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H.Con.Res. 218 (106th)

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should stop its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

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Introduced

2 November 1999

Last action

19 November 1999 · Introduced

Status

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sponsors

Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4], Rep. Maloney, James H. [D-CT-5], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27], Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5], Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO], Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [R-MD-2], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]

Subjects

Rule of law

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Summary

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should stop persecuting FalunGong practitioners and other religious believers. Calls for the U.S. Government to use every appropriate forum, including the United Nations Human Rights Commission, to urge the Government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) release from detention all Falun Gong practitioners and put an immediate end to the practices of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment against them and other prisoners of conscience; (2) allow Falun Gong practitioners to pursue their religious beliefs in accordance with article 36 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China; and (3) abide by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Timeline

  1. 2 November 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 November 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 November 1999

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  4. 18 November 1999

    Passed

    On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  5. 18 November 1999

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  6. 18 November 1999

    Floor

    Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H12885-12887)

    Source: Floor

  7. 18 November 1999

    Floor

    Mr. Gilman asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

    Source: Floor

  8. 18 November 1999

    Discharge

    Committee on International Relations discharged.

    Source: Discharge

  9. 18 November 1999

    Committee

    Committee on International Relations discharged.

    Source: Committee

  10. 18 November 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  11. 19 November 1999

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

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