[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 342 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 342

 To extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong 
                      Economic and Trade Offices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 1997

 Mr. Thomas (for himself and Mr. Robb) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong 
                      Economic and Trade Offices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES 
              TO HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICES.

    (a) Application of International Organizations Immunities Act.--The 
provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 
288 et seq.) may be extended to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
Offices in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same 
conditions as such provisions may be extended to a public international 
organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any 
treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such 
participation or making an appropriation for such participation.
    (b) Application of International Agreement on Certain State and 
Local Taxation.--The President is authorized to apply the provisions of 
Article I of the Agreement on State and Local Taxation of Foreign 
Employees of Public International Organizations, done at Washington on 
April 21, 1994, to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices.
    (c) Definition.--The term ``Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices'' 
refers to Hong Kong's official economic and trade missions in the 
United States.
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