US SR274 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-11 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4809-4810)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-11 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4809-4810)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
This resolution condemns nonconsensual organ harvesting of prisoners in China and calls on China to immediately cease the persecution and imprisonment of Falun Gong practitioners. (Falun Gong is a religious practice that is denounced by the Chinese government.)
Title
A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and other rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices, and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
| Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS] | Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] | Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC] |
| Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] |
| Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] | Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX] | Sen. Angus King [I-ME] |
| Sen. John Boozman [R-AR] | Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI] | Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR] | Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA] |
| Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] | Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI] | Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO] |
| Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS] | Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ] | Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] |
| Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA] | Sen. Todd Young [R-IN] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] |
| Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE] | Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] |
| Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] | Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] |
| Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE] | Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK] | Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-11 | Senate | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4809-4810) |
Subjects
Asia
China
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International affairs
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Protest and dissent
Religion
China
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International affairs
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Protest and dissent
Religion
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/274/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/sres274/BILLS-116sres274is.pdf |
