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House concurrent resolution · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the People's Republic of China should stop its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

H.Con.Res. 218Introduced Nov 2, 1999Policy area: International Affairs
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 19, 1999 — Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

72 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 53 Democrats

53 of 72 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), William Clay (D-MO), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Christopher Cox (R-CA), William Coyne (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Rush Holt (D-NJ) and 42 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.