SRES865Referred to Committee
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the People's Republic of China has engaged in the arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and has otherwise harmed the prospects for scientific collaboration and people-to-people exchanges between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-09-17
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
SRES
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Edward J. Markey
Democrat · MA · Senator
Votes with party: 85.2% (890 recorded votes)
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- Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsReferred To · 2026-09-17
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