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H.Res. 667: Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

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H.Res. 667: Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-06-09 · International Affairs · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-06-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 442 (2004): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES667 (2004-09-13), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) States that House of Representatives: (1) declares that the people of Hong Kong should be free to determine the pace and scope of constitutional developments; and (2) calls upon the President to call upon the People's Republic of China to guarantee that all revisions of Hong Kong law are made according to the wishes of the people of Hong Kong as expressed through a fully democratically elected legislature and chief executive, declare that the continued lack of a fully democratically elected legislature in Hong Kong constitutes a violation of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984), and call upon the People's Republic of China to honor its obligations under such Declaration.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48] · 45 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Pete Sessions (R-TX), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)

Recorded votes

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Roll-call vote
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hres667 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108