100 STAT. 4350
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 8, 1986
as part of the days of remembrance activities: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That the rotunda of the United States Capitol is hereby authorized to be used on May 6, 1986, from 10 o'clock ante meridiem until 3 o'clock post meridiem for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Architect of the Capitol. Agreed to May 1, 1986.
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^,,,«, NATAN (ANATOLY) SHCHARANSKY—WELCOMING r n l: 329] CEREMONY AND CONTINUED FREEDOM EF[H. Con.;Res. ooo. FORTS FOR ALL SOVIET JEWS Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that— (1) Natan (Anatoly) Shcharansky was a leader in the Soviet Jewish emigration movement and a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki monitoring group who was arrested on March 15, 1977, and sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment for his human rights activities; (2) Shcharansky's wife, Avital, campaigned tirelessly for the release of her husband and other Soviet Jewish prisoners, and these efforts were supported by two successive administrations, the Congress, and the American people; (3) on February 11, 1986, those efforts were successful and Natan (Anatoly) Shcharansky was released from Soviet prison and allowed to emigrate to Israel; (4) despite the fact that at least 400,000 other Soviet Jews seek to emigrate to Israel, the Soviet Government has severely restricted Jewish emigration in violation of its international commitments; and (5) the support of the Congress for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate is long established and remains strong. SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL WELCOME; USE OF CAPITOL ROTUNDA.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL WELCOME.—The Congress welcomes Natan (Anatoly) Shcharansky to the United States and to the Nation's capital. (b) U S E OF CAPITOL ROTUNDA.—The rotunda of the Capitol is
authorized to be used on May 13, 1986, for a ceremony of welcome for Natan (Anatoly) Shcharansky. Physical preparations for the ceremony shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe. SEC. 3. CALL FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO OBTAIN FREEDOM FOR ALL SOVIET JEWS. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should continue to call upon the Soviet Union— ^
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