110 HR 5668 IH: Communist Chinese Olympic U.S. House of Representatives 2008-04-01 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5668 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 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.

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Short title

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

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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.