H Con Res 188 in Congressional Session 107

Bill Number : H Con Res 188

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

SUMMARY AS OF:
7/24/2002--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Calls for: (1) the Government of the People's Republic of China to cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners; and (2) such Government's representatives in the United States to cease their harassment of U.S. citizens and residents s who practice Falun Gong and to cease their attempts to pressure State and local officials to refuse or withdraw support for the Falun Gong and its practitioners.Calls for the U.S. Government to urge the Chinese Government to: (1) release from detention all Falun Gong practitioners and end the torture and other cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment of such practitioners and other prisoners of conscience; and (2) abide by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by allowing Falun Gong practitioners to pursue their personal beliefs.Calls on the U.S. Government to: (1) investigate allegations of illegal activities of the Chinese Government and its representatives and agents in the United States, including the harassment of U.S. citizens and residents who practice Falun Gong and of State and local officials who support it; and (2) take appropriate action, including enforcement of the immigration laws, against any such representatives or agents who engage in such illegal activities.

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 7/18/2001

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 7/18/2001

Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 7/25/2001

Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 7/25/2001

Rep Baldacci, John Elias [ME-2] - 7/19/2001

Rep Barr, Bob [GA-7] - 9/10/2001

Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 7/18/2001

Rep Bentsen, Ken [TX-25] - 7/18/2001

Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 7/18/2001

Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-26] - 7/18/2001

Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 9/10/2001

Rep Bonior, David E. [MI-10] - 7/25/2001

Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 7/25/2001

Rep Burr, Richard [NC-5] - 7/18/2001

Rep Burton, Dan [IN-6] - 7/18/2001

Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-43] - 10/12/2001

Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 8/2/2001

Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 9/12/2001

Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 7/18/2001

Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 7/18/2001

Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 7/18/2001

Rep Coyne, William J. [PA-14] - 8/2/2001

Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 7/25/2001

Rep Deutsch, Peter [FL-20] - 9/10/2001

Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 7/18/2001

Rep English, Phil [PA-21] - 7/30/2001

Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 7/19/2001

Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] - 9/10/2001

Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 9/10/2001

Rep Fletcher, Ernie [KY-6] - 9/20/2001

Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 7/18/2001

Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. [NY-20] - 7/18/2001

Rep Hall, Tony P. [OH-3] - 9/10/2001

Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-6] - 8/2/2001

Rep Hilliard, Earl F. [AL-7] - 7/18/2001

Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-26] - 7/30/2001

Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. [PA-13] - 7/18/2001

Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 3/12/2002

Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-48] - 9/10/2001

Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 7/25/2001

Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 9/10/2001

Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-9] - 7/25/2001

Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 7/18/2001

Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 10/2/2001

Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 7/27/2001

Rep Lampson, Nick [TX-9] - 10/10/2001

Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 9/10/2001

Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 7/18/2001

Rep Leach, James A. [IA-1] - 8/1/2001

Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 7/18/2001

Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 9/10/2001

Rep Lucas, Ken [KY-4] - 9/10/2001

Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 9/19/2001

Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 9/13/2001

Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 7/27/2001

Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4] - 7/18/2001

Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 9/14/2001

Rep Mink, Patsy T. [HI-2] - 9/10/2001

Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 12/18/2001

Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 11/19/2001

Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 7/18/2001

Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [WA-5] - 7/18/2001

Rep Northup, Anne M. [KY-3] - 9/10/2001

Rep Norwood, Charles W. [GA-10] - 7/18/2001

Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 9/10/2001

Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 7/25/2001

Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 6/11/2002

Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 9/10/2001

Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15] - 7/27/2001

Rep Rivers, Lynn N. [MI-13] - 8/1/2001

Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-28] - 7/19/2001

Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 4/18/2002

Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-45] - 7/18/2001

Rep Roukema, Marge [NJ-5] - 9/10/2001

Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-33] - 7/25/2001

Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-39] - 7/27/2001

Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 7/18/2001

Rep Sabo, Martin Olav [MN-5] - 7/27/2001

Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 10/10/2001

Rep Saxton, Jim [NJ-3] - 7/18/2001

Rep Schaffer, Bob [CO-4] - 9/25/2001

Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-27] - 8/1/2001

Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-24] - 7/27/2001

Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 9/10/2001

Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 12/18/2001

Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 7/18/2001

Rep Strickland, Ted [OH-6] - 7/30/2001

Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 7/18/2001

Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 7/25/2001

Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 7/18/2001

Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 9/10/2001

Rep Toomey, Patrick J. [PA-15] - 9/13/2001

Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. [OH-17] - 9/10/2001

Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 7/25/2001

Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 7/23/2002

Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-32] - 7/27/2001

Rep Weldon, Curt [PA-7] - 7/30/2001

Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] - 7/19/2001

Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 7/18/2001

Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 7/30/2001