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 PUBLIC LAW 97-209—JUNE 30, 1982

96 STAT. 139

Public Law 97-209 97th Congress Joint Resolution Imploring the Union of Soviet SodaUst Republics to allow Doctor Semyon Gluzman and his family to emigrate to IsraeL

June 30, 1982 [H.J. Res. 230]

Whereas the reputation of Doctor Semyon Gluzman as a physician of outstanding psychiatric medical ability spread throughout the Soviet Union to the consternation of Soviet leaders; Whereas Doctor Gluzman refused to cooperate with the KGB in certifying human rights advocates as mentally ill; Whereas, subsequently, the doctor was arrested on charges of being a Zionist propaganchst and an anti-Soviet agitator and found guilty and sentenced to prison for seven years, to be followed by three years in exile on October 19, 1972; Whereas Doctor Gluzman's family received an invitation to join relatives in Israel; and Whereas, for humanitarian and medical reasons. Doctor Semyon Gluzman should be freed from exile and allowedtoemigrate with his familytothe State of Israel: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That President Leonid Dr. Semyon Brezhnev of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics authorize the Gluzman and family, immediate release of Doctor Semyon Gluzman from exile and grant emigration to Israel. permission for him and his familytoemigratetoIsrael. SEC. 2. A copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State of the United States of America for conveyance to President Leonid Brezhnev of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Approved June 80, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 230: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): May 4, considered and passed House. June 21, considered and passed Senate.

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