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o reconsider implementing its new mandatory filtering software requirement andwould welcome the opportunity for a meaningful dialogue. We believe there should ben open and healthy dialogue on how parental control software can be offered in the

market in ways that ensure privacy, system reliability, freedom of expression, the freelow of information, security and user choice'; and

Whereas, on June 24, 2009, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and United StatesTrade Representative Ron Kirk sent joint letters to China's Ministry of Industry andnformation Technology and China's Ministry of Commerce, raising objections to Green

Dam and expressing concerns that the Chinese government's directive may violate

China's commitments under the World Trade Organization: Now, therefore, be itResolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) expresses grave concerns about the sweeping censorship, privacy, andcybersecurity implications of the Green Dam filtering software;

(2) calls on the government of the People's Republic of China to rescind itsrequirement for Green Dam to be preinstalled on all new computers;

(3) expresses unyielding support for the people of China in their quest forInternet freedom and free expression; and

(4) urges U.S. high-tech companies to promote the Internet as a tool fortransparency, freedom of expression, and citizen empowerment around theworld.

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