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A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressSRES-220| Senate 
| Updated: 7/13/2017
Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (23)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Jerry Moran (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Tom Cotton (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Roy Blunt (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Ted Cruz (Republican)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Expresses solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners and their families for the lives, freedoms, and rights they lost for adhering to their beliefs and practices. Emphasizes to the government of China that freedom of religion includes the right of Falun Gong practitioners to practice freely in China. Condemns the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting in China. Calls upon: (1) the Communist Party of China (CPC) to cease its campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners and release all such practitioners who have been confined, detained, or imprisoned for pursuing their right to exercise their spiritual beliefs; (2) the government of China and the CPC to end the practice of organ harvesting from all prisoners of conscience; and (3) China to allow an independent and transparent investigation into organ transplant abuses.
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Timeline
Jul 13, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jul 13, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4001-4002)
  • July 13, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 13, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4001-4002)

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AsiaChinaDetention of personsGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsOrgan and tissue donation and transplantationProtest and dissentReligion

A resolution expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressSRES-220| Senate 
| Updated: 7/13/2017
Expresses solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners and their families for the lives, freedoms, and rights they lost for adhering to their beliefs and practices. Emphasizes to the government of China that freedom of religion includes the right of Falun Gong practitioners to practice freely in China. Condemns the practice of non-consenting organ harvesting in China. Calls upon: (1) the Communist Party of China (CPC) to cease its campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners and release all such practitioners who have been confined, detained, or imprisoned for pursuing their right to exercise their spiritual beliefs; (2) the government of China and the CPC to end the practice of organ harvesting from all prisoners of conscience; and (3) China to allow an independent and transparent investigation into organ transplant abuses.
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Timeline
Jul 13, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Jul 13, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4001-4002)
  • July 13, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 13, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4001-4002)
Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (23)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Jerry Moran (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Tom Cotton (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Roy Blunt (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Ted Cruz (Republican)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AsiaChinaDetention of personsGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsOrgan and tissue donation and transplantationProtest and dissentReligion