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A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting…

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A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4001-4002)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners and their families for the lives, freedoms, and rights they lost for adhering to their beliefs and practices.

Emphasizes to the government of China that freedom of religion includes the right of Falun Gong practitioners to practice freely in China.

Condemns the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting in China.

Calls upon: (1) the Communist Party of China (CPC) to cease its campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners and release all such practitioners who have been confined, detained, or imprisoned for pursuing their right to exercise their spiritual beliefs; (2) the government of China and the CPC to end the practice of organ harvesting from all prisoners of conscience; and (3) China to allow an independent and transparent investigation into organ transplant abuses.

What's happening now July 13, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4001-4002)

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 8 Republican 7 Independent 1
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Oct 11, 2018
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 10, 2018
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Sep 28, 2018
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Sep 18, 2018
 R
Cruz, Ted
Texas · Jul 24, 2018
 D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Jul 23, 2018
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jun 26, 2018
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jun 5, 2018
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 11, 2017
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Aug 1, 2017
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 13, 2017
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jul 13, 2017
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 13, 2017
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 13, 2017
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 13, 2017
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jul 13, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 220: A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-220/
MLA
"S. Res. 220: A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-220/.
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S. Res. 220, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-220/.
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[S. Res. 220: A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SRES-220/)
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