,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#bc1 #bjbe,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,coons1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1   
,mr4 ,graham1 and ,mr4 ,grassley7       
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations  ,,resolution       
,expressing condemnation of the ,chinese
 ,communist ,party's persecution of     
religious minority groups1 including    
,christians1 ,muslims1 and ,buddhists   
and the detention of ,pastor ,ezra ,jin 
,mingri and leaders of the ,zion        
,church1 and reaffirming the ,united    
,states' global commitment to promote   
religious freedom and tolerance4        
,whereas1 on ,october #aj1 #bjbe1       
international news outlets reported that
 the ,chinese ,communist ,party         
7referred to in this preamble as the    
,,ccp7 abducted ,pastor ,ezra ,jin      
,mingri1 who is the founder of ,beijing 
,zion ,church1 from his home in ,guangxi

 ,province1 ,china2 ,whereas ,,ccp      
authorities also abducted more than #bj 
other pastors and church members from   
,zion ,church2 ,whereas the ,,ccp's     
actions mark the largest coordinated1   
nationwide crackdown against a          
,christian urban house church in more   
than #dj years2 ,whereas thousands of   
,zion ,church members and millions of   
,christians and other religious         
adherents who reside in the ,people's   
,republic of ,china seek to peacefully  
worship ,god and care for their         
neighbors without the threat or fear of 
persecution2 ,whereas the imprisonment  
of ,pastor ,jin is the latest instance  
of ,,ccp persecution of a large number  
of religious minorities1 including      
,christians1 ,muslim ,uyghurs1 ,hui     
,muslims1 and ,tibetan ,buddhists2      
,whereas1 in #bjaf1 ,president ,xi      
,jinping promised to ,sinicize religion 
in ,china by allowing authorities to    
burn ,bibles1 imprison believers1 and   
tear down ,christian crosses1 and by    

forcing religious organizations and     
adherents to conform to the ideology of 
the ,,ccp2 ,whereas1 in #bjba1 the      
,trump ,administration determined the   
,,ccp had committed crimes against      
humanity and genocide against           
predominately ,muslim ,uyghurs and other
 members of ethnic and religious        
minorities in ,xinjiang and that the    
,,ccp has continued to subject religious
 minorities to restrictions on religious
 practices and freedom of expression1   
arbitrary imprisonment1 forced          
sterilization torture1 and forced labor2
 ,whereas the ,,ccp has made consistent 
efforts to erode the religious1         
linguistic1 and cultural identity of    
,tibetans1 including by closing         
,buddhist monasteries and limiting entry
 or practitioners2 ,whereas ,congress   
unanimously passed the ,international   
,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih       
7,public ,law #aje-bib71 which          
established1 as the official policy of  
the ,united ,states-- 7#a7 to condemn   

violations of religious freedom2  7#b7  
to promote1 and assist other governments
 in the promotion of1 the fundamental   
right to freedom of religion2  7#c7 to  
stand for liberty and with the          
persecuted2  7#d7 to use and implement  
appropriate tools in the ,united ,states
 foreign policy apparatus1 including    
diplomatic1 political1 commercial1      
charitable1 educational1 and cultural   
channels2 and  7#e7 to promote respect  
for religious freedom by all governments
 and peoples2 ,whereas1 under the       
,international ,religious ,freedom ,act 
of #aiih1 the ,united ,states           
,commission on ,international ,religious
 ,freedom has designated the ,people's  
,republic of ,china as a country of     
particular concern for religious freedom
 every year since #aiii2 ,whereas       
,congress unanimously passed the ,frank 
,r4 ,wolf ,international ,religious     
,freedom ,act 7,public ,law #aad-bha7 in
 #bjaf to enhance the capabilities of   
the ,united ,states to advance religious

 liberty globally through diplomacy1    
training1 counterterrorism1 and foreign 
assistance2 ,whereas the ,global        
,magnitsky ,human ,rights               
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh71  
enacted by ,congress in #bjaf1 gives the
 ,president the authority to impose     
targeted sanctions on individuals       
responsible for committing human rights 
violations2 ,whereas the ,people's      
,republic of ,china is a signatory to   
the ,universal ,declaration of ,human   
,rights1 done at ,paris ,december #aj1  
#aidh1 and the ,international ,covenant 
on ,civil and ,political ,rights1 done  
at ,new ,york ,december #ai1 #aiff1     
which recognize freedom of religion as a
 fundamental human right2 ,whereas      
,article #cf of the ,constitution of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china          
explicitly states that citizens of the  
,people's ,republic of ,china enjoy     
freedom of religious belief2 and        
,whereas the ,united ,states must show  

strong international leadership when it 
comes to the advancement of religious   
freedoms1 liberties1 and protections3   
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the        
,senate-- 7#a7 strongly condemns the    
,chinese ,communist ,party's persecution
 of religious minorities1 including     
,pastor ,ezra ,jin ,mingri and other    
leaders and members of ,zion ,church and
 other faith communities2  7#b7         
reaffirms the commitment of the ,united 
,states to promote religious freedom and
 tolerance around the world and to help 
provide protection and relief to        
religious minorities facing persecution 
and violence2  7#c7 calls on the        
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china to release the members of     
,zion ,church1 including ,pastor ,jin1  
and all other wrongfully detained       
religious leaders2 and  7#d7 demands    
that the ,government of the ,people's   
,republic of ,china-- 7,a7 respect the  
internationally recognized human right  
to freedom from religious persecution2  

and  7,b7 end all forms of violence and 
discrimination against religious        
minorities and entities4