text: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
  
      The Congress makes the following findings:
              (1) It has been reported that at an internal Central 
          Communist Party meeting in 1994, Chinese President Jiang Zemin 
          asserted that religion is one of the biggest threats to 
          Communist Party rule in China.
              (2) On January 31, 1994, Premier Li Ping signed decrees 
          number 144 and 145 which restrict worship, religious education, 
          distribution of bibles and other religious literature, and 
          contact with foreign coreligionists.
              (3) The Chinese Government has created organizations that 
          have as their purpose controlling all religious worship, 
          activity, and association in China and supplanting the Roman 
          Catholic Church, independent Protestant churches and 
          independent Buddhist, Taoist, and Islamic associations.
              (4) In July 1995 Ye Xiaowen, a reputed atheist and rigid 
          communist, was appointed to head the Bureau of Religious 
          Affairs, an agency controlled by the United Front Work 
          Department of the Chinese Government, that has administrative 
          control over all religious worship and activity in China 
          through an official system of registering or denying rights and 
          privileges to religious congregations and leaders.
              (5) In the past year, the Chinese Government has expressed 
          great concern over the spread of Christianity and particularly 
          over the rapid growth of Christian religious institutions other 
          than those controlled by the government, including the Roman 
          Catholic Church and the evangelical Christian ``house 
          churches''.
              (6) Soon after the establishment of the People's Republic 
          of China in 1949, the Chinese Government imprisoned Christians 
          who refused to relinquish their faith to become servants of 
          Communism, charging them as ``counter-revolutionaries'' and 
          sentencing them to 20 years or more in labor camps.
              (7) Hundreds of Chinese Protestants and Catholics are among 
          those now imprisoned at ``reeducation through labor'' camps 
          because of their religious beliefs.
              (8) The reeducation camps are run by the Ministry of Public 
          Security and the Ministry of Justice of the Chinese Government.
              (9) The Chinese Communist Government refuses to permit the 
          appointment by the Vatican of Catholic Bishops and ordination 
          of priests for China and insists on appointing its own 
          ``Catholic bishops''.
              (10) The Tenth Panchen Lama died in January 1989 at Tashi 
          Lhunpo Monastery, his traditional spiritual seat in Shigatze, 
          Tibet's second largest city.
              (11) The Dalai Lama has the right to recognize the 
          successor to the Panchen Lama, and has always done so.
              (12) On May 14, 1995, His Holiness the Dalai Lama announced 
          recognition of a 6-year-old boy, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, as the 
          Eleventh Panchen Lama, according to Tibetan tradition.
              (13) The young boy recognized by the Dalai Lama and his 
          family have been brought to Beijing by Chinese authorities and 
          have not been seen in several months.
              (14) Chatrel Rimpoche, abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and 
          head of the original search committee for the Eleventh Panchen 
          Lama, and his assistant, Champa Chung, are believed to have 
          been seized and detained by Chinese authorities in May of 1995.
              (15) Chinese Government authorities subsequently detained 
          other Tibetan Buddhists in connection with selection of the 
          Eleventh Panchen Lama, including Gyatrol Rimpoche, Shepa 
          Kelsang, Lhakpa Tsering, and Ringkar Ngawang.
              (16) The Chinese Government convened a conference in 
          Beijing of Tibetan Lamas who were forcibly brought to Beijing 
          in order to select a rival candidate to the child selected by 
  the Dalai Lama as the Eleventh Panchen Lama.
              (17) On November 29, 1995, Luo Gan, Secretary General of 
          the State Council, and Ye Xiaowen, Director of the Bureau of 
          Religious Affairs, orchestrated an elaborate ceremony 
          designating a 6-year-old boy selected by the Chinese Government 
          as the Eleventh Panchen Lama.
              (18) On December 8, 1995, State Councilor Li Tieying 
          presided over a ceremony in Shigatze, Tibet, in which the boy 
          selected by the Chinese Government as the Eleventh Panchen Lama 
          was enthroned.
              (19) By seeking to impose its own candidate as the Eleventh 
          Panchen Lama and detaining the 6-year-old boy recognized for 
          that position in accordance with Tibetan tradition, the Chinese 
          Government is inserting itself into a purely Tibetan religious 
          matter, in blatant violation of the fundamental human rights of 
          the Tibetan people.
  
  SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
  
      The Department of State should make the release of individuals 
  imprisoned or detained on religious grounds a major objective of United 
  States foreign policy with respect to China, and should raise this 
  issue in every relevant bilateral and multilateral forum.
  
  SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING BY AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE 
                PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN CHINESE OFFICIALS IN 
                INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
  
      (a) Restriction.--No funds available to the Department of State, 
  the United States Information Agency, the Agency for International 
  Development, or any other agency or entity of the United States 
  Government may be obligated or expended for the participation of any of 
  the following individuals in any conference, exchange program, or 
  activity relating to education, culture, training, or any other 
  purpose, until the President submits the certification described in 
  subsection (b):
              (1) The head of any of the following Chinese Government-
          created and approved organizations:
                      (A) The Chinese Buddhist Association.
                      (B) The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
                      (C) The Chinese Catholic Religious Affairs 
                  Committee.
                      (D) The Chinese Catholic Bishops' Conference.
                      (E) The Chinese Protestant ``Three-Self'' Patriotic 
                  Movement.
                      (F) The China Christian Council.
                      (G) The Chinese Taoist Association.
                      (H) The Chinese Islamic Association.
              (2) Any official or employee of the United Front Work 
          Department of the Chinese Government.
              (3) Luo Gan, the Secretary General of the State Council, Li 
          Tieying, State Councilor, and any other official or employee of 
          the State Council.
              (4) Ye Xiaowen, Director of Bureau of Religious Affairs, 
          and any other official or employee of the Bureau of Religious 
          Affairs of the Chinese Government.
              (5) Any military or civilian official or employee of the 
          Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of Justice of the 
          Chinese Government.
      (b) Certification.--The certification referred to in subsection (a) 
  is a certification by the President to the Congress that the following 
  individuals have been released, unconditionally, by the Chinese 
  Government:
              (1) Pei Zhongxun (whose Korean name is Chun Chul).
              (2) Dai Guillang.
              (3) Dai Lanmei.
              (4) Geng Minuan.
              (5) Wang Xincai.
              (6) Li Tianen.
              (7) Guo Mengshan.
              (8) Jiang Huaifeng.
              (9) Xu Funian.
              (10) Wang Yao Hua.
              (11) Chen Zhuman.
              (12) Bishop Zeng Jingmu.
              (13) Father Li Jian Jin.
              (14) Father Vincent Qin Guoliang.
              (15) Pan Kunming.
              (16) Rao Yangping.
              (17) Yu Qixing.
              (18) Yu Shuishen.
              (19) Li Qingming.
              (20) Zhang Zhiqiang.
              (21) Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family.
              (22) Chatrel Rimpoche.
              (23) Champa Chung.
              (24) Gyatrol Rimpoche.
              (25) Shepa Kelsang.
              (26) Lhakpa Tsering.
              (27) Ringkar Ngawang.
target: Urges the Department of State to make the release of Chinese imprisoned or detained on religious grounds a major objective of U.S. foreign policy with China. 
  Prohibits the Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency, the Agency for International Development, or any other Federal agency or entity from obligating or expending funds for the participation of certain Chinese individuals and organizations in any conference, exchange program, or activity relating to education, culture, training, or any other purpose, until the President certifies to the Congress that specified imprisoned or detained Chinese citizens have been unconditionally released by the Chinese Government.
feat_title: To prohibit funding by United States Government agencies of the participation of certain officials of the Chinese Government in international conferences, programs, and activities until the Chinese Government releases certain individuals imprisoned or detained on religious grounds.