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US HR130
Resolution
Status
2/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Ami Bera
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AI Summary
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Condemns the People's Republic of China (PRC) government for harassment and intimidation of American citizens, scholars, and activists on U.S. soil to suppress free speech and academic freedom
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Cites specific PRC tactics including personal attacks in state media, pressuring PRC citizens to quit jobs supporting U.S. researchers, withdrawing conference invitations, and sending diplomats to scholars' offices to discourage research
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References the November 2023 Xi Jinping visit to San Francisco where PRC consulate reportedly paid for counter-protesters and hired security guards who physically harassed anti-Beijing demonstrators
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Notes Freedom House documented 253 global instances of PRC-originated physical attacks between 2014-2023, with China accounting for 30% of all transnational repression incidents worldwide
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Calls on federal/local law enforcement to take swift action, urges academic institutions to resist foreign pressure, and advocates for international collaboration with allies to combat transnational repression
Legislative Description
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in condemning the Government of the People's Republic of China for its harassment and efforts to intimidate American citizens and other individuals on United States soil with the goal of suppressing speech and narratives the People's Republic of China finds unwelcome.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2/13/2025