A joint resolution calling upon the Soviet Union to immediately grant permission to emigrate to all those who wish to join spouses in the United States.
Public Law 100-209 · H.J.Res. 376 · 100th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Dec 23, 1987 · International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL-13)
Cosponsors (102): Rep. Dante Fascell, Rep. Gus Yatron,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments)
Renames the Clarks Hill Dam, Reservoir, and Highway traversing the Dam on the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, as the J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Reservoir, and Highway.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Foreign Affairs Committee · House · markup by, referred toSubcommittee: Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee; Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Dec 23, 1987Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-209.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 22, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 19, 1987Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
- Dec 18, 1987Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 4, 1987FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Nov 17, 1987FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 414 - 0 (Record Vote No: 431).House roll call 431
- Nov 5, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Oct 27, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Oct 14, 1987CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.