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and Ngodrup Phuntsog, a Tibetan national, who was
arrested in Tibet in 1987 immediately after he re-
turned from a 2-year trip to India, where the Ti-
betan government in exile is located, and following
a secret trial was convicted by the Government of
the People’s Republic of China of espionage on be-
half of the ‘‘Ministry of Security of the Dalai
clique’’.
(4) Many political prisoners are suffering from
poor conditions and ill-treatment leading to serious
medical and health problems, including—
(A) Wei Jingsheng, sentenced to 14 years
in prison on December 13, 1996, for conspiring
to subvert the government and for ‘‘communica-
tion with hostile foreign organizations and indi-
viduals, amassing funds in preparation for over-
throwing the government and publishing anti-
government articles abroad,’’ is currently held
in Jile No. 1 Prison (formerly the Nanpu New
Life Salt Farm) in Hebei province, where he re-
portedly suffers from severe high blood pressure
and a heart condition, worsened by poor condi-
tions of confinement;
(B) Gao Yu, a journalist sentenced to 6
years in prison in November 1994 and honored
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by UNESCO in May 1997, has a heart condi-
tion; and
(C) Chen Longde, a leading human rights
advocate now serving a 3-year reeducation
through labor sentence imposed without trial in
August 1995, has reportedly been subject to re-
peated beatings and electric shocks at a labor
camp for refusing to confess his guilt.
(5) The People’s Republic of China, as a mem-
ber of the United Nations, is expected to abide by
the provisions of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
(6) The People’s Republic of China is a party
to numerous international human rights conventions,
including the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punish-
ment.
SEC. 3. CONDUCT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS.
(a) RELEASE
OF PRISONERS.—The Secretary of
State, in all official meetings with the Government of the
People’s Republic of China, should request the immediate
and unconditional release of Ngodrup Phuntsog and other
prisoners of conscience in Tibet, as well as in the People’s
Republic of China.
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(b) ACCESS TO PRISONS.—The Secretary of State
should seek access for international humanitarian organi-
zations to Drapchi prison and other prisons in Tibet, as
well as in the People’s Republic of China, to ensure that
prisoners are not being mistreated and are receiving nec-
essary medical treatment.
(c) DIALOGUE ON FUTURE OF TIBET.—The Sec-
retary of State, in all official meetings with the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China, should call on that
country to begin serious discussions with the Dalai Lama
or his representatives, without preconditions, on the future
of Tibet.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDI-
TIONAL PERSONNEL AT DIPLOMATIC POSTS
TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
There are authorized to be appropriated to support
personnel to monitor political repression in the People’s
Republic of China in the United States Embassies in
Beijing and Kathmandu, as well as the American con-
sulates in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Chengdu, and
Hong Kong, $2,200,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$2,200,000 for fiscal year 1999.
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SEC. 5. DEMOCRACY BUILDING IN CHINA.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR
NED.—In addition to such sums as are otherwise author-
ized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National Endowment for
Democracy’’ for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National Endowment
for Democracy’’ $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, which shall be available
to promote democracy, civil society, and the development
of the rule of law in China.
(b) EAST
ASIA-PACIFIC
REGIONAL
DEMOCRACY
FUND.—The Secretary of State shall use funds available
in the East Asia-Pacific Regional Democracy Fund to pro-
vide grants to nongovernmental organizations to promote
democracy, civil society, and the development of the rule
of law in China.
SEC. 6. HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA.
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than March 30, 1998, and
each subsequent year thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall submit to the International Relations Committee of
the House of Representatives and the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Senate an annual report on human
rights in China, including religious persecution, the devel-
opment of democratic institutions, and the rule of law. Re-
ports shall provide information on each region of China.
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(b) PRISONER INFORMATION REGISTRY.—The Sec-
retary of State shall establish a Prisoner Information Reg-
istry for China which shall provide information on all po-
litical prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and prisoners of
faith in China. Such information shall include the charges,
judicial processes, administrative actions, use of forced
labor, incidences of torture, length of imprisonment, phys-
ical and health conditions, and other matters related to
the incarceration of such prisoners in China. The Sec-
retary of State is authorized to make funds available to
nongovernmental organizations presently engaged in mon-
itoring activities regarding Chinese political prisoners to
assist in the creation and maintenance of the registry.
SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF A COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND
COOPERATION IN ASIA.
It is the sense of the Congress that Congress, the
President, and the Secretary of State should work with
the governments of other countries to establish a Commis-
sion on Security and Cooperation in Asia which would be
modeled after the Commission on Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe.
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SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEMOCRACY IN
HONG KONG.
It is the sense of the Congress that the people of
Hong Kong should continue to have the right and ability
to freely elect their legislative representatives, and that the
procedure for the conduct of the elections of the first legis-
lature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
should be determined by the people of Hong Kong through
an election law convention, a referendum, or both.
SEC. 9. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO ORGAN
HARVESTING AND TRANSPLANTING IN THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Government of the People’s Republic of
China should stop the practice of harvesting and
transplanting organs for profit from prisoners that
it executes;
(2) the Government of the People’s Republic of
China should be strongly condemned for such organ
harvesting and transplanting practice;
(3) the President should bar from entry into
the United States any and all officials of the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China known to
be directly involved in such organ harvesting and
transplanting practice;