House concurrent resolution · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of Congress that the 2008 Olympic Games should not be held in Beijing unless the Government of the People's Republic of China releases all political prisoners, ratifies the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and observes internationally recognized human rights.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Lantos D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2001
- Committee actionMar 28, 2001
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2001 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1295, H3809-3810)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 73.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-40 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 4, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 4, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/40
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 73, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hconres/73
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
61 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 33 Democrats
28 of 61 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Doolittle (R-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Barney Frank (D-MA), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Steve Horn (R-CA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sam Johnson (R-TX) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Lantos.
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- H.Con.Res. 264 (107th) Expressing the sense of Congress to welcome the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on the occasion of his visit to the United…
- H.Res. 212 (107th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and…
- H.R. 3169 (107th) International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
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.