HRES 667 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

Introduced Jun 9, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Christopher Cox R-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 13, 2004 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJun 9, 2004
  2. Agreed to in HouseSep 13, 2004

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

States that House of Representatives: (1) declares that the people of Hong Kong should be free to determine the pace and scope of constitutional developments; and (2) calls upon the President to call upon the People's Republic of China to guarantee that all revisions of Hong Kong law are made according to the wishes of the people of Hong Kong as expressed through a fully democratically elected legislature and chief executive, declare that the continued lack of a fully democratically elected legislature in Hong Kong constitutes a violation of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984), and call upon the People's Republic of China to honor its obligations under such Declaration.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 442Passed345–0Sep 13, 2004

Cosponsors 45

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2004 to Jul 6, 2004; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INDan BurtonOriginalJun 9, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 9, 2004
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalJun 9, 2004
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalJun 9, 2004
R-MNMark R. KennedyOriginalJun 9, 2004
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJun 9, 2004
D-CATom LantosOriginalJun 9, 2004
D-CANancy PelosiJun 14, 2004
D-FLPeter DeutschJun 17, 2004
D-MABarney FrankJun 18, 2004
R-NJChristopher H. SmithJun 18, 2004
R-CADana RohrabacherJun 18, 2004
R-LADavid VitterJun 18, 2004
R-CAEdward R. RoyceJun 18, 2004
R-AZJ. D. HayworthJun 18, 2004
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 18, 2004
R-SCJoe WilsonJun 18, 2004
R-INMark E. SouderJun 18, 2004
R-MINick SmithJun 18, 2004
R-IASteve KingJun 18, 2004
D-CAHoward L. BermanJun 21, 2004
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenJun 21, 2004
R-ILJerry WellerJun 21, 2004
R-TXJoe BartonJun 21, 2004
D-NYJoseph CrowleyJun 21, 2004
D-CALoretta SanchezJun 21, 2004
R-FLMark FoleyJun 21, 2004
R-MORoy BluntJun 21, 2004
R-TXTom DeLayJun 21, 2004
R-MOW. Todd AkinJun 21, 2004
R-FLCliff StearnsJun 22, 2004
R-CADarrell IssaJun 22, 2004
R-CADuncan HunterJun 22, 2004
R-NYJames T. WalshJun 22, 2004
R-ILMark KirkJun 22, 2004
R-MSRoger F. WickerJun 22, 2004
D-OHSherrod BrownJun 22, 2004
R-CAWally HergerJun 22, 2004
R-LARichard H. BakerJun 23, 2004
D-NJRobert MenendezJun 23, 2004
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterJun 23, 2004
D-ILLane EvansJun 24, 2004
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickJun 24, 2004
R-VABob GoodlatteJul 6, 2004
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroJul 6, 2004

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 9, 2004

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2004Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
  2. Sep 13, 2004Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7006-7008)
  3. Sep 13, 2004DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 667.
  4. Sep 13, 2004At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  5. Sep 13, 2004Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7032-7033)
Show all 10 actions

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1623, E1647James A. Leach R-IA, Nancy Pelosi D-CASep 15, 2004
HouseDebate and remarks H7006–H7008Text printed H7006Recorded votes H7032supportChristopher Cox R-CA, Cliff Stearns R-FL, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Tom Lantos D-CASep 13, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SJRES 33A joint resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.Related billJun 23, 2004

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2004Engrossed in House
  2. Jun 9, 2004Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.