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A joint resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

Introduced: April 21, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 23, 2004
Received in the House.
Jun 23, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 23, 2004
Held at the desk.
Jun 22, 2004
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7201-7202)
Jun 22, 2004
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7201-7202)
Jun 22, 2004
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7201)
Jun 22, 2004
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7201-7202)
Apr 29, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 494.
Apr 29, 2004
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Apr 29, 2004
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 21, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 21, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4231)
Apr 21, 2004
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,473 — To express support for democratic activity in Hong Kong. Agreed to Jun 22, 2004
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that Congress: (1) declares that the people of Hong Kong should be free to determine the pace and scope of constitutional developments; and (2) calls upon the President to call upon the People's Republic of China, the National People's Congress, and groups appointed by the Government of the People's Republic of China to guarantee that all revisions of Hong Kong law are made according to the wishes of the people of Hong Kong as expressed through a fully democratically elected legislature and chief executive, declare that the continued lack of a fully democratically elected legislature in Hong Kong constitutes a violation of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984), and call upon the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to guarantee that the Hong Kong Government develop a plan and timetable to achieve universal suffrage and the democratic election of the legislature and chief executive of Hong Kong.

What's happening now June 23, 2004

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HRES 667 Related bill Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
  • HRES 277 Related bill Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Apr 28, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 33: A joint resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SJRES-33/
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"S.J. Res. 33: A joint resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SJRES-33/.
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S.J. Res. 33, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-SJRES-33/.
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