Skip to main content
SRES 49 118th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Asia Aviation and airports China Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Chinese Communist Party's espionage mission to send a surveillance balloon across the United States, in violation of international law, is…

Show full title

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Chinese Communist Party's espionage mission to send a surveillance balloon across the United States, in violation of international law, is unacceptable and should be condemned.

Introduced: February 9, 2023 Introduced by: Hawley, Josh Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
Feb 15, 2023
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S431; text: 02/09/2023 CR S329)
Feb 15, 2023
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S431; text: 02/09/2023 CR S329)
Feb 15, 2023
Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 9, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 9, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution condemns the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) invasion of U.S. airspace to conduct surveillance. The resolution also (1) affirms that U.S. airspace should be protected from foreign and hostile state actors, and (2) calls on the President to be transparent regarding this spying attempt and all other attempts by the CCP to surveil U.S. citizens, territory, and assets.

What's happening now February 15, 2023

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S431; text: 02/09/2023 CR S329)

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
R
Scott, Rick
Florida · Feb 16, 2023
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 49: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Chinese Communist Party's espionage mission to send a surveillance balloon across the United States, in violation of international law, is unacceptable and should be condemned.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-49/
MLA
"S. Res. 49: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Chinese Communist Party's espionage mission to send a surveillance balloon across the United States, in violation of international law, is unacceptable and should be condemned.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-49/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. Res. 49, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-49/.
Markdown link
[S. Res. 49: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Chinese Communist Party's espionage mission to send a surveillance balloon across the United States, in violation of international law, is unacceptable and should be condemned.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-49/)
Report a problem