United States · Resolution · HRES
H.Res. 608 (110th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Government should take immediate steps to boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in August 2008 unless the Government of the People's Republic of China stops engaging in serious human rights abuses against its citizens and stops supporting serious human rights abuses by the Governments of Sudan, Burma, and North Korea against their citizens.
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2 August 2007
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Summary
States that it is the responsibility of the United States to take steps to stop human rights abuses by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) against its citizens and to stop the Chinese government from supporting human rights abuses by Sudan, Burma, and North Korea. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. government should take steps to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing unless the Chinese government ends such human rights abuses.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 August 2007
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Introduced in House · EN · 2 August 2007
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 August 2007
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-resolution/608
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hres/608