A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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States that the Senate: (1) acknowledges that the framework of past anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others.

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• Agreed to Senate (text)

  Agreed to Senate · EN · 6 October 2011

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• Agreed to Senate (PDF)

  Agreed to Senate · EN · 6 October 2011

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 6 October 2011

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 May 2011

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 May 2011

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• Introduced in Senate

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