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SRES 149 105th Congress Senate International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security China Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues East Asia Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign leaders Human rights International cooperation Nuclear nonproliferation Taiwan Tibet Treaties

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the state visit to the United States of the President of the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: November 8, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Nov 8, 1997
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12182-12183)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Welcomes the agreements and understandings reached by the United States and the People's Republic of China during President Jiang Zemin's state visit.

Urges the President to continue to press vigorously for further progress in China's policies and practices on human rights, nonproliferation, trade, Tibet, and Taiwan.

Views the expected return visit to China in 1998 by President Clinton as an opportunity for the United States and China to advance their relationship by enhancing cooperation in areas of accord and making genuine progress toward resolving areas of disagreement.

What's happening now November 8, 1997

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 8, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 149: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the state visit to the United States of the President of the People's Republic of China.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-149/
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"S. Res. 149: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the state visit to the United States of the President of the People's Republic of China.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-149/.
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