{"format":1,"id":"117-hres-317","congress":117,"number":"H.Res. 317","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the People's Republic of China.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the People's Republic of China.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the People's Republic of China."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the People's Republic of China."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-04-14","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h414","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended","title":"Condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the People’s Republic of China","result":"Passed","yea":427,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll414.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2021-12-08"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This resolution states that the Chinese government is responsible for ongoing abuses against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups and that these abuses constitute genocide and crimes against humanity. The resolution also condemns such genocide and crimes against humanity and calls on the President to take certain actions to put an end to these atrocities."}],"words":58},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"The House of Representatives finds that abuses against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups constitute genocide and crimes against humanity, attributes them to the People's Republic of China, condemns them, and calls on the President to act through the United Nations.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}]},"core_areas":["House findings of genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other minority groups in China","United States action at the United Nations in response"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Finds that the ongoing abuses against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups constitute genocide as defined in the Genocide Convention and crimes against humanity as understood under customary international law.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}},{"text":"Attributes these atrocity crimes against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups to the People's Republic of China.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}},{"text":"Condemns this genocide and these crimes against humanity.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}},{"text":"Calls on the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to refer these matters to the competent United Nations organs for investigation.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}},{"text":"Calls on the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to seize the United Nations Security Council of these circumstances and lead efforts to invoke multilateral sanctions.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}},{"text":"Calls on the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to take all possible actions to end this genocide and these crimes against humanity and hold the perpetrators accountable under international law.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh#H854CF75808CA4EF6A96734372BBA1BF9"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/317/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hres-317.png","v":"617fe43cd6ed","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 317, 117th Congress: Condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against Uyghurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the People's Republic of China. House: 427 Yea, 1 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 8 Dec 2021."}}