Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy on the 31st anniversary of the violent repression of the peaceful protests centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

3.0.0 608 2023-01-11T13:46:05Z 2023-01-11T13:46:05Z Senate SRES 2020-06-04 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-04T19:20:28Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy on the 31st anniversary of the violent repression of the peaceful protests centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. 116 994 HRES 2020-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation. Related bill CRS 2020-06-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2736-2737) IntroReferral 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-06-04 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2020-06-04 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-04 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-06-04 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-06-04 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-06-04 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2020-06-04 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2020-06-04 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2020-06-04 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2020-06-04 True International Affairs Asia China Commemorative events and holidays Congressional tributes Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Hong Kong Human rights International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Religion Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs

00 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-29T22:43:55Z This resolution

calls on China to allow exiled Tiananmen demonstrators to return to China;
condemns the imposition of national security legislation with respect to Hong Kong, as well as the use of violence and imprisonment as means of repression;
urges the United States to protect its interests in Hong Kong and the freedom of the people of Hong Kong;
calls upon the Hong Kong Chief Executive to allow the people of Hong Kong to exercise their rights, and
encourages the formation of an international coalition to demand that China adhere to its international obligations.

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy on the 31st anniversary of the violent repression of the peaceful protests centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Display Title A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy on the 31st anniversary of the violent repression of the peaceful protests centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Official Title as Introduced A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy on the 31st anniversary of the violent repression of the peaceful protests centered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres608is/xml/BILLS-116sres608is.xml 2020-06-04 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2736-2737) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.