Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.

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38 cosponsors · 10 D, 28 R

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House Introduced Dec 14, 2005
House Passed Jun 12, 2006 363–1

Condemns the imprisonment of religious leaders and people of faith in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and urges their release.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Jun 12, 2006

Condemns the imprisonment of religious leaders and people of faith in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and urges their release.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. policy should be to promote and defend religious freedom and freedom of conscience in China.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jun 12, 2006 · 363 Yea – 1 Nay Adoption (two-thirds required) Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert

About this bill and sources

Official title: Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.

Latest action (Jun 12, 2006): On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 363 - 1 (Roll no. 253). (text: CR H3734-3735)

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Not Voting
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Not Voting
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Not Voting
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Yea
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Yea
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Yea
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Not Voting
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Not Voting
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Not Voting
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Yea
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Yea
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Not Voting
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Not Voting
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Yea
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Not Voting
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Not Voting
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Not Voting
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Not Voting
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Not Voting
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Not Voting
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Not Voting
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Yea
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Not Voting
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Not Voting
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Not Voting
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Not Voting
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Not Voting
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Yea
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Yea
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Not Voting
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Not Voting
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Yea
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-8	Yea
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Yea
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Yea
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Not Voting
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Not Voting
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Not Voting
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Not Voting
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Not Voting
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Yea
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Yea
Michael Sodrel	R	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Yea
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Not Voting
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Yea
Bobby Jindal	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Yea
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Yea
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Not Voting
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Yea
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Not Voting
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Yea
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Joe Schwarz	R	MI-7	Not Voting
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Yea
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Yea
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Not Voting
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Not Voting
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Not Voting
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Yea
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Not Voting
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Not Voting
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Yea
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Not Voting
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Yea
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Not Voting
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Not Voting
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Yea
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Not Voting
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Not Voting
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Not Voting
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Yea
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Yea
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Not Voting
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Yea
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Not Voting
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Not Voting
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Not Voting
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Not Voting
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Yea
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Not Voting
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Not Voting
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Not Voting
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Yea
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Not Voting
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Not Voting
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Not Voting
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Yea
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Not Voting
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Nay
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Yea
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Not Voting
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Not Voting
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Not Voting
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Yea
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Not Voting
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Yea
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Not Voting
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Not Voting
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea

Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jun 12, 2006