HCONRES 218
106th Congress
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Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should stop its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
Introduced: November 2, 1999
Introduced by:
Smith, Christopher H.
Republican
· New Jersey
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 1999
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Nov 18, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 18, 1999
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
Nov 18, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
Nov 18, 1999
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H12885-12887)
Nov 18, 1999
Mr. Gilman asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Nov 18, 1999
Committee on International Relations discharged.
Nov 18, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Nov 2, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should stop persecuting FalunGong practitioners and other religious believers.
Calls for the U.S. Government to use every appropriate forum, including the United Nations Human Rights Commission, to urge the Government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) release from detention all Falun Gong practitioners and put an immediate end to the practices of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment against them and other prisoners of conscience; (2) allow Falun Gong practitioners to pursue their religious beliefs in accordance with article 36 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China; and (3) abide by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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