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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: January 21, 1997 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

Mar 11, 1997

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2153-2155)

Mar 11, 1997

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2153-2155)

Mar 4, 1997

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

Mar 4, 1997

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Mar 4, 1997

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.

Jan 21, 1997

Introduced in Senate

Jan 21, 1997

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Jan 21, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S567-568)

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for: (1) Ngawang Choephel and other prisoners of conscience in Tibet, as well as in China, to be released; (2) U.S. officials to request Mr. Choephel's release in all official meetings with representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China; (3) the U.S. Government to sponsor and promote a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding China and Tibet which specifically addresses political prisoners and negotiations with the Dalai Lama; (4) an exchange program to be established in honor of Ngawang Choephel, involving students of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and appropriate U.S. educational institutions; and (5) the U.S. Government to seek access for internationally recognized human rights groups to monitor human rights in Tibet.

What's happening now March 11, 1997

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2153-2155)

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 3 versions

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Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Reported to Senate Formatted Text PDF

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 3

Grassley, Chuck

Iowa · May 1, 1997

Reed, Jack

Rhode Island · Mar 4, 1997

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Mar 4, 1997

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 19: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-19/

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"S. Res. 19: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-19/.

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S. Res. 19, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-19/.

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