A concurrent resolution congratulating the Republic of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of its declaration of independence.

Bill: 110-sconres-87
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2008-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Anniversaries
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Congressional tributes
Democracy
Estonia
Europe
Free enterprise
History
Human rights
Latvia
Law
Lithuania
Military agreements
Military occupation
Nazism
Religion
Religious liberty
Rule of law
Russia
Sovereignty
U.S.S.R.

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-09
text: 
Congratulates the people of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of Latvia's November 18, 1918, declaration of independence.
 
 Commends the government of Latvia for its success in implementing political and economic reforms, for establishing political, religious and economic freedom, and for its commitment to human and civil rights.
 
 Calls on the President and the Secretary of State to urge the government of the Russian Federation to acknowledge that the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and for the succeeding 51 years was illegal.

action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Congratulates the people of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of Latvia's November 18, 1918, declaration of independence.
 
 Commends the government of Latvia for its success in implementing political and economic reforms, for establishing political, religious and economic freedom, and for its commitment to human and civil rights.
 
Recognizes the common goals and shared values of the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the close relations of the three Baltic countries with one other, and their tragic history under the Nazi and Soviet occupations.
 
Calls on the President to issue a proclamation congratulating the people of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of the declaration of Latvia's independence. 
 
 Calls on the President and the Secretary of State to urge the government of the Russian Federation to acknowledge that the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and for the succeeding 51 years was illegal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8890)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8890)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8889-8890)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8889-8890)
action_date: 2008-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5393-5394)
action_date: 2008-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5394)
action_date: 2008-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate