Bills · 118th Congress · International Affairs

Condemning the Chinese Communist Party's use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territory as a brazen violation of United States sovereignty.

Where it stands

  1. Introduced2/8/23
  2. Agreed to in HouseAgreed to 2/9/23

Agreed to in the House 419–0 on February 9, 2023 (Roll Call 117 →).

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree · 2/9/23Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote adopts the measure.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic204 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Republican215 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

This resolution condemns China's violation of U.S. sovereignty and denounces the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to deceive through false claims about its intelligence collection campaigns in violation of U.S. sovereignty. The resolution also states that it should be U.S. policy to promptly and decisively act to prevent foreign aerial surveillance platforms from violating U.S. sovereignty.

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Sponsor
Rep. Michael T. McCaul ( Republican · TX-10)
Cosponsors
2
Introduced
2/8/23
Policy area
International Affairs

What happens next

Agreed to in the House. A simple resolution has no further steps.

All actions (8)
  1. 2/8/23Introduced in House
  2. 2/8/23Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  3. 2/9/23Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
  4. 2/9/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H794-799)
  5. 2/9/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 104.
  6. 2/9/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 0 (Roll no. 117). (text: CR H794)
  7. 2/9/23On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 0 (Roll no. 117). (text: CR H794)
  8. 2/9/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.