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[ "Armed Forces and National Security", "Awards, medals, prizes", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Education", "Higher education", "Kansas", "Law", "Lawyers", "Legislation", "Veterans' benefits", "Veterans' education", "Veterans' organizations" ]

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[ "Access to health care", "Congress", "Health education", "Legislation", "Mental health services", "Preventive medicine", "Suicide" ]

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[ "Congressional sessions" ]

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[ "Education", "Elementary and secondary education", "Higher education", "Physics", "Research", "Science, Technology, Communications", "Scientific education", "Special years" ]

[ { "action_date": "2004-07-08", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>Expresses support for the goals and ideals of the World Year of Physics, as designated by the General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Encourages: (1) the people of the United States to observe such Year as a special occasion for giving impetus to education and research in physics; (2) the Secretary of Energy, all science-related organizations, the private sector, and the media to highlight and give enhanced recognition to the role of physics in social, cultural, and economic development; and (3) the Secretary and all people involved in physics education and research to take additional steps to ensure that support for physics continues and that physics studies continue to attract an adequate number of students. Calls on the Secretary to lead and coordinate Federal activities to commemorate the World Year of Physics. </p>", "update_date": "2004-08-03T16:00:14Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2004-10-10", "action_desc": "Passed Senate without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Expresses support for the goals and ideals of the World Year of Physics, as designated by the General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Encourages: (1) the people of the United States to observe such Year as a special occasion for giving impetus to education and research in physics; (2) the Secretary of Energy, all science-related organizations, the private sector, and the media to highlight and give enhanced recognition to the role of physics in social, cultural, and economic development; and (3) the Secretary and all people involved in physics education and research to take additional steps to ensure that support for physics continues and that physics studies continue to attract an adequate number of students. Calls on the Secretary to lead and coordinate Federal activities to commemorate the World Year of Physics. </p>", "update_date": "2004-12-29T16:06:50Z", "version_code": "82" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-07-13", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>States that Congress: (1) declares that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide; (2) reminds the President and the international community of their international legal obligations, as affirmed in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; (3) commends the President's leadership in seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Darfur and in addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by that conflict, including the provision of assistance in Darfur and Eastern Chad; (4) urges the President to seek a United Nations Security Council resolution that directs the member states of the United Nations to impose sanctions against those responsible for the atrocities committed in Darfur, authorizes a multinational force to guarantee humanitarian access and security for foreign aid workers and internally displaced persons, urges a halt to violence committed by militias and by the armed forces of Sudan, creates a Commission of Inquiry, and calls for the establishment of a formal peace process between Darfurians and the Government of Sudan; (5) calls on the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to establish a Darfur Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Fund; and (6) urges the President to provide political and financial support to the African Union to promote its effective intervention in Darfur.</p>", "update_date": "2004-07-26T18:18:44Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-07-15", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>Recognizes the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising by Polish citizens against the Nazi occupation in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II.</p>", "update_date": "2004-09-02T21:09:19Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2004-07-21", "action_desc": "Passed Senate without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Recognizes the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising by Polish citizens against the Nazi occupation in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II.</p>", "update_date": "2004-09-02T21:09:31Z", "version_code": "82" } ]

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[ "Charities", "Crime and Law Enforcement", "EBB Terrorism", "September 11, 2001", "Social Welfare", "Special days", "Terrorism", "Volunteer workers" ]

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[ "Finance and Financial Sector", "Life insurance", "Special months" ]

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[ { "date": "2004-07-20T04:00:00Z", "type": "Introduced in Senate", "url": null } ]

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[ "International agencies", "New York City", "Olympic games", "Sports and Recreation" ]

[ { "action_date": "2004-07-21", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>Encourages the International Olympic Committee to choose New York City as the site of the 2012 Olympic Games.</p> <p>Expresses the hope that the United States will be selected as the host country of such Games and pledges cooperation and support for their successful fulfillment in the highest Olympic tradition.</p>", "update_date": "2004-10-27T16:34:25Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "date": "2004-07-21T04:00:00Z", "type": "Introduced in Senate", "url": null } ]

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[ "Constitutional law", "Juries", "Sentences (Criminal procedure)", "Sentencing guidelines", "Supreme Court", "Supreme Court decisions" ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-07-22", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>Calls on the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to: (1) to stop funding religious activities that promote hatred, violence, and human rights violations; (2) stop providing diplomatic status to Islamic clerics and educators teaching outside of Saudi Arabia who are not legally entitled to such status; (3) close any Islamic affairs section of a Saudi embassy that has been responsible for propagating intolerance; (4) uphold the international commitments made by Saudi Arabia by respecting and protecting the human rights of citizens and foreigners of both sexes in Saudi Arabia; (5) ratify and comply with international human rights instruments and cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms; (6) implement promised judicial, political, economic, and educational reforms; (7) cease messages of hatred, intolerance, or incitement to violence against non-Wahhabi Muslims and non-Muslim religious groups in the educational curricula and textbooks, mosques, and media controlled by the Government of Saudi Arabia; (8) permit the establishment of independent organizations to advance human rights and to promote tolerance in Saudi Arabia; (9) safeguard the freedom of private worship for non-Muslims and for Muslims who do not follow the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam; (10) permit non-Wahhabi places of worship, such as churches, to function openly in special compounds or zones for foreigners or in unadorned buildings; and (11) permit the broadcasting of Radio Sawa throughout Saudi Arabia.</p> <p> Urges the President to: (1) raise public and private concerns with the Government of Saudi Arabia regarding the ongoing violations of human rights, including the right to freedom of religion; (2) designate Saudi Arabia a country of particular concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for the ongoing violations of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia; (3) encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to implement judicial, political, economic, and educational reforms; (4) encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to cease funding to propagate outside of Saudi Arabia any religious ideology that explicitly promotes hate, intolerance, and other human rights violations, including violence; (5) request that the Government of Saudi Arabia identify and provide an accounting of what kinds of support go to religious schools, mosques, centers of learning, and other religious organizations globally, including in the United States; (6) develop initiatives and programs in Saudi Arabia to advance human rights, including religious freedom, the rights of women, and the rule of law; and (7) report to Congress on U.S. efforts to raise concerns regarding human rights, including religious freedom, with the Government of Saudi Arabia, and the results of such efforts.</p>", "update_date": "2004-09-07T14:06:07Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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Johnson, Tim [D-SD]", "is_original_cosponsor": true, "last_name": "JOHNSON", "middle_name": null, "party": "D", "sponsorship_date": "2004-07-22", "state": "SD" }, { "bioguide_id": "L000261", "district": null, "first_name": "CARL", "full_name": "Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]", "is_original_cosponsor": true, "last_name": "LEVIN", "middle_name": "MILTON", "party": "D", "sponsorship_date": "2004-07-22", "state": "MI" }, { "bioguide_id": "D000563", "district": null, "first_name": "Richard", "full_name": "Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]", "is_original_cosponsor": true, "last_name": "Durbin", "middle_name": "J.", "party": "D", "sponsorship_date": "2004-07-22", "state": "IL" }, { "bioguide_id": "F000061", "district": null, "first_name": "RUSSELL", "full_name": "Sen. Feingold, Russell D. 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[ { "action_date": "2004-07-22", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>States that Congress declares that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide.</p> <p>Reminds the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, particularly the Government of Sudan, of their legal obligations under the Convention. </p> <p>Declares that the Government of Sudan has violated such Convention.</p> <p> Deplores the United Nations Human Rights Commission's failure to take appropriate action with respect to the crisis in Darfur, particularly the Commission's failure to support U.S.-sponsored efforts to strongly condemn gross human rights violations committed in Darfur. Calls upon the United Nations (UN) and the UN Secretary General to assert leadership by calling the atrocities being committed in Darfur genocide.</p> <p>Calls on UN member states, particularly member states from the African Union, the Arab League, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to undertake measures to prevent the genocide in Darfur from escalating further, including the imposition of targeted sanctions against those responsible for the atrocities. </p> <p>Commends the Administration's leadership in seeking a peaceful resolution to the Darfur conflict and in addressing the ensuing humanitarian crisis, including the visit of Secretary of State Colin Powell to Darfur in June 2004, to engage directly in efforts to end the genocide, and the provision of nearly $140 million in bilateral humanitarian assistance through the United States Agency for International Development (AID). </p> <p>Commends the President for appointing former Senator John Danforth as Envoy for Peace in Sudan, and further commends the appointment of Senator Danforth as U.S. Ambassador to the UN.</p> <p>Calls on the Administration to: (1) continue to lead an international effort to stop genocide in Darfur; and (2) impose targeted means, including visa bans and the freezing of assets, against officials of the Government of Sudan and Janjaweed militia commanders who are responsible for the war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. </p> <p>Calls on AID to establish a Darfur Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Fund.</p>", "update_date": "2004-08-06T21:16:39Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2004-07-22", "action_desc": "Passed Senate without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>States that Congress declares that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide.</p> <p>Reminds the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, particularly the Government of Sudan, of their legal obligations under the Convention. </p> <p>Declares that the Government of Sudan has violated such Convention.</p> <p> Deplores the United Nations Human Rights Commission's failure to take appropriate action with respect to the crisis in Darfur, particularly the Commission's failure to support U.S.-sponsored efforts to strongly condemn gross human rights violations committed in Darfur. Calls upon the United Nations (UN) and the UN Secretary General to assert leadership by calling the atrocities being committed in Darfur genocide.</p> <p>Calls on UN member states, particularly member states from the African Union, the Arab League, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to undertake measures to prevent the genocide in Darfur from escalating further, including the imposition of targeted sanctions against those responsible for the atrocities. </p> <p>Commends the Administration's leadership in seeking a peaceful resolution to the Darfur conflict and in addressing the ensuing humanitarian crisis, including the visit of Secretary of State Colin Powell to Darfur in June 2004, to engage directly in efforts to end the genocide, and the provision of nearly $140 million in bilateral humanitarian assistance through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). </p> <p>Commends the President for appointing former Senator John Danforth as Envoy for Peace in Sudan, and further commends the appointment of Senator Danforth as U.S. Ambassador to the UN.</p> <p>Calls on the Administration to: (1) continue to lead an international effort to stop genocide in Darfur; and (2) impose targeted means, including visa bans and the freezing of assets, against officials of the Government of Sudan and Janjaweed militia commanders who are responsible for the war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. </p> <p>Calls on USAID to establish a Darfur Resettlement, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Fund.</p>", "update_date": "2004-09-04T18:45:07Z", "version_code": "82" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-09-15", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>States that Congress, among other things: (1) recognizes and approves of the findings of the Secretary of State that genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur, Sudan, and that the Government of Sudan bears responsibility for such acts; (2) supports the Secretary of State's call for a full investigation by the United Nations into all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law that have occurred in Darfur; and (3) calls upon the Secretary of State and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to pursue the immediate suspension of Sudan from the UN Commission on Human Rights.</p>", "update_date": "2004-09-22T14:25:21Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2004-09-15", "action_desc": "Passed Senate without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</b></p> <p>States that Congress recognizes and approves the findings of the Secretary of State that genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur, Sudan, and that the Government of Sudan bears responsibility for such acts. </p> <p>Supports the Secretary's call for a full United Nations (UN) investigation into all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Darfur. </p> <p>Calls upon the Secretary and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to pursue the immediate suspension of Sudan from the UN Commission on Human Rights until it meets its obligations regarding Darfur.</p> <p>Calls upon the Secretary and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to take immediate steps to pursue the establishment of a formal UN investigation to determine whether the Government of Sudan's actions in Darfur constitute acts of genocide. </p> <p>Calls upon the member states of the UN Commission on Human Rights to convene a special session to consider the acute human rights situation in Sudan for the purpose of considering whether Sudan should be suspended from Commission membership.</p>", "update_date": "2004-10-12T18:16:25Z", "version_code": "82" }, { "action_date": "2004-09-22", "action_desc": "Passed House without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)</b></p> States that Congress recognizes and approves the findings of the Secretary of State that genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur, Sudan, and that the Government of Sudan bears responsibility for such acts. <p>Supports the Secretary's call for a full United Nations (UN) investigation into all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Darfur. </p> <p>Calls upon the Secretary and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to pursue the immediate suspension of Sudan from the UN Commission on Human Rights until it meets its obligations regarding Darfur.</p> <p>Calls upon the Secretary and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to take immediate steps to pursue the establishment of a formal UN investigation to determine whether the Government of Sudan's actions in Darfur constitute acts of genocide. </p> <p>Calls upon the member states of the UN Commission on Human Rights to convene a special session to consider the acute human rights situation in Sudan for the purpose of considering whether Sudan should be suspended from Commission membership.</p>", "update_date": "2004-10-12T18:16:40Z", "version_code": "81" } ]

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[ "Aircraft industry", "Commerce", "Commercial aircraft", "Dispute settlement", "Europe", "European Union", "Free trade", "International Affairs", "International agencies", "International competitiveness", "Subsidies", "Trade agreements", "Transportation and Public Works" ]

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[ "Energy policy", "Energy security", "Environmental Protection", "Nuclear energy", "Nuclear power plants", "Pollution control" ]

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[ "Afghanistan", "Armed Forces and National Security", "Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues", "Commemorations", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Democracy", "Foreign leaders", "Government Operations and Politics", "Human rights", "Peace", "Presidential elections", "South Asia" ]

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[ "Government Operations and Politics", "Internet", "Legislation", "Local taxation", "Science, Technology, Communications", "Senate", "State taxation", "Taxation", "Texas" ]

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[ "Boy Scouts", "Civil-military relations", "Department of Defense", "Families", "Government Operations and Politics" ]

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[ "Clergy", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "India", "Religion", "Sikhs", "South Asia" ]

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[ "Blacks", "Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues", "Congress", "Congressional reporting requirements", "Criminal investigation", "Hate crimes", "Minorities", "Mississippi", "Murder", "Racial violence" ]

[ { "action_date": "2004-11-19", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p>Calls on: (1) all authorities with jurisdiction, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of Mississippi, to expeditiously bring those responsible for the 1955 murder of Emmett Till to justice and provide all the resources necessary to ensure a timely and thorough investigation; and (2) DOJ to fully report the findings of the investigation to Congress.</p>", "update_date": "2004-12-20T19:21:07Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Eisenhower Administration", "Energy", "Government Operations and Politics", "History", "International Affairs", "International control of nuclear power", "Legislation", "Nuclear energy", "Nuclear power" ]

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[ "Alliances", "Arab-Israeli conflict", "Armed Forces and National Security", "Armed forces abroad", "Arms control", "Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues", "Congress", "Congress and foreign policy", "Congressional reporting requirements", "Crime and Law Enforcement", "Defense budgets", "Diplomacy", "EBB Terrorism", "Economic impact statements", "Economic stabilization", "Economics and Public Finance", "Environmental Protection", "Federal budgets", "Foreign leaders", "Government Operations and Politics", "Human rights", "Immigration", "International law", "International relief", "Iraq", "Iraq compilation", "Law", "Middle East and North Africa", "Military operations", "Military personnel", "Nuclear nonproliferation", "Peace negotiations", "President and foreign policy", "Prosecution", "Refugees", "Terrorism", "War casualties", "War crimes", "War relief", "Weapons of mass destruction" ]

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[ "Commemorations", "History", "Merchant ships", "Military medals, decorations, etc.", "Military personnel", "Navy", "Special forces (Military science)", "Transportation and Public Works", "World War I", "World War II" ]

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[ { "date": "2003-03-18T05:00:00Z", "type": "Introduced in Senate", "url": null } ]

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[ "Constitutional amendments", "Equality before the law", "Law", "Sex discrimination", "Women" ]

[ { "action_date": "2003-03-18", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": "Constitutional Amendment - States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "date": "2003-03-18T05:00:00Z", "type": "Introduced in Senate", "url": null } ]

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[ { "congress": 108, "latest_action": { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-11-11", "committees": [], "source_system": null, "text": "Became Public Law No: 108-122.", "type": null }, "number": 52, "relationship_details": [ { "identified_by": "CRS", "type": "Related bill" } ], "title": "Recognizing the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, as the official national museum of dentistry in the United States.", "type": "HJRES" } ]

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[ { "links": [ { "name": "H.J.Res. 52", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-joint-resolution/52" } ], "text": "For further action, see H.J.Res. 52, which became Public Law 108-122 on 11/11/2003." } ]

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[ "Dentistry", "Government Operations and Politics", "Health", "Maryland", "Museums", "Smithsonian Institution" ]

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[ { "date": "2003-04-11T04:00:00Z", "type": "Introduced in Senate", "url": null } ]

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[ "Armed Forces and National Security", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "History", "Prisoners of war", "Special days" ]

[ { "action_date": "2003-05-22", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": "Designates April 9, 2004, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "date": "2003-05-22T04:00:00Z", "type": "Introduced in Senate", "url": null } ]

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[ "Administration of justice", "China", "Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues", "Crime and Law Enforcement", "Democracy", "East Asia", "Europe", "Foreign leaders", "Freedom of association", "Freedom of speech", "Freedom of the press", "Government Operations and Politics", "Hong Kong", "Human rights", "Law", "Legislation", "Legislative bodies", "Police", "President and foreign policy", "Public corruption", "Referendum", "Treaties", "United Kingdom" ]

[ { "action_date": "2003-06-27", "action_desc": "Introduced in Senate", "text": " <p></p> <p></p> <p>Calls upon the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government to avoid implementing any law that restricts freedom of thought and expression, and to schedule and conduct elections for the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR according to rules approved by the people of Hong Kong.</p> <p> Calls upon the President of the United States to: (1) urge the SAR Government not to implement any such law; (2) urge the People's Republic of China (PRC) to leave all revisions of Hong Kong law to a democratically-elected legislature, to respect the autonomy and independence of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the chief executive, civil service, judiciary and police of Hong Kong, and to honor its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; and (3) declare that the continued lack of an elected legislature in Hong Kong constitutes a violation of such Declaration.</p>", "update_date": "2004-02-24T16:22:51Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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