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US SR226

Resolution

Status

Introduced

5/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Merkley

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Condemns the People's Republic of China for conducting systematic transnational repression campaigns that surveil, harass, threaten, and coerce individuals abroad, including those lawfully residing in the United States

  • Identifies targeted groups as political dissidents, human rights defenders, and ethnic and religious communities including Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hongkongers

  • Declares that China's use of covert operations and unregistered agents to intimidate individuals in the U.S. violates American sovereignty and democratic values

  • Recognizes China's harassment, threats, and unlawful detention of family members still residing in China or Chinese-controlled regions—including property confiscation, asset freezing, and passport cancellation—as an extension of this repression

  • Supports U.S. government efforts to investigate, disrupt, and hold accountable those who carry out or enable transnational repression activities

Legislative Description

A resolution condemning the Government of the People's Republic of China for engaging in transnational repression.

International affairs

Last Action

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 247.

10/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations5/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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