A joint resolution calling upon the Soviet Union to immediately grant permission to emigrate to all those who wish to join spouses or fiances in the United States.
PL 100-222 (H.J.Res.430), enacted 12/29/1987

101 STAT. 1484 
PUBLIC LAW 100-222—DEC. 29, 1987 
Public Law 100-222 
100th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Dec. 29, 1987 
[H.J. Res. 430] 
Galina Goltzman 
Michelson. 
Yuri 
Balovlenkov. 
Victor 
Faermark. 
Elena Kaplan. 
Victor Novikow. 
Leonid Scheiba. 
Calling upon the Soviet Union to immediately grant permission to emigrate to all 
those who wish to join spouses or fiances in the United States. 
Whereas the Soviet Union is a signatory of the Final Act of the 
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe which states 
that "The participating States will deal in a positive and humani-
tarian spirit with the applications of persons who wish to be 
reunited with members of their family, with special attention 
being given to requests of an urgent character—such as requests 
submitted by persons who are ill or old."; 
Whereas the Final Act further states that, "In dealing with requests 
from couples from different participating States, once married, to 
enable them and the minor children of their marriage to transfer 
their permanent residence to a State in which either one is 
normally a resident, the participating States will also apply the 
provisions accepted for family reunification."; 
Whereas the Soviet Union has denied exit visas or marriage 
permits to several Soviet citizens who are married or engaged to 
Americans; 
Whereas the United States officials have brought these divided 
spouses and blocked marriage cases to the attention of Soviet 
diplomats on numerous occasions, including during the recently 
concluded Washington 
summit 
meeting between 
President 
Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev; 
Whereas several similar long-term cases have been resolved within 
the last two years; 
Whereas 
the 
Soviet 
Union 
has 
initiated 
a 
policy 
of 
"Democratizatsiya" which claims to give greater emphasis to 
basic human rights, including the right to live with one's family in 
the family's country of choice; 
Whereas the Soviet Union and the United States have concluded a 
major arms reduction agreement, and the spirit of this agreement 
should foster progress between the Soviet Union and the United 
States in successfully addressing human rights concerns; and 
Whereas the Soviet Union, as a signatory of the Final Act of the 
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, is obligated to 
comply with the Act's provisions regarding the reunification of 
divided families and marriage between citizens of different states: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States— 
(1) welcomes the recent granting by the Soviet Union of 
permission to emigrate to several Soviet citizens who have been 
divided for many years from their American spouses and fiances 
including Galina Goltzman Michelson, Yuri Balovlenkov, Victor 
Faermark, Elena Kaplan, Victor Novikow, and Leonid Scheiba; 
and 
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PUBLIC LAW 100-222—DEC. 29, 1987 
101 STAT. 1485 
(2) calls upon the Soviet Union— 
(A) to immediately grant to all those who wish to join 
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spouses or fiances in the United States (including Tatyana Alexandrovich. 
Alexandrovich, Yeugeni Grigorishin, Vladislav Kostin, Grig^^?shin. 
_ Lyubov Kurillo, Pyatras Pakenas, and Sergei Petrov) Vladislav 
permission to emigrate with their family members to the Kostin. 
United States; and 
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(B) to give special consideration to cases that have re- Pakenas. 
mained unresolved for many years. 
Sergei Petrov. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of this 
joint resolution to the President of the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics. 
Approved December 29, 1987. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 430: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
Dec. 18, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate.