FREEDOM for Gao Zhisheng and All Political Prisoners Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5303 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5303 To encourage and support the Department of State's diplomatic advocacy efforts on behalf of Gao Zhisheng and other political prisoners in the People's Republic of China, including in Hong Kong, and globally. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2025 Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To encourage and support the Department of State's diplomatic advocacy efforts on behalf of Gao Zhisheng and other political prisoners in the People's Republic of China, including in Hong Kong, and globally. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Framework for Responding to Enforced Exile and Detentions through Oversight and Mobilizing Diplomatic Support Act'' or ``FREEDOM for Gao Zhisheng and All Political Prisoners Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared in August 2017, reportedly into state custody, and has been subject to various forms of detention since 2006, including severe torture, for his work defending religious minorities and farmers facing land expropriations and for writing open letters condemning the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and Christians. (2) In 2023, lawyer Ding Jiax