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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 448

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President

should postpone his visit to the People’s Republic of China planned

for June 1998 until all questions related to the export of sensitive

satellite technology to the People’s Republic of China have been thoroughly and satisfactorily answered.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 22, 1998

Mr. HAYWORTH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that

the President should postpone his visit to the People’s

Republic of China planned for June 1998 until all questions related to the export of sensitive satellite technology

to the People’s Republic of China have been thoroughly

and satisfactorily answered.

Whereas the longstanding policy of the United States is not

to export sensitive technology that could be used, directly

or indirectly, to build weapons of mass destruction;

Whereas the Department of State maintains a list of such

sensitive technology, which cannot be exported without a

waiver of export restrictions;
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Whereas the People’s Republic of China has lobbied Federal

officials in the United States for years in an effort to obtain satellite technology that is on the list of sensitive

technology, claiming that the techology would be used for

its civilian space program;

Whereas Loral Space and Communications, an aerospace

company in the United States, sought waivers from the

Department of State to permit the export to the People’s

Republic of China of satellite technology on the list of

sensitive technology;

Whereas Johnny Chung, a fund-raiser for the Democratic

Party, claims that he gave to the Democratic National

Committee $300,000, which was provided by Liu ChaoYing, who is an officer in the People’s Liberation Army

and an executive with an aerospace company operated by

the People’s Republic of China and located in Beijing;

Whereas the chairman of Loral Space and Communications,

Bernard L. Schwartz, gave to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign and to the Democratic National Committee an aggregate of more than $600,000, more than any

other single contributor to the Democratic Party in 1996;

Whereas the authority to grant waivers in response to the requests of Loral Space and Communications was transferred from the Department of State to the Department

of Commerce after the Department of State rejected the

requests;

Whereas the Department of Commerce, over the objections of

the Department of State, granted waivers to Loral Space

and Communications and to Hughes Electronics Corporation, allowing the companies to export sensitive satellite

technology to the People’s Republic of China;
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Whereas Loral Space and Communications and Hughes Electronics Corporation proceeded to export sensitive satellite

technology to the People’s Republic of China;

Whereas the People’s Republic of China and the People’s

Liberation Army used the exported technology to advance

their nuclear missile program; and

Whereas the actions of India to speed up its own nuclear program may have been caused by the nuclear advancements

made by the People’s Republic of China and the People’s

Liberation Army: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that, in light of the events in early 1998 in

3 India, Pakistan, and the People’s Republic of China, the

4 export of sensitive satellite technology with the approval

5 of the Department of Commerce, and the campaign con6 tributions made to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election cam7 paign, the President should postpone his visit to the Peo8 ple’s Republic of China planned for June 1998 until all

9 questions related to the export of sensitive satellite tech10 nology to the People’s Republic of China have been thor11 oughly and satisfactorily answered.

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