3.0.0 2303 2022-12-31T05:25:48Z 2022-12-31T05:25:48Z Senate S 2021-06-24 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-24T20:52:53Z 2021-06-24 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE N International Affairs Asia China Congressional tributes Hong Kong Human rights News media and reporting International Affairs 00 2021-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-07T12:36:50Z Democracy in Hong Kong Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, Ryan Law Wai-kwong, Cheung Kim-hung, and all the other individuals who worked for Apple Daily, a Hong Kong media company, in recognition of their commitment to freedom and democracy in Hong Kong.

]]> Democracy in Hong Kong Congressional Gold Medal Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lai Chee ying ("Jimmy Lai"), Law Wai kwong ("Ryan Law"), Cheung Kim hung, Chow Tat kuen ("Royston Chow"), Chan Pui man, Cheung Chi wai, Yeung Ching kee ("Li Ping"), and all the men and women who worked for Apple Daily in recognition of their commitment to freedom and democracy in Hong Kong in the face of the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Democracy in Hong Kong Congressional Gold Medal Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Democracy in Hong Kong Congressional Gold Medal Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2303is/xml/BILLS-117s2303is.xml 2021-06-24 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.