[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 448 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 448

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should postpone his visit to the People's Republic of China planned for 
   June 1998 until all questions related to the export of sensitive 
   satellite technology to the People's Republic of China have been 
                thoroughly and satisfactorily answered.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1998

Mr. Hayworth submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should postpone his visit to the People's Republic of China planned for 
   June 1998 until all questions related to the export of sensitive 
   satellite technology to the People's Republic of China have been 
                thoroughly and satisfactorily answered.

Whereas the longstanding policy of the United States is not to export sensitive 
        technology that could be used, directly or indirectly, to build weapons 
        of mass destruction;
Whereas the Department of State maintains a list of such sensitive technology, 
        which cannot be exported without a waiver of export restrictions;
Whereas the People's Republic of China has lobbied Federal officials in the 
        United States for years in an effort to obtain satellite technology that 
        is on the list of sensitive technology, claiming that the techology 
        would be used for its civilian space program;
Whereas Loral Space and Communications, an aerospace company in the United 
        States, sought waivers from the Department of State to permit the export 
        to the People's Republic of China of satellite technology on the list of 
        sensitive technology;
Whereas Johnny Chung, a fund-raiser for the Democratic Party, claims that he 
        gave to the Democratic National Committee $300,000, which was provided 
        by Liu Chao-Ying, who is an officer in the People's Liberation Army and 
        an executive with an aerospace company operated by the People's Republic 
        of China and located in Beijing;
Whereas the chairman of Loral Space and Communications, Bernard L. Schwartz, 
        gave to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign and to the Democratic 
        National Committee an aggregate of more than $600,000, more than any 
        other single contributor to the Democratic Party in 1996;
Whereas the authority to grant waivers in response to the requests of Loral 
        Space and Communications was transferred from the Department of State to 
        the Department of Commerce after the Department of State rejected the 
        requests;
Whereas the Department of Commerce, over the objections of the Department of 
        State, granted waivers to Loral Space and Communications and to Hughes 
        Electronics Corporation, allowing the companies to export sensitive 
        satellite technology to the People's Republic of China;
Whereas Loral Space and Communications and Hughes Electronics Corporation 
        proceeded to export sensitive satellite technology to the People's 
        Republic of China;
Whereas the People's Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army used the 
        exported technology to advance their nuclear missile program; and
Whereas the actions of India to speed up its own nuclear program may have been 
        caused by the nuclear advancements made by the People's Republic of 
        China and the People's Liberation Army: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that, in light of the events in early 1998 in India, Pakistan, and the 
People's Republic of China, the export of sensitive satellite 
technology with the approval of the Department of Commerce, and the 
campaign contributions made to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election 
campaign, the President should postpone his visit to the People's 
Republic of China planned for June 1998 until all questions related to 
the export of sensitive satellite technology to the People's Republic 
of China have been thoroughly and satisfactorily answered.
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