[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4280 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4280

     To authorize the President to recognize the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China as a separate, 
              independent country, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2021

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To authorize the President to recognize the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China as a separate, 
              independent country, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY; AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States 
that all territorial claims by the People's Republic of China over the 
area known as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are invalid 
and without merit.
    (b) Authorization.--The President is authorized to recognize the 
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of 
China as a separate, independent country, in accordance with subsection 
(a).
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