ed ctor 1st - ехре erab on of 1 pis et for ould ion & se ward e Co pro exec ting the 980 es test e Sept. 18, 1980-Reported. House by voice vote. Sept. 18, 1980-H. Con. Res 432: Called up for immediate consideration in House (without committee referral) under unanimous consent, and agreed to by voice vote. Sept. 24, 1980-Failed in Senate by a vote of 46 yeas to 48 nays. (On 13. Relating to the Situation in Poland-H. Con. Res. 435 (by Mr. House Concurrent Resolution 435 stated that the Congress considered the peaceful resolution of the Polish workers' demands to be a contribution to international peace and stability; expressed the hope that the agreements would improve the condition of life and work in Poland; and encouraged the effective implementation of these agreements without outside interference. In August of 1980, House Concurrent Resolution 423 was introduced and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. This resoluConstion urged the Polish workers and government officials to settle their differences peacefully in accord with the principles of relevant inliah ternational human rights instruments. Before committee action on this resolution, the events in Poland overtook the sense of House Concurrent Resolution 423. ucle istard prors lutio diss in the it. and urre nars n ope mittee House Concurrent Resolution 435 took into account the new developments in Poland. This concurrent resolution was considered in open mark-up session by the full committee, amended by two clarifying amendments, and ordered favorably reported by unanimous voice vote on September 29, 1980. The House considered the concurrent resolution on September 30th, and on October 1, 1980 passed the measure by a vote of 403 yeas to 0 nays under suspension of the rules. That same day, House Concurrent Resolution 435 was referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Legislative history Sept. 29, 1980-Considered in open markup session by full committee, amended, and ordered favorably reported by unanimous voice vote. Sept. 30, 1980-Considered in House. Oct. 1, 1980-Passed House by a vote of 403 yeas to 0 nays under suspension of the rules. Oct. 1, 1980-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 14. To Honor Raoul Wallenberg-H. Con. Res. 434 (by Mr. Weiss, for himself, and Representatives Dodd, Holtzman, Bonker, Derwinski, Bedell, Bowen, Fithian, Hall of Ohio, Bingham, Wolff, Rosenthal, Pritchard, Gilman, Barnes, Wolpe, Gray, Oberstar, Waxman, Hanley, Weaver, Pepper, Hollenbeck, Maguire, AuCoin, Horton, Lehman, Drinan, Hughes, Fenwick, Dornan, Fish, Stack, Ottinger, Ratchford, Lent, Frost, Ertel, Edgar, Downey, Murphy of Pennsylvania, Blanchard, Wirth, Forsythe, Kemp, Mavroules, Porter, Dougherty, Fazio, Whitehurst, Corman, Beilenson, Edwards of California, Richmond, Biaggi, Stark, Rodino, Cleveland, Lungren, Peyser, Conyers, Atkinson, Cotter, Green, Murphy of New York, Phillip Burton, Kildee, Mikulski, Guarini, Scheuer, Ford of Tennessee, Matsui, Garcia, Gradison, Rangel, Anderson of California, Jacobs, Gramm, Solarz, Mazzoli, Marks, Evans of Delaware, Evans of the Virgin Islands, Thompson, and Addabbo) House Concurrent Resolution 434 honored Raoul Wallenberg for his outstanding work on behalf of those persecuted in Hungary during World War II, and expressed the sense of the Congress that the U.S. delegation to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe meeting in Madrid in November of 1980 urge that his case be considered during that meeting. Additionally, the concurrent resolution requested that the Department of State attempt to discern from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and if he is determined to be alive, to secure his return to his native country. House Concurrent Resolution 341, an earlier concurrent resolution, was referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East on May 29, 1980. On September 16, 1980, the subject of that concurrent resolution was considered in open session by the Subcommittee on International Organizations and it was agreed on the introduction of a clean resolution for full committee action. House Concurrent Resolution 434 was considered in open session by the full committee and ordered favorably reported by unanimous voice vote on September 24, 1980. On October 2nd, the committee was discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent; and the concurrent resolution passed the House by voice vote, and was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. House Concurrent Resolution 434 was passed by the Senate by voice vote on November 19, 1980 after the Senate committee was discharged from further consideration. Legislative history May 29, 1980-H. Con. Res. 341: Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. Sept. 16, 1980 Subject considered in open session by Subcommittee on International Organizations, agreed upon the introduction of a clean resolution for full committee action. Sept. 24, 1980-H. Con. Res. 434: Considered in open session by full committee and ordered favorably reported by unanimous voice vote. Oct. 2, 1980-Committee discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent. Oct. 2, 1980-Passed House by voice vote. Oct. 2, 1980-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Nov. 19, 1980-Senate Committee discharged from further consideration. Nov. 19, 1980-Passed Senate by voice vote. 15. Expressing Appreciation to the Government of Canada-H. Con. Res. 267 (by Mr. Howard, for himself, and Representatives Moakley, Addabbo, Akaka, Albosta, Andrews of North Dakota, Annunzio, Anthony, Archer, Ashbrook, Bailey, Barnes, Beilenson, Bereuter, Blanchard, Brademas, Broomfield, Bauman, Cavanaugh, Chappell, Chisholm, Clinger, Carr, Carter, Collins of Texas, Conable, Conte, Corrada, Coughlin, Courter, Philip M. Crane, D'Amours, Dannemeyer, Dan Daniel of Virginia, Davis of Michigan, Derrick, Derwinski, Dickinson, Diggs, Dodd, Donnelly, Dornan, Dougherty, Downey, Duncan of Oregon, Eckhardt, Edgar, Edwards of California, Emery, Erdahl, Evans of Georgia, Evans of Indiana, Fary, Fascell, Ferraro, Fish, Fisher, Fithian, Flood, Florio, Foley, Ford of Michigan, Ford of Tennessee, Forsythe, Fountain, Fowler, Frenzel, Frost, Garcia, Gibbons, Gilman, Gingrich, Ginn, Glickman, Goldwater of California, Goodling, Gore, Green, Grisham, Gudger, Hagedorn, Hance, Hanley, Harris, Heckler, Hefner, Hightower, Hinson, Hubbard, Hughes, Hyde, Jeffords, Jeffries, Jenrette, Johnson of California, Johnson of Colorado, Jones of North Carolina, Kazen, Kindness, Kogovsek, LaFalce, Lagomarsino, Leath of Texas, Leland, Lent, Lewis, Livingston, Lujan, Luken, McClory, McCloskey, McCormack, McDonald, McEwen, McHugh, McKinney, Madigan, Maguire, Markey, Martin, Mathis, Mavroules, Mica, Michel, Mineta, Mitchell of New York, Minish, Moore, Mottl, Murphy of Illinois, Murphy of New York, Murtha, Michael O. Myers of Pennsylvania, Natcher, Nedzi, Nichols, Nolan, Oberstar, O'Brien, Öttinger, Panetta, Pashayan, Patten, Patterson, Pease, Pepper, Peyser, Perkins, Pickle, Pritchard, Pursell, Quillen, Rahall, Railsback, Ratchford, Reuss, Rhodes, Richmond, Ritter, Roberts, Robinson, Rodino, Roe, Roth of Wisconsin, Rousselot, Roybal, Royer, St Germain, Sabo, Santini, Scheuer, Schroeder, Schulze, Sebelius, Sensenbrenner, Sharp, Shumway, Shuster, Simon, Slack, Snowe, Solarz, Solomon, Spellman, Spence, Stack, Stockman, Stokes, Swift, Symms, Synar, Udall, Ullman, Van Deerlin, Vander Jagt, Vento, Volkmer, Walgren, Walker, Wampler, Weaver, Whitehurst, Whittaker, Whitley, Williams of Ohio, Charles H. Wilson of California, Winn, Wirth, Wolff, Wolpe, Won Pat, Wright, Yatron, Young of Florida, Young of Alaska, Zablocki, and Zeferetti) The purpose of House Concurrent Resolution 267 was to express the appreciation of the American people to the Government of Canada and the Canadian people for their support and assistance in securing the safe return of American embassy personnel from Iran. In addition, the concurrent resolution expressed thanks to the Government of Canada for protecting, housing, and arranging the safe departure of six American embassy employees from Tehran. House Concurrent Resolution 267 was called up for immediate consideration on the House floor (without committee referral) under unanimous consent on January 30, 1980, and agreed to by a vote of 370 yeas to 0 nays. On January 31st, the measure was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Subsequently, on February 12, 1980, the House passed H.R. 6374, authorizing a special gold medal for Canadian Ambassador Kenneth Taylor. Incorporated in this bill, which became Public Law 96-201 on March 6, 1980, were the words of appreciation expressed in House Concurrent Resolution 267. Legislative history Jan. 30, 1980-Called up for immediate consideration by House (without Jan. 31, 1980-Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 16. Expressing the Support of the Congress and the American House Resolution 641 expressed the thanks and support of the Congress and the American people to Ambassador Diego Asencio who was being held hostage in Colombia. In addition, the resolution expressed hope for the immediate and safe release of Ambassador Asencio and the other hostages being held in Colombia. The committee was discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent on April 22, 1980 and that same day House Resolution 641 passed the House by voice vote. Legislative history Apr. 22, 1980-Committee discharged from further consideration by unanimous consent. Apr. 22, 1980-Passed House by voice vote. 17. With Respect to Compliance of the Soviet Union with the Convention on Prohibition of Biological Weapons-H. Res. 644 (by Mr. Leach of Iowa) The purpose of House Resolution 644 was to encourage the Soviet Union to provide the necessary scientific data to answer outstanding questions regarding the incident at Sverdlovsk, and to call upon the Administration to pursue consultation and cooperative measures in various appropriate international forums should the Soviet Union fail to supply such data to the U.S. Government. The resolution was prompted by information concerning a disease outbreak in Sverdlovsk in the Spring of 1979. That information raised questions as to whether or not biological agents were present in quantities greater than those permitted by the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention for peaceful purposes. The resolution was considered in open markup session by the full committee on May 5, 1980 and ordered favorably reported by unanimous voice vote. House Resolution 644 passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules on May 19, 1980. Legislative history May 1, 1980-Referred jointly to Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs, on Europe and the Middle East and on International Organizations. May 5, 1980-Report requested from U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. May 7, 1980-Report received. May 8, 1980 Considered in open markup session by full committee and ordered favorably reported by unanimous voice vote. May 19, 1980-Passed House by voice vote under suspension of the rules. 18. Relating to the United Nations Mid-Decade Conference for Women-H. Res. 748 (by Mr. Zablocki, for himself, and Representatives Rosenthal, Bingham, Solarz, Bonker, Pease, Mica, Barnes, Gray, Hall of Ohio, Broomfield, Derwinski, Buchanan, Winn, Gilman, Goodling, Pritchard, Fenwick, Maguire, Schroeder, Holtzman, Porter, and Oberstar) House Resolution 748 expressed the sense of the House that: (1) the U.S. delegation to the Copenhagen Conference on the U.N. Decade for Women should support appropriate resolutions on the principal agenda items relating to health, education and employment; (2) the U.S. delegation should oppose any resolutions on amendments introduced at the Conference on issues which do not directly relate to the goals of the Conference; and (3) the U.S. delegation should report to the Congress on the results of the Conference. House Resolution 738, a draft resolution, was considered in open markup session by the full committee on July 1, 1980 and ordered favorably reported, prior to introduction, by unanimous voice vote. On July 25, 1980, objection was heard to a unanimous consent request to consider House Resolution 748 in the House. On July 29, 1980, House Resolution 748 passed the House by a recorded vote of 381 yeas to 9 nays under suspension of the rules. Legislative history July 1, 1980-H. Con. Res. 738: Draft resolution considered in open markup session by full committee and ordered favorably reported, prior to introduction, by unanimous voice vote. July 25, 1980-H. Con. Res. 748: Objection was heard to unanimous consent request in House. July 29, 1980-Passed House by a vote of 381 yeas to 9 nays under suspension of the rules. |