of the Universal Postal Union and violations of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Additionally. House Concurrent Resolution 167 stated that at the Congress of the Universal Postal Union held in Brazil during 1979, the United States delegation should ask other member countries to support the adoption of technical amendments to the Universal Postal Convention and to take other appropriate measures that would encourage improved postal performance by the Soviet Union. House Concurrent Resolution 167 was referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Post Office and Civil Service on August 2, 1979. The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service ordered the resolution favorably reported on September 12, 1979 and filed a report on September 20, 1979. On September 18, 1979, the Committee on Foreign Affairs ordered the concurrent resolution favorably reported by voice vote. General debate occurred on the House floor on September 24, 1979, and on September 25, 1979 the measure passed the House by a vote of 401 yeas to 0 nays under suspension of the rules. On the following day, House Concurrent Resolution 167 was referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The measure passed the Senate by voice vote on October 10, 1979. Legislative history Aug. 2, 1979-H. Con. Res. 167 referred jointly to Subcommittees on Europe and the Middle East, on International Organizations, and on International Operations. Aug. 2, 1979-By unanimous consent, re-referred jointly to Committees on Foreign Affairs and Post Office and Civil Service. Sept. 11, 1979-Reports requested from Department of State and Post- Sept. 12, 1979 Considered in open markup session by Committee on Post Sept. 18, 1979 Considered in open markup session by full committee, Sept. 20, 1979-Report by Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Sept. 24, 1979 General debate in House. Sept. 25, 1979-Passed House by a vote of 401 yeas to 0 nays under sus- Sept. 26, 1979-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Oct. 10, 1979-Reported by Senate Committee without written report. 7. Expressing the Sense of the Congress with Respect to the Baltic States-H. Con. Res. 200 (by Mr. Derwinski, for himself, and Representatives Andrews of North Dakota, Annunzio, Ashbrook, Benjamin, Biaggi, Blanchard, Bonker, Brodhead, Carney, Carter, Cleveland, Cotter, Daniel B. Crane, Philip M. Crane, Donnelly, Dornan, Dougherty, Evans of Delaware, Fary, Fithian, Flood, Florio, Forsythe, Giaimo, Goldwater of California, Guyer, Hall of Ohio, Hanley, Hollenbeck, Holt, Howard, Hughes, Hyde, Jacobs, Kemp, Kogovsek, Lagomarsino, Lederer, Lee, Lent, Lloyd, McClory, McDonald, McHugh, Mitchell of New York, Moakley, Montgomery, Mottl, Murphy of Pennsylvania, Murphy of Illinois, Nowak, O'Brien, Ottinger, Patten, Pease, Pepper, Peyser, Pritchard, Quayle, Robinson, Roe, Rousselot, Russo, Sensenbrenner, Stangeland, Stokes, Stratton, Thompson, Vento, Waxman, Bob Wilson of California, Yatron, Young of Alaska, Leach of Iowa, Findley, Gray, Wolpe, and Marks) The principal purpose of House Concurrent Resolution 200 was to recently promulgated Soviet citizenship law. The resolution reiterates draw attention to Soviet occupation of the Baltic States and the the United States commitment to the principle of self-determination and seeks to have the Soviet Union implement principle VIII of the Helsinki Final Act and restore equal rights and self-determination to the Baltic peoples through free elections. In addition, the resolution calls upon the President to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations and seeks their cooperation in the realization of independence of the Baltic States. Further, with respect to the new Soviet citizenship law which went into effect on July 1, 1979, House Concurrent Resolution 200 requests that the President warn the Soviet Union against taking any action detrimental to the interests of the United States and its citizens. Several resolutions concerning Soviet domination of the Baltic States were referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. These resolutions were consolidated in House Concurrent Resolution 147. The Subcommittee on International Organizations met to consider this measure on October 18, 1979 and by voice vote unanimously agreed to the introduction of a clean bill, which was introduced on October 19 as House Concurrent Resolution 200. On October 24, 1979, the full committee by voice vote ordered the concurrent resolution favorably reported with certain technical amendments. On November 2, 1979, the measure was brought up for immediate consideration in the House by unanimous consent and objection was heard. House Concurrent Resolution 200 passed the House, as amended, on November 13, 1979 by a vote of 390 yeas to 0 nays under suspension of the rules, and November 14, 1979 was referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The Senate committee reported the concurrent resolution on December 13, 1979, with a preamble and subsequently, on December 20, 1979, House Concurrent Resolution 200 passed the Senate by voice vote. Legislative history July 3, 1979-H. Con. Res. 147-Referred jointly to Subcommittees on Europe and the Middle East, on International Organizations, and on International Operations. Sept. 7, 1979-Report requested from Department of State. June 26, 1979-Subject considered in open session by Subcommittee on Oct. 11, 1979-Report received. Oct. 18, 1979-Substitute language considered in open markup session Nov. 1, 1979-Reported with amendment. House Report 96-575. Nov. 13, 1979-Passed House, as amended, by a vote of 390 yeas to 0 Nov. 14, 1979-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Dec. 13, 1979-Reported by Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with a preamble, Senate Report 96-485. Dec. 20, 1979-Passed Senate by voice vote. |