3.0.0 2758 2022-11-01T04:47:41Z 2022-11-01T04:47:41Z Senate S 2019-10-31 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-10-31T16:16:38Z Hong Kong Be Water Act 116 5725 HR 2020-01-30 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. Identical bill CRS 2019-10-31 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-10-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2019-10-31 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-10-31 True International Affairs Asia China Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign and international corporations Foreign property Hong Kong Human rights Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Protest and dissent Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2019-10-31 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-28T21:28:57Z Hong Kong Be Water Act

This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on, and freeze assets belonging to, individuals and entities responsible for suppression of freedoms in Hong Kong.

The President shall impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any foreign person who is an official of Hong Kong's government or China's government and who knowingly suppressed the freedom of speech, association, procession, or demonstration in Hong Kong. These sanctions shall also apply to foreign individuals or entities acting on behalf of or cooperating with such a government official.

The President shall also block property transactions involving a Chinese national, an entity owned or controlled by China's government, or an officer or senior official of such an entity, if that individual or entity has attempted to undermine the autonomy, basic liberties, and human rights of the people of Hong Kong.

]]> Hong Kong Be Water Act Display Title Hong Kong Be Water Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Hong Kong Be Water Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to combat the suppression of the freedoms of speech, association, assembly, procession, and demonstration of the people of Hong Kong, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2758is/xml/BILLS-116s2758is.xml 2019-10-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.