SRES 217 106th Congress Senate International Affairs China Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Crime and Law Enforcement Detention of persons Dissenters East Asia Freedom of association Freedom of speech Government Operations and Politics Human rights Imprisonment Political persecution Political prisoners Religion Religious liberty Treaties

A resolution relating to the freedom of belief, expression, and association in the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: November 2, 1999 See on congress.gov

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Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

Nov 19, 1999

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14924-14925)

Nov 19, 1999

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14924-14925)

Nov 5, 1999

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 404.

Nov 5, 1999

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

Nov 3, 1999

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

Nov 2, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Nov 2, 1999

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) release all prisoners of conscience and put an immediate end to the harassment detention, physical abuse, and imprisonment of Chinese citizens exercising their legitimate rights to free belief, expression, and association; and (2) demonstrate its willingness to abide by internationally accepted norms of freedom of belief, expression, and association by repealing or amending laws and decrees that restrict those freedoms and proceeding promptly to ratify and implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

What's happening now November 19, 1999

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14924-14925)

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Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 2

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Nov 9, 1999

Collins, Susan M.

Maine · Nov 4, 1999

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