Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should do everything in his power to achieve resolution and repayment of the defaulted sovereign debt of the People's Republic of China held by 20,000 families in the United States represented by American Bondholders Foundation, LLC.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 17 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should do everything in his power to achieve resolution and repayment of the defaulted sov- ereign debt of the People’s Republic of China held by 20,000 families in the United States represented by the American Bondholders Founda- tion, LLC. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 18, 2021 Mr. GREEN of Tennessee submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should do everything in his power to achieve resolution and repayment of the defaulted sovereign debt of the People’s Republic of China held by 20,000 families in the United States represented by the American Bondholders Foun- dation, LLC. Whereas sovereign debt obligations (in this preamble referred to as ‘‘bonds’’) of the Government of the People’s Repub- lic of China were offered and sold in United States cap- ital markets; VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:35 Feb 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC17.IH HC17 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HCON 17 IH Whereas the bonds constitute full faith and credit sovereign obligations of the internationally recognized Government of the People’s Republic of China; Whereas the People’s Republic of China subsequently de- faulted on those bonds; Whereas the bonds constitute an unpaid general obligation of the Government of the People’s Republic of China; Whereas, under the successor government doctrine of settled international law (relating to establishing the continuity of obligations among successor governments), the repay- ment obligation for the bonds is the obligation of the Government of the People’s Republic of China; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China continues to refuse to repay the bonds held by United States citizens and has officially repudiated the debts, which is a clear violation of United States law, inter- national law, and the rules and regulations of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China honored repayment of the exact same bonds held by citi- zens of the United Kingdom while rejecting the claims of citizens of the United States; Whereas, since the normalization of bilateral relations be- tween the United States and the People’s Republic of China in the 1970s, the United States has shown good will to the People’s Republic of China by focusing on an expansion of bilateral trade while deferring discussion of repayment of the People’s Republic of China’s defaulted national debt; Whereas, under standard legal principles, the People’s Re- public of China’s defaulted sovereign gold debt has been VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:35 Feb 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HC17.IH HC17 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HCON 17 IH accumulating compound interest for more than 82 years and is estimated to exceed the total amount of the United States national debt to the People’s Republic of China; Whereas, as representative of United States bondholders who own the People’s Republic of China’s defaulted sovereign gold bonds, American Bondholders Foundation, LLC, has proposed using the People’s Republic of China’s obliga- tions as payment for the United States national debt to the People’s Republic of China; Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China covered up the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (commonly referred to as ‘‘COVID–19’’) during its early stages, resulting in a global pandemic and more than $2,000,000,000,000 in financial damage to the United States; and Whereas the United States Government pays its debts, and so should the Government of the People’s Republic of China: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 2 President should do everything in his power to achieve res- 3 olution and repayment of the defaulted sovereign debt of 4 the People’s Republic of China held by 20,000 families 5 in the United States who are represented by the American 6 Bondholders Foundation, LLC, for the benefit of the 7 bondholders and the people of the United States. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:35 Feb 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HC17.IH HC17 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS