# H.Res. 1259 (119th): This resolution calls upon the President to prioritize the humanitarian release of five specified individuals (Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr

This resolution calls upon the President to prioritize the humanitarian release of five specified individuals (Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai) and others unjustly detained by China during future engagements with China's President Xi Jinping. The resolution also (1) urges the President to seek verifiable proof of life, access to independent legal counsel, family communication, and medical care for these detainees; and (2) reaffirms the U.S. commitment to defending political and religious freedom and advocating for the release of those unjustly detained for exercising such fundamental freedoms.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: human_rights. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: religious_freedom. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 167: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure directly seeks to restrain an unjust detention of named religious and political prisoners and calls for due process-type protections such as counsel, family contact, and medical care. Its operative aim is to defend justice and religious freedom. It is a non-binding call for advocacy rather than an operative funding or coercive measure, so it is not classed as mixed.
Theological note: Scripture repeatedly commands care for the imprisoned, justice for the oppressed, and protection of conscience and worship. This resolution touches those concerns by urging advocacy for religious and political prisoners. Its relevance is in its call for humanitarian concern and the defense of the freedom to worship, while its diplomatic means are a matter of prudential judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 167: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. Yea 414 · Nay 0 · Other 16.

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