Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. H.R. 967 prohibits travel grants and visas for Chinese officials who repress religion in China and in occupied Tibet. There are hundreds. if not thousands. of Christians. Muslims. and Buddhists who are serving long prison sentences in China and in occupied Tibet for merely practicing their religious faith. Let me underscore that. Large numbers of Catholics. Protestants. Muslims. and Buddhists are spending many years of their lives in prison for following their religious practices. For example. the Beijing Government sentenced a 76yearold Protestant leader to 15 years in prison for distributing Bibles.