Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the restrictive emigration policies of the Soviet Union and its trade relations with the United States.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should take immediate and determined steps to persuade the Soviet Government to permit its citizens the right to emigrate to the countries of their choice without the imposition of more than a nominal emigration fee. Reserves to Congress the right to withhold final action on any legislation which extends special trade concessions, credits, or other benefits to any nation which denies or restricts the rights of its citizens to emigrate to the countries of their choice, or which imposes more than a nominal emigration fee.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 30, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
A concurrent resolution needs both chambers to adopt it, and is then done. It is not sent to the President and does not become law.
The record's latest action, on January 30, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Adoption by the House
- Adoption by the Senate
What is a concurrent resolution, exactly?
A concurrent resolution is how the two chambers agree on something between themselves, such as a budget framework or the date they adjourn. Both chambers adopt it, the President plays no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
DEL CLAWSON (R-CA) introduced it on January 30, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 30, 1973, 19581 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19581 days ago, on January 30, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers