A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide.
Latest action · Oct 26, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 26, 2020
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution declares that the violence perpetrated by China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups constitutes genocide. The resolution demands that China cease its persecution of the aforementioned groups and urges the United States, as well as the international community, to take measures to prevent the continuation of atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2020 to Nov 30, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Oct 26, 2020 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Oct 26, 2020 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Oct 26, 2020 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Oct 26, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Oct 26, 2020 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Nov 9, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Nov 10, 2020 | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Nov 10, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Nov 10, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Nov 10, 2020 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Nov 10, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Nov 18, 2020 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Nov 30, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Nov 30, 2020 |
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 Oct 26, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Oct 26, 2020Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6598-6599)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Text printed S6599 | — | Oct 25, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46750 | Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Mar 31, 2021 |
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 that the atrocities perpetrated by the Government of the People's Republic of China against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region constitutes genocide.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Business ethics
- China
- Crime prevention
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Detention of persons
- Evidence and witnesses
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
- Labor standards
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sanctions
- U.S. and foreign investments
- United Nations
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 2020Introduced in Senate
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.
