,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjai,mr4
 ,shimkus 7for himself and ,mr4 ,schiff7
 submitted the following resolution2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,,resolution    
,expressing support for the designation 
of ,august #bc1 #bjai1 as ,black ,ribbon
 ,day to recognize the victims of       
,soviet and ,nazi regimes4  ,whereas1 on
 ,august #bc1 #aici1 the ,soviet ,union 
and ,nazi ,germany pledged mutual       
nonaggression through the               
,molotov-,ribbentrop ,pact1 which       
divided ,eastern ,europe into two       
spheres of interest in their illicit    
bilateral negotiations2 ,whereas this   
notorious agreement and the ,friendship 
and the ,border ,treaty on ,september   
#bh1 #aici1 allowed both the ,soviets   
and the ,nazis to divide and occupy     
,poland in ,september #aici and to      
occupy the three ,baltic ,states of     
,estonia1 ,lithuania1 and ,latvia in    

,june #aidj2 ,whereas the ,united       
,states refused to recognize the ,soviet
 ,union's forcible occupation of the    
,baltic ,states1 and consistently       
recognized the independence of ,estonia1
 ,lithuania1 and ,latvia through the    
,welles ,declaration on ,july #bc1      
#aidj2 ,whereas1 on ,august #ac1 #aida1 
the ,united ,states ,government signed  
the ,atlantic ,charter to make certain  
common principles in the national       
policies of their respective countries  
for a better future of the world1       
including the right of all peoples to   
choose the form of government under     
which they will live and self government
 restored to those who have been        
forcibly deprived of them and that the  
people of countries may live in freedom2
 ,whereas the ,united ,states           
,government has actively advocated for  
and continues to support the principles 
by the ,united ,nations ,universal      
,declaration of ,human ,rights and the  
,united ,nations ,general ,assembly     

resolution #bfj 7,,iii7 of ,december #i1
 #aidh2 ,whereas ,captive ,nations      
,week1 signed into law 7,public ,law    
#hf-ij7 by ,president ,dwight ,d4       
,eisenhower in #aiei1 raised public     
awareness of the oppression of nations  
under the control of ,communist and     
other nondemocratic governments2        
,whereas the ,european ,parliament      
resolution on ,european conscience and  
totalitarianism of ,april #b1 #bjji1    
established a day of remembrance for    
victims of ,soviet and ,nazi regimes to 
remember and commemorate their victims2 
,whereas the extreme forms of           
totalitarian rule practiced by the ,nazi
 and ,soviet dictatorships led to       
premeditated and vast crimes committed  
against millions of human beings and    
their basic and inalienable rights on a 
scale unseen before in history2 ,whereas
 hundreds of thousands of human beings1 
fleeing the crimes perpetrated by the   
,nazi and ,soviet regimes sought and    
found refuge in the ,united ,states2    

,whereas millions of ,americans of      
,baltic and ,eastern and ,central       
,european descent who personally fled or
 whose families fled those regimes have 
made unique and significant cultural1   
economic1 social1 and other             
contributions to help build the ,united 
,states2 ,whereas the members of ,baltic
 ,way1 a peaceful political             
demonstration uniting two million people
 in their quest for independence of the 
,baltic ,states on ,august #bc1 #aihi1  
joined hands and formed a human chain   
from ,tallinn through ,riga to ,vilnius1
 launching a new chapter in the history 
of the ,baltic ,states and leaving      
behind the bitter legacy of the         
,molotov-,ribbentrop ,pact2 ,whereas    
,august #bc would be an appropriate date
 to designate as ,black ,ribbon ,day to 
remember and never forget the terror    
millions of citizens of the ,baltic     
countries1 ,central ,europe1 and        
,eastern ,europe countries experienced  
for over half a century by ruthless     

military1 economic1 and political       
repression1 including arbitrary         
executions1 mass arrests1 deportations1 
the suppression of free speech1         
confiscation of private property1 and   
the destruction of cultural and moral   
identity and civil society1 all of which
 deprived individuals of their basic    
human rights and dignity2 and ,whereas  
the memories of ,europe's tragic past   
cannot be forgotten and it is right to  
honor the victims1 condemn the          
perpetrators1 and lay the foundation for
 reconciliation based on truth and      
remembrance3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,house of ,representatives    
supports the designation of ,black      
,ribbon ,day to recognize and honor the 
victims of ,soviet and ,nazi regimes4