HRES 877 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.

Introduced Oct 29, 2009 Originated House Sponsor David Wu D-OR

Latest action · Nov 7, 2009 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Progress

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IntroducedOct 29, 2009
Agreed to in HouseNov 7, 2009

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Expresses support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed as a result of the collapse of numerous school buildings in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.

Calls on the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to: (1) provide Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren with the rights that all Chinese citizens have under the PRC's Constitution and the Criminal Procedure Law; and (2) implement its own National Human Rights Action Plan by allowing parents, concerned citizens, and the news media to investigate the collapse of the school buildings.

Recorded votes 1

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

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 880	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Passed426–1	Nov 7, 2009

Cosponsors 176

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2009 to Nov 6, 2009; 121 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-LA	Anh "Joseph" Cao	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-SC	Bob Inglis	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-WA	Brian Baird	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-AZ	Harry E. Mitchell	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MO	Ike Skelton	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-AZ	Jeff Flake	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-GA	Jim Marshall	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-UT	Jim Matheson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IN	Joe Donnelly	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	John J. Hall	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TN	John S. Tanner	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-AL	Parker Griffith	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-WI	Steve Kagen	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Oct 29, 2009
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	Oct 29, 2009
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Nov 3, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Nov 3, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Nov 3, 2009
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Nov 3, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Nov 3, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Nov 3, 2009
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Nov 3, 2009
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Nov 3, 2009
D-NC	David E. Price		Nov 3, 2009
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Nov 3, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Nov 3, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Nov 3, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Nov 3, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich		Nov 3, 2009
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Nov 3, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Nov 3, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden		Nov 3, 2009
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Nov 3, 2009
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Nov 3, 2009
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Nov 3, 2009
D-VA	James P. Moran		Nov 3, 2009
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Nov 3, 2009
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Nov 3, 2009
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Nov 3, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus		Nov 3, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Nov 3, 2009
R-CA	Mary Bono		Nov 3, 2009
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Nov 3, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Nov 3, 2009
D-VT	Peter Welch		Nov 3, 2009
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Nov 3, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Nov 3, 2009
D-CA	Sam Farr		Nov 3, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Nov 3, 2009
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Nov 3, 2009
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Nov 3, 2009
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Nov 3, 2009
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Nov 3, 2009
R-CA	Wally Herger		Nov 3, 2009
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Nov 3, 2009
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee		Nov 4, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Nov 4, 2009
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Nov 4, 2009
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Nov 4, 2009
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Nov 5, 2009
D-IL	Bill Foster		Nov 5, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Nov 5, 2009
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Nov 5, 2009
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Nov 5, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Nov 5, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Nov 5, 2009
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Nov 5, 2009
D-MA	John W. Olver		Nov 5, 2009
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Nov 5, 2009
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Nov 6, 2009

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Oct 29, 2009

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 7, 2009Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H12597-12598)
Nov 7, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 426 - 1 (Roll no. 880). (text: CR 11/6/2009 H12536)
Nov 7, 2009Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 6, 2009Mr. Berman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
Nov 6, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H12535-12540)

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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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Recorded votes H12597support	—	Nov 7, 2009
House	Debate and remarks H12535–H12540Text printed H12536	Bill Cassidy R-LA, David Wu D-OR, Eni F. H. Faleomavaega D-AS, Frank R. Wolf R-VA, Gary G. Miller R-CA, Howard L. Berman D-CA, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Jerry Lewis R-CA, Lee Terry R-NE, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Nov 6, 2009

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 7, 2009Engrossed in House
Oct 29, 2009Introduced in House

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