IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 897 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any giant panda 
born in the United States should belong to the United States and 
the United States should seek the coordination of its allies to establish 
collaborative giant panda breeding programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2022 
Ms. MACE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
any giant panda born in the United States should belong 
to the United States and the United States should seek 
the coordination of its allies to establish collaborative 
giant panda breeding programs. 
Whereas the Chinese state has systematically leveraged giant 
pandas for diplomatic purposes, including gaining favor 
in countries of economic interest and value; 
Whereas China now loans giant pandas to foreign countries 
in exchange for a fee of $500,000 per panda, and the for-
eign country must agree to return such panda to China; 
Whereas, as of May 2019, China had loaned giant pandas to 
approximately 22 zoos located in 18 different countries; 
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•HRES 897 IH 
Whereas under the giant panda loan agreements between the 
United States and China, the United States— 
(1) bears the cost of caring for each giant panda in 
its possession, including costs relating to breeding; and 
(2) may not negotiate the ownership of giant pandas 
born as the result of such breeding; 
Whereas, on January 19, 2021, the Department of State de-
termined China, under the direction and control of the 
Chinese Communist Party, committed crimes against hu-
manity and genocide against the predominately Muslim 
Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups 
in Xinjiang; 
Whereas, in December 2021, the United States announced 
that they will not send any official representation to the 
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to such human rights 
violations; 
Whereas the People’s Liberation Army has and continues to 
threaten and intimidate Taiwan, one of the closest secu-
rity partners and allies of the United States, with com-
prehensive live-fire exercises conducted by naval and air 
patrols in the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait; 
Whereas during the height of the 2019 prodemocracy pro-
tests in Hong Kong, President Xi Jinping of the People’s 
Republic of China stated, ‘‘[T]hose who engage in sepa-
ratist activities in any part of China will be smashed into 
pieces.’’; 
Whereas the Communist Party of China has been enriched by 
the gifting and leasing of giant pandas to the United 
States and other countries for decades; 
Whereas the United States plays an ongoing, vital role in 
conserving the endangered giant panda species through 
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•HRES 897 IH 
various breeding programs and is dedicated to repopu-
lating the species; and 
Whereas prolonged studies of generations of pandas in 
United States zoos would lead to better scientific under-
standing of the species: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) any giant panda born in the United States 
should belong to the United States; and 
(2) the United States should seek the coordina-
tion of its allies to establish collaborative giant 
panda breeding programs. 
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