SRES 66 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the release of twenty-four United States military personnel currently being detained by the People's Republic of China.

Introduced Apr 5, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Craig Thomas R-WY

Latest action · Apr 5, 2001 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3554)

Progress

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IntroducedApr 5, 2001
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses the Senate's regret at the damage and loss of life occasioned by the accidental collision of a U.S. military EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance aircraft and an F-8 jet fighter from the Air Force of the People's Republic of China.

Calls for the Chinese Government to release the crew members of the EP-3E and return the aircraft and its equipment to the United States.

Supports the President's continuing efforts to ensure the safe return of the crew and aircraft.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2001 to Apr 23, 2001; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-CO	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-FL	Bill Nelson	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-AK	Frank H. Murkowski	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-WI	Herb Kohl	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MO	Jean Carnahan	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-NC	John Edwards	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-VA	John Warner	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Apr 5, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-ND	Kent Conrad	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-ID	Mike Crapo	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-KY	Mitch McConnell	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MN	Paul D. Wellstone	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-KS	Sam Brownback	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-SC	Strom Thurmond	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle	Original	Apr 5, 2001
R-AR	Tim Hutchinson	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Apr 5, 2001
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Apr 6, 2001
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		Apr 6, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer		Apr 6, 2001
R-MO	Christopher S. Bond		Apr 6, 2001
R-IA	Chuck Grassley		Apr 6, 2001
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns		Apr 6, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Apr 6, 2001
R-OK	Don Nickles		Apr 6, 2001
R-OH	George V. Voinovich		Apr 6, 2001
D-NV	Harry Reid		Apr 6, 2001
D-RI	Jack Reed		Apr 6, 2001
R-OK	James M. Inhofe		Apr 6, 2001
R-AL	Jeff Sessions		Apr 6, 2001
D-LA	John B. Breaux		Apr 6, 2001
R-NH	Judd Gregg		Apr 6, 2001
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison		Apr 6, 2001
R-ID	Larry E. Craig		Apr 6, 2001
R-RI	Lincoln Chafee		Apr 6, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Apr 6, 2001
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Apr 6, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland		Apr 6, 2001
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Apr 6, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine		Apr 6, 2001
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch		Apr 6, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy		Apr 6, 2001
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Apr 6, 2001
R-PA	Rick Santorum		Apr 6, 2001
R-AK	Ted Stevens		Apr 6, 2001
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Apr 6, 2001
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper		Apr 6, 2001
R-CO	Wayne Allard		Apr 6, 2001
R-TN	William H. Frist		Apr 6, 2001
D-GA	Zell Miller		Apr 6, 2001
D-NE	Ben Nelson		Apr 23, 2001
D-FL	Bob Graham		Apr 23, 2001
R-VA	George Allen		Apr 23, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Foreign Relations Committee	Referred Apr 5, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 5, 2001Introduced in Senate
Apr 5, 2001Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3554)

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3783	Craig Thomas R-WY	Apr 23, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S3761	Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY	Apr 6, 2001
Senate	Text printed S3554	—	Apr 5, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the release of twenty-four United States military personnel currently being detained by the People's Republic of China.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 5, 2001Introduced in Senate

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