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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · May 25, 2000
Declares that Congress: (1) remembers and honors those Polish officers, government officials, and civilians who were murdered in April and May 1940 by the NKVD; (2) recognizes all those scholars, researchers, and writers from Poland, Russia, the United States, and elsewhere and, particularly, those who worked under Soviet and communist domination and who had the courage to tell the truth about the crimes committed at Katyn, Miednoye, and Kharkiv; and (3) urges all people to remember and honor these and other victims of communism so that such crimes will never be repeated.
People & committees
Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R–NC
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5756; text as passed Senate: CR S5756)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5756; text as passed Senate: CR S5756)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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