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SRES 66 107th Congress Senate International Affairs Air force personnel Aircraft pilots Armed Forces and National Security Aviation safety China Detention of persons East Asia Fighter aircraft Government Operations and Politics Marines Naval personnel President and foreign policy Reconnaissance aircraft Repatriation Transportation and Public Works

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the release of twenty-four United States military personnel currently being detained by the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: April 5, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3554)
Apr 5, 2001
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the Senate's regret at the damage and loss of life occasioned by the accidental collision of a U.S. military EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance aircraft and an F-8 jet fighter from the Air Force of the People's Republic of China.

Calls for the Chinese Government to release the crew members of the EP-3E and return the aircraft and its equipment to the United States.

Supports the President's continuing efforts to ensure the safe return of the crew and aircraft.

What's happening now April 5, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3554)

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