Expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance.

3.0.0 463 2026-03-12T15:09:45Z 2026-03-12T15:09:45Z Senate S SRES 2025-10-23 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/463 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Discharged From 2025-11-07T18:39:18Z Referred To 2025-10-23T18:52:58Z Expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. 119 861 HRES 2025-11-07 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2025-11-07 Senate Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7976) Floor 2025-11-07 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7974-7976) Floor 2025-11-07 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2025-11-07 Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2025-10-23 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S7732) IntroReferral 2025-10-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2025-10-23 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2025-10-23 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2025-10-23 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2025-10-23 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA 2025-10-23 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2025-10-27 False J000312 Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] James Justice R WV C. 2025-10-27 False S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2025-10-27 False A000382 Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] Angela Alsobrooks D MD 2025-10-28 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2025-11-03 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2025-11-03 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2025-11-04 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2025-11-06 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2025-11-18 False International Affairs Asia 2025-12-01T15:51:44Z China 2025-12-01T15:51:38Z Human rights 2025-12-01T15:51:58Z Religion 2025-12-01T15:51:52Z International Affairs 2025-11-19T21:14:54Z A resolution expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. Official Title as Introduced 6 A resolution expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. 2025-10-25T07:33:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Display Title 45 A resolution expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. 2025-10-24T10:56:15Z 3935 119 SAMDT To amend the preamble. 2025-11-07T19:07:43Z 2025-11-07 Amendment SA 3935 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3935 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/3935 C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX Proposed on behalf of 2025-11-07T05:00:00Z 2025-11-07T05:00:00Z Senate 119 SRES Senate S 463 A resolution expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. 2026-03-12 6 2025-11-07 0 Senate Amendment SA 3935 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2025-11-07 0 Senate Amendment SA 3935 proposed by Senator Cruz. (consideration: CR S7975-7976) To amend the preamble. Floor 2025-11-07 IntroReferral Intro-S 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3935 proposed by Senator Cruz. Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3935 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 1 3934 119 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2025-11-07T21:41:07Z 2025-11-07 Amendment SA 3934 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 3934 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/3934 C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX Proposed on behalf of 2025-11-07T18:39:20Z 2025-11-07T05:00:00Z Senate 119 SRES Senate S 463 A resolution expressing condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of religious minority groups, including Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and the detention of Pastor "Ezra" Jin Mingri and leaders of the Zion Church, and reaffirming the United States' global commitment to promote religious freedom and tolerance. 2026-03-12 6 2025-11-07 0 Senate Amendment SA 3934 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2025-11-07 0 Senate Amendment SA 3934 proposed by Senator Cruz. (consideration: CR S7975) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2025-11-07 IntroReferral Intro-S 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3934 proposed by Senator Cruz. Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-07 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3934 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 1 Agreed to Senate 2025-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119sres463ats/xml/BILLS-119sres463ats.xml Introduced in Senate 2025-10-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119sres463is/xml/BILLS-119sres463is.xml 2025-11-07 Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7976) 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. 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