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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—DEC. 21, 1982

96 STAT. 2679

DR. M A R T I N L U THE R K I N G, J R. — B U S T OR S T A T U E P L A C E M E N T I N CAPITOL Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Joint Committee on the Library is authorized and directed to procure a bust or statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library. SEC. 2. Expenses incurred by the Joint Committee on the Library in carrying out this concurrent resolution, which shall not exceed $25,000, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House on vouchers approved by the chairman of the joint committee.

^^- 21. 1982 [H. Con. Res. 153]

Agreed to December 21, 1982. I D A N U D E L — E M I G R A T I O N TO I S R A E L

D^^- 21, 1982 [H. Con. Res. 330]

Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantee to all citizens the right to freedom of religion, the right to hold opinions without interference, the right to freedom of expression, and the right to emigrate; Whereas the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe commits the signatory nations to respect individual rights and freedom, specifically the right to emigrate to the country of one's choice to rejoin relatives; Whereas the Soviet Union has signed the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, has subscribed to the general principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Whereas Ida Nudel first applied in 1971 to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel with her sister, whose exit visa was approved and who now resides in Israel and is Ida Nudel's only close relative; Whereas Ida Nudel has devoted herself for more than a decade to the plight of Jewish Prisoners of Conscience and is known as the guardian angel for her activities on their behalf; Whereas Ida Nudel endured years of harassment and surveillance after her application for an exit visa, including interrogation by the Soviet authorities; Whereas Ida Nudel was charged by the Soviet courts of "malicious hooliganism" for hanging a banner on her balcony which read, "KGB, give me my visa", and was sentenced in 1978 to four years of internal exile after a trial in which no witnesses were allowed to testify on her behalf; Whereas Ida Nudel was released from internal exile in March 1982; and Whereas Ida Nudel is once again in the process of applying for an emigration visa, and the denial of her original application to emigrate, on the grounds that she allegedly had knowledge of state secrets, cannot possibly be a valid reason for such a denial 11 years later: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress that the President, acting directly or through the Secretary of State, should—

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