IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 153 
Expressing concern over the detainment of Sandy Phan-Gillis, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. POE of Texas) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing concern over the detainment of Sandy Phan- 
Gillis, and for other purposes. 
Whereas Sandy Phan-Gillis, a naturalized United States cit-
izen of Chinese ancestry and Texas businesswoman, has 
been detained by the Chinese State Security since March 
2015; 
Whereas Sandy traveled to China to promote business oppor-
tunities in her hometown of Houston, Texas; 
Whereas Sandy was detained by Chinese security agents as 
she was passing through an immigration control con-
necting mainland China with Macau; 
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Whereas Chinese authorities held Sandy for six months in 
solitary confinement; 
Whereas Sandy was denied access to a lawyer for over a year; 
Whereas Sandy was hospitalized twice while in detention, and 
suffers from several serious medical conditions; 
Whereas in June 2016, a United Nations panel ruled that 
China had violated international human rights by denying 
Sandy access to legal assistance and holding her without 
bringing her before judicial authorities, the first time in 
its history that the U.N. has ruled that an American cit-
izen had been arbitrarily detained by China; 
Whereas Sandy is accused of spying on China from 1996 to 
1998; 
Whereas Sandy’s passport for 1996 had no Chinese visa, no 
Chinese entry stamps, and no Chinese exit stamps; 
Whereas Sandy’s pay stubs from the Houston Police Depart-
ment, where she worked from 1993 to 1998, showed that 
during the time in question she took a total of 11 hours 
of vacation; 
Whereas Sandy has denied any wrongdoing and said her de-
tention was political and not criminal, according to a let-
ter transcribed by a United States consular official in 
China; 
Whereas China has provided little information about its alle-
gations, saying only that she is suspected of stealing and 
spying on its national secrets and that over a year after 
her initial detention a new crime of espionage was uncov-
ered; 
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Whereas the Department of State has said consular officials 
meet every month with Phan-Gillis and are monitoring 
the case closely; and 
Whereas the father of Sandy Phan-Gillis is currently hos-
pitalized in intensive care, and would benefit from his 
daughter’s presence: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its ongoing concern about the de-
taining of Sandy Phan-Gillis in Guangxi Province, 
People’s Republic of China, since March 2015; 
(2) encourages the Department of State and 
the intelligence community to jointly continue inves-
tigations and to consider all plausible explanations 
for Sandy’s detainment; 
(3) urges the Department of State and the in-
telligence community to coordinate investigations 
with the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China and solicit information from appropriate re-
gional affairs and law enforcement experts on plau-
sible explanations for Sandy’s detainment; 
(4) requests that the Department of State and 
the intelligence community continue to work with 
and inform Congress and the family of Sandy Phan- 
Gillis on efforts to recover Sandy and to resolve her 
detainment; and 
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(5) requests the immediate release of Sandy 
Phan-Gillis by the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China. 
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