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SRES 226 · 119th Congress · International Affairs

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

Introduced May 14, 2025 Latest action October 30, 2025 2 cosponsors

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

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Oct 30, 2025
committee Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Foreign Relations Committee
Oct 30, 2025
other Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 247.
Oct 22, 2025
committee Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Foreign Relations Committee
May 14, 2025
introduced Introduced in Senate
May 14, 2025
introduced Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2930-2931)
Foreign Relations Committee

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--- Introduced (Senate)
+++ Reported (Senate)
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. Res. 226 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
+[S. Res. 226 Reported in Senate (RS)]
<DOC>
-
+Calendar No. 247
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 226
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Curtis) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
+
+October 30, 2025
+
+Reported by Mr. Risch, with an amendment and an amendment to the
+preamble
+[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed
+in italic]
+[Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
@@ -52,7 +60,62 @@
members, including the confiscation of property, freezing of financial
assets, and cancellation of passports to restrict freedom of movement:
Now, therefore, be it
+Whereas transnational repression refers to a range of tactics that foreign
+governments employ to reach beyond their borders to harm, intimidate,
+threaten, harass, or coerce individuals, including political dissidents,
+journalists, political opponents, religious and ethnic minority groups,
+and members of diaspora and exile communities, that represents a threat
+to those who seek to exercise their basic rights and freedoms in the
+United States and abroad and to United States sovereignty and democracy;
+Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China, as the world's most
+prolific perpetrator of transnational repression, is carrying out a
+coordinated campaign to surveil, harass, threaten, and coerce
+individuals living abroad, including people who are lawfully residing in
+the United States;
+Whereas these actions have targeted political dissidents, defenders of
+internationally-recognized human rights, and ethnic and religious
+communities, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hongkongers;
+Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China's efforts to intimidate
+and control individuals residing in the United States, often through
+covert operations or unregistered agents, constitute a violation of
+United States sovereignty and an affront to the rule of law;
+Whereas authorities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which is
+controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China, have
+issued arrest warrants and bounties on overseas Hongkongers, in an
+extraterritorial and illegal application of its national security laws
+to silence or intimidate individuals living abroad, including those who
+are lawfully residing in the United States; and
+Whereas the Government of the People's Republic of China, in coordination with
+local authorities, has also sought to exert pressure by harassing,
+threatening, or unlawfully detaining the family members of such
+individuals who are still residing in the People's Republic of China or
+regions controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China,
+and by engaging in other acts of harassment targeting such family
+members, including the confiscation of property, freezing of financial
+assets, and cancellation of passports to restrict freedom of movement:
+Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
+<DELETED> (1) condemns the Government of the People's
+Republic of China for its systematic campaign of transnational
+repression;</DELETED>
+<DELETED> (2) affirms that all individuals residing in the
+United States have the right to live free from foreign
+government intimidation, coercion, and surveillance;</DELETED>
+<DELETED> (3) declares that acts of transnational repression
+carried out by the Government of the People's Republic of China
+in the United States violate our Nation's sovereignty and
+democratic values;</DELETED>
+<DELETED> (4) recognizes that the Government of the People's
+Republic of China's harassment, threats, or unlawful detention
+of the family members of such individuals who are residing in
+the People's Republic of China or regions controlled by the
+Government of the People's Republic of China is an extension of
+this repression and a violation of basic human rights;
+and</DELETED>
+<DELETED> (5) supports efforts by the United States
+Government to investigate, disrupt, and hold accountable those
+who carry out or enable such activities.</DELETED>
+``That the Senate--
(1) condemns the Government of the People's Republic of
China for its systematic campaign of transnational repression;
(2) affirms that all individuals residing in the United
@@ -67,8 +130,28 @@
family members of such individuals who are residing in the
People's Republic of China or regions controlled by the
Government of the People's Republic of China is an extension of
-this repression and a violation of basic human rights; and
+this repression; and
(5) supports efforts by the United States Government to
investigate, disrupt, and hold accountable those who carry out
or enable such activities.
-<all>
+
+Calendar No. 247
+
+119th CONGRESS
+
+1st Session
+
+S. RES. 226
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+RESOLUTION
+
+Condemning the Government of the People's Republic of China for
+engaging in transnational repression.
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+October 30, 2025
+
+Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble

Cosponsors (2)

Members who signed on to support this bill.

Sullivan R
Curtis R