[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5668 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5668

 To prohibit Federal Government officials and employees from attending 
    the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games held in 
 communist China based upon communist China brutalizing protesters in 
Tibet, supporting and enabling Sudan's genocidal regime, forcing a one 
 child policy upon Chinese families, persecuting Chinese citizens for 
   freely exercising religion, repressing free and independent labor 
       unions, engaging in wanton environmental degradation, and 
    systematically denying the Chinese people their basic freedoms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2008

Mr. McCotter (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Walsh of New York, Mr. 
    Wamp, Mr. Burgess, Ms. Berkley, and Mr. DeFazio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal Government officials and employees from attending 
    the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games held in 
 communist China based upon communist China brutalizing protesters in 
Tibet, supporting and enabling Sudan's genocidal regime, forcing a one 
 child policy upon Chinese families, persecuting Chinese citizens for 
   freely exercising religion, repressing free and independent labor 
       unions, engaging in wanton environmental degradation, and 
    systematically denying the Chinese people their basic freedoms.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Communist Chinese Olympic 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES 
              ATTENDING SUMMER OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Subject to subsection (b), any individual who is 
an official (whether elected or appointed) or employee of the Federal 
Government may not attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer 
Olympic Games held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
    (b) Exception for Certain Olympic Team Members and Support Staff.--
Subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual who is a member of the 
United States Olympic Team or who is serving in a medical or security 
capacity on behalf of such Team.
    (c) Opening Ceremonies Defined.--In this section, the term 
``opening ceremonies'' means the ceremonies officially marking the 
opening of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, including the following:
            (1) Receiving the Head of State of the Host Country.
            (2) Parade of the Participants.
            (3) Speech by the President of the Organising Committee.
            (4) Speech by the International Olympic Committee.
            (5) Lighting the Olympic Cauldron.
            (6) Taking the Olympic Oath.
            (7) National Anthem of Host Country.
            (8) Artistic Programme.
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