H.Res. 667 · 108th Congress
Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
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45 cosponsors · 14 D, 31 R
7 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- House Introduced Jun 9, 2004
- House Passed Sep 13, 2004 345–0
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…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Sep 13, 2004
(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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.
Latest action (Sep 13, 2004): Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 9, 2004
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- House Introduced Jun 9, 2004
- House Passed Sep 13, 2004 345–0
Final vote · House · Sep 13, 2004
Adoption (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: J. Dennis Hastert