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SRES 220 109th Congress Senate International Affairs Aggression China East Asia Government Operations and Politics Legislation National self-determination Negotiations President and foreign policy Taiwan

A resolution to express the concern of the Senate regarding the passage of the anti-secession law by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan on an equal footing…

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A resolution to express the concern of the Senate regarding the passage of the anti-secession law by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan on an equal footing without preconditions.

Introduced: July 28, 2005 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should direct U.S. government officials to convey to their Chinese counterparts the grave concern with which the U.S. government views the threat of force embodied in the anti-secession law enacted by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in particular, and the growing Chinese military threat to Taiwan in general; and (2) the U.S. government should encourage dialogue between the PRC and Taiwan on an equal footing and without preconditions.

What's happening now July 28, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9308)

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  • SCONRES 21 Related bill A concurrent resolution expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the recent passage of the anti-secession law…
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 220: A resolution to express the concern of the Senate regarding the passage of the anti-secession law by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan on an equal footing without preconditions.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-220/
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"S. Res. 220: A resolution to express the concern of the Senate regarding the passage of the anti-secession law by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan on an equal footing without preconditions.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-220/.
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S. Res. 220, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-220/.
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