SRES 98
119th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Asia
China
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Hong Kong
Human rights
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
A resolution condemning Beijing's destruction of Hong Kong's democracy and rule of law.
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Apr 28, 2025
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Mar 27, 2025
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 26, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1400-1401)
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This resolution condemns China's Hong Kong national security law (officially called The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), the Hong Kong government's Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, and related human rights abuses. The resolution also (1) supports the people of Hong Kong as they fight to exercise fundamental rights and freedoms; and (2) calls upon the Hong Kong government to drop all sedition and national security law-related charges and free all defendants immediately, including Jimmy Lai.
What's happening now
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 57.
Committees of jurisdiction
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