; Whereas, since 1999, the Department of State has designated China as a country of particular concern under the International Religious Freedom Act; Whereas the Department of State has hosted Ministerials to Advance International Religious Freedom in 2018 and again in 2019 to engage like-minded allies to advance religious freedom protections globally, including by protecting vulnerable religious minorities; and Whereas, as the 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States explains, we must seek to advance American influence by protect[ing] religious freedom : Now, therefore, be it