A joint resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
Latest action · Jun 27, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8864-8865)
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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Calls upon the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government to avoid implementing any law that restricts freedom of thought and expression, and to schedule and conduct elections for the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR according to rules approved by the people of Hong Kong.
Calls upon the President of the United States to: (1) urge the SAR Government not to implement any such law; (2) urge the People's Republic of China (PRC) to leave all revisions of Hong Kong law to a democratically-elected legislature, to respect the autonomy and independence of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the chief executive, civil service, judiciary and police of Hong Kong, and to honor its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; and (3) declare that the continued lack of an elected legislature in Hong Kong constitutes a violation of such Declaration.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 27, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Jun 27, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jun 27, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8864-8865)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administration of justice
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Democracy
- East Asia
- Europe
- Foreign leaders
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of the press
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hong Kong
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Law
- Legislation
- Legislative bodies
- Police
- President and foreign policy
- Public corruption
- Referendum
- Treaties
- United Kingdom
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