S.Res. 201: A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-26 · Immigration · Latest: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6353-6354)

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Plain summary

States that the Senate: (1) acknowledges that the framework of anti-Chinese legislation, including the Chinese Exclusion Act, is incompatible with the basic founding principles of equality recognized in the Declaration of Independence; (2) regrets passing six decades of legislation targeting the Chinese people for physical and political exclusion; and (3) reaffirms its commitment to preserving the same civil rights and constitutional protections for people of Chinese or other Asian descent in the United States accorded to all others. States that nothing in this resolution may be construed to authorize or support, or serve as a settlement of, any claim against the United States.

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Official text

A resolution expressing the regret of the Senate for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · 10 cosponsors

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Patty Murray (D-WA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), John Hoeven (R-ND)

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112sres201.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/sres>

Record fed-us-cong112-sres201 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112