HRES 1549 119th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: September 16, 2026 Introduced by: Lynch, Stephen F. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

International Affairs

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Sep 16, 2026

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Cosponsors 4

Khanna, Ro

California · Sep 21, 2026

Tokuda, Jill N.

Hawaii · Sep 21, 2026

Kim, Young

California · Sep 16, 2026

Moolenaar, John R.

Michigan · Sep 16, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1549: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-1549/

MLA

"H. Res. 1549: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-1549/.

Bluebook (legal)

H. Res. 1549, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-1549/.

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[H. Res. 1549: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-1549/)