Mr. Speaker. this year marks the 20th anniversary of the JacksonVanik amendment to the Trade bill of 1974. The amendment made history by linking most favored nation trading status to free emigration from nonmarket economies. The purpose of the amendment was to spur the former Soviet Union to ease emigration for Soviet Jews during the cold war. The JacksonVanik amendment was Instrumental in allowing hundreds of thousands of Jews and other Soviet citizens to leave the U.S.S.R. to experience the freedom and security of life in Israel and the United States. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation. in conjunction with the American Enterprise Institute.
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