A resolution demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan.

United States118th CongressSRES-23Senate
Updated: May 10, 2023

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This resolution demands that the Chinese government and the Communist Party of China (CPC) immediately release Mark Swidan. The resolution also condemns the Chinese government and the CPC for denying Swidan access to U.S. diplomats and independent and competent medical care. Swidan is a U.S. citizen who was convicted of drug-related charges in China and sentenced to death. A U.N. working group on arbitrary detention considers Swidan's detention arbitrary and in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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HRES-90: Demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party immediately release Mark Swidan.

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 53.

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  2. Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

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  3. Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1588; text: 02/01/2023 CR S210)

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  4. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1588; text: 02/01/2023 CR S210)