IV
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 thor-
oughly 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 ques-
tions 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 ob-
tain 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 Chao-
Ying, 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-elec-
tion campaign and to the Democratic National Commit-
tee 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 re-
quests of Loral Space and Communications was trans-
ferred 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 Corpora-
tion, 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 Elec-
tronics 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 pro-
gram 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
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that, in light of the events in early 1998 in
India, Pakistan, and the People’s Republic of China, the
export of sensitive satellite technology with the approval
of the Department of Commerce, and the campaign con-
tributions made to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election cam-
paign, the President should postpone his visit to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China planned for June 1998 until all
questions related to the export of sensitive satellite tech-
nology to the People’s Republic of China have been thor-
oughly and satisfactorily answered.
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