A resolution urging the European Union to maintain its arms export embargo on the People's Republic of China.
Latest action · Mar 17, 2005 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3088-3090; text as passed Senate: CR S3088-3090; text of measure as introduced: CR S3070-3072)
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Agreed to in SenateMar 17, 2005
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Supports the U.S. embargo on the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Urges the European Union (EU) to: (1) continue its ban on all arms exports to the PRC; (2) make its Code of Conduct on Arms Exports legally enforceable in all EU states; (3) more carefully regulate the end-use of military and dual-use technology; and (4) increase transparency in its arms and dual-use export control regimes.
Encourages the U.S. Government to make clear that a lifting of such EU arms embargo would potentially adversely affect transatlantic defense cooperation, including future transfers of U.S. military technology, services, and equipment to EU countries.
Deplores the ongoing human rights abuses in the PRC.
Urges the United States and the EU to develop a common strategy to seek: (1) human rights improvement in the PRC; (2) an end to the PRC's military build-up aimed at Taiwan; (3) improvement in the PRC's export control practices; (4) an end to the proliferation by state-sponsored entities in the PRC of technology related to weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles; and (5) an end to the proliferation by state and non-state owned entities and individuals in the PRC of military equipment involving countries, such as Burma and Sudan, whose armies have played a role in human rights violations against members of ethnic and religious minorities.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 17, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Mar 17, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Mar 17, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3088-3090; text as passed Senate: CR S3088-3090; text of measure as introduced: CR S3070-3072)
- Mar 17, 2005Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3088-3090; text as passed Senate: CR S3088-3090; text of measure as introduced: CR S3070-3072)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 59 | A resolution urging the European Union to maintain its arms export embargo on the People's Republic of China. | Related bill | Feb 17, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Aggression
- Alliances
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Ballistic missiles
- Burma
- Business ethics
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- East Asia
- Embargo
- Ethnic relations
- Europe
- European Union
- Export controls
- Exports
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government ownership
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Minorities
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- President and foreign policy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sudan
- Taiwan
- Technology transfer
- Weapons of mass destruction
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2005Agreed to Senate
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