,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bg1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,budd 7for himself1 ,mrs4    
,moody1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 
,mr4 ,young1 and ,mr4 ,sullivan7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to state the policy of the     
,united ,states with respect to         
religious freedom in the ,people's      
,republic of ,china1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,combatting the    
,persecution of ,religious ,groups in   
,china ,act4  #b4  ,statement of policy 
7a7  ,holding officials of the ,people's
 ,republic of ,china responsible for    
religious freedom abuses  ,it is the    
policy of the ,united ,states to        
consider that any official of the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china who is responsible for or has 
directly carried out abuses of religious

 freedom1 including those involving     
arbitrary detention1 forced             
sterilization1 torture1 forced labor1   
and serious restrictions on freedom of  
religion or belief1 expression1 and     
movement against religious minorities1  
including ,protestant ,christians1      
,catholics1 ,buddhists1 ,muslims1 and   
,falun ,gong practitioners1 in the      
,people's ,republic of ,china may have  
committed a gross violation of          
internationally recognized human rights 
for purposes of imposing sanctions with 
respect to such official under the      
,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights       
,accountability ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4     
#ajaja et seq474  7b7  ,department of   
,state programming ,to promote religious
 freedom in the ,people's ,republic of  
,china  ,it is the policy of the ,united
 ,states-- 7#a7 that the relevant       
bureaus of the ,department of ,state1   
including the ,bureau of ,east ,asian   
and ,pacific ,affairs1 should support   
efforts to promote international        

religious freedom in the ,people's      
,republic of ,china2 and  7#b7 for      
programs of the ,department of ,state to
 promote religious freedom in the       
,people's ,republic of ,china and       
monitor transnational repression of     
religious minority groups engaged in by 
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china4  #c4  ,sense of    
,congress regarding promotion of        
religious freedom in the ,people's      
,republic of ,china  ,it is the sense of
 ,congress that the ,united ,states     
should promote religious freedom in the 
,people's ,republic of ,china by--  7#a7
 designating the ,people's ,republic of 
,china as a country of particular       
concern for religious freedom under     
section #djb7;b77#a77;,a77ii7 of the    
,international ,religious ,freedom ,act 
of #aiih 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4                 
#fddb7;b77#a77;,a77ii77 as long as the  
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china continues to engage in        
particularly severe violations of       

religious freedom 7as defined in section
 #c of such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fdjb772
  7#b7 strengthening diplomacy relating 
to religious freedom on behalf of       
,christians and other religious         
minorities facing restrictions in the   
,people's ,republic of ,china1 including
 through the widespread engagement of   
international partners to combat abuses 
of religious freedom committed by the   
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china2  7#c7 raising the cases of   
religious and political prisoners at the
 highest levels with officials of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china2  7#d7    
calling on the ,government of the       
,people's ,republic of ,china to        
unconditionally release all unjustly    
detained religious and political        
prisoners and ensure that detainees who 
have not yet been released are treated  
humanely with--  7,a7 access to family1 
the legal counsel of their choice1      
independent medical care1 and           
international monitoring mechanisms2 and

  7,b7 the ability to practice their    
faith while in detention2 and  7#e7     
encouraging the global faith community  
to speak in solidarity with oppressed   
religious groups in the ,people's       
,republic of ,china4