3.0.0 3892 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z Senate S 2020-06-04 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-04T17:38:55Z 2020-06-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE N Immigration Asia China Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Hong Kong Human rights Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Immigration 00 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-08T10:41:37Z Hong Kong Victims of Communism Support Act

This bill makes certain Hong Kong residents eligible for asylum status. To qualify, an individual must have the right of abode in Hong Kong since birth and must have maintained continuous residency in Hong Kong since birth.

Under this bill, an otherwise qualified individual shall not be denied asylum due to a politically motivated adverse government action, such as an arrest, against the applicant.

The Department of State shall report to Congress a strategy for providing assistance to other countries offering to provide migration services and asylum to eligible Hong Kong permanent residents.

]]> Hong Kong Victims of Communism Support Act Display Title Hong Kong Victims of Communism Support Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Hong Kong Victims of Communism Support Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize lifetime residents of Hong Kong to apply for asylum in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3892is/xml/BILLS-116s3892is.xml 2020-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.