CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

SECOND SESSION, NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

JOINT MEETING

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 23, 1980, at 9 o'clock postmeridiem, for the purpose of receiving such communication as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them. Agreed to January 22, 1980.

Jan. 22, 1980 [H. Con. Res. 241]

Communications from President.

PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress approves the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the People's Republic of China transmitted by the President to the Congress on October 23, 1979.

Agreed to January 24, 1980.

Jan. 24, 1980

[H. Con. Res. 204]

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ALL-STAR

GAME-OFFICIAL WELCOME

Whereas the National Basketball Association All-Star Game brings together the very best professional basketball players in the Nation for forty-eight minutes of intense competition and sterling athletic achievement; and

Whereas the annual All-Star Game is one of the highlights of the
National Basketball Association season and a major sports event
of the year; and

Whereas the game annually is played on the home court of one of
the National Basketball Association member teams and is a
sought-after event by the teams and the cities they represent;
and
Whereas the Washington Bullets, who play their home games at
Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland, are the host team for the
1980 National Basketball Association All-Star Game, to be played
on Sunday afternoon, February 3; and

Whereas this is the first time the Washington metropolitan area
has had the distinction of being the site of this important na-
tional basketball event; and

Whereas the weekend of the All-Star Game has been declared Na-
tional Basketball Association All-Star Weekend in the National
Capital Area, in recognition of the area's role in this year's All-
Star competition: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That, the Congress officially welcomes to the Washington metropolitan area the National Basketball Association, the 1980 All-Stars and all those associated with the All-Star contest and expresses its hope that the thirtieth annual All-Star Game will be the most exciting and successful in the history of the event.

Agreed to January 29, 1980.

Jan. 29, 1980

[H. Con. Res. 260]

Feb. 7, 1980

[H. Con. Res. 276]

ADJOURNMENT-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the House adjourns on Wednesday, February 13, 1980, it stand adjourned until 12 o'clock meridian on Tuesday, February 19, 1980.

Agreed to February 7, 1980.

Feb. 13, 1980 [S. Con. Res. 75]

CORRECTIONS IN ENROLLED BILL S.J. RES. 108

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Secretary of the Senate, in the enrollment of Senate Joint Resolution 108 to validate the effectiveness of certain plans for the use or distribution of funds appropriated to pay judgments awarded to Indian tribes or groups, shall make the following correction: Strike out the following matter contained in the first section of the joint resolution:

Feb. 19, 1980 [H. Con. Res. 272]

ANDREI SAKHAROV-U.S. SUPPORT FOR RELEASE
FROM INTERNAL EXILE IN U.S.S.R.

Whereas the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe commits the signatory countries to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Whereas the signatory countries have pledged themselves to "ful-
fill in good faith their obligations under international law";
Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees to
all the rights of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion,
and expression;

Whereas the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
guarantees that everyone shall have the right to freedom of
thought, conscience, and religion, the right to hold opinions with-
out interference, and the right to freedom of expression;
Whereas the Soviet Union signed the Final Act of the Conference
on Cooperation and Security in Europe, is a party to the Univer-
sal Declaration of Human Rights, and has ratified the Interna-
tional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Whereas Principle VII of the Final Act specifically confirms the "right of the individual to know and act upon his rights and duties" in the field of human rights and Principle IX confirms the relevant and positive role individuals play in the implementation of the provisions of the Final Act; Whereas the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by armed forces from the Soviet Union is a direct violation of the Declaration of Principles Guiding Relations between States of the Helsinki Final Act, including the commitments to refrain from the threat or use of force, to respect equal rights and self-determination of peoples, to observe the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, to fulfill in good faith obligations arising from generally recognized principles and rules of international law; Whereas Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov, leader of the human rights movement in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, condemned the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, calling it a "threat to the entire world" and demanded the withdrawal of Soviet troops;

Whereas Doctor Sakharov was subsequently arrested and exiled to the city of Gorky in direct contravention of Principle VII of the Helsinki Final Act, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Whereas all freedom-loving peoples should condemn the recent actions of the Soviet Union in denouncing and internally exiling Doctor Sakharov; and Whereas the continued repression of religious believers, scientists, writers, intellectuals, human rights activists, and Helsinki Monitors, including Scharansky, Orlov, Rudenko, Tykhy, Petkus, and many others, is an egregious violation of both Principle VII and Basket Three of the Helsinki Final Act: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that, in accordance with the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile immediately.

SEC. 2. The Congress urges the President

(1) to protest, in the strongest possible terms and at the highest levels, the exile of Andrei Sakharov and the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union;

(2) to call upon all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Final Act to join in such protests and to take actions against the Soviet Union, including refusal to participate in the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow, suspension of appropriate trade, economic, and commercial activities with the Soviet Union, and other such sanctions as may be available to them; and

(3) to inform immediately the governments of all other signatory nations of the Helsinki Final Act that the United States delegation to the 1980 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe review meeting intends to raise at that meeting these specific violations of the Helsinki Final Act, including the individual cases of Andrei Sakharov and the Soviet Helsinki Monitors.

SEC. 3. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to the Soviet Ambassador to the United States and to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Agreed to February 19, 1980.