[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 490 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 148
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 490

To require the President to remove the extension of certain privileges, 
exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices 
   if Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the 
          People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2023

  Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Coons) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

                             July 25, 2023

              Reported by Mr. Menendez, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To require the President to remove the extension of certain privileges, 
exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices 
   if Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the 
          People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Economic and 
Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION ON WHETHER TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, 
              EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES TO THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND 
              TRADE OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Certification Required.--Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter as part of each 
certification required by the Secretary of State under section 
205(a)(1)(A) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 
U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)(A)), the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a certification that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) merit extension and application of the 
                privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in 
                subsection (b); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) no longer merit extension and 
                application of the privileges, exemptions, and 
                immunities specified in subsection (b); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a detailed report justifying that 
        certification.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities Specified.--The 
privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in this subsection are 
the privileges, exemptions, and immunities extended and applied to the 
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices under section 1 of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and 
immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices'', approved June 27, 
1997 (22 U.S.C. 288k).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Effect of Certification.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Termination.--If the President certifies under 
        subsection (a)(1)(B) that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
        Offices no longer merit extension and application of the 
        privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in subsection 
        (b), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices shall terminate 
        operations not later than 180 days after the date on which that 
        certification is delivered to the appropriate congressional 
        committees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Continued operations.--If the President 
        certifies under subsection (a)(1)(A) that the Hong Kong 
        Economic and Trade Offices merit extension and application of 
        the privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in 
        subsection (b), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices may 
        continue operations for the one-year period following the date 
        of that certification or until the next certification required 
        under section 205(a)(1)(A) of the United States-Hong Kong 
        Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)(A)) is submitted, 
        whichever occurs first, unless a disapproval resolution is 
        enacted under subsection (f).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Revocation of Extension and Application of Privileges, 
Exemptions, and Immunities.--The President may revoke the extension and 
application to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices of the 
privileges, exceptions, and immunities specified in subsection 
(b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Termination of Certification Requirement.--If the Hong 
Kong Economic and Trade Offices terminate operations in the United 
States, whether pursuant to subsection (c) or otherwise, the President 
shall not issue additional certifications under subsection (a)(1) after 
the date on which those operations terminated.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Congressional Review.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Disapproval resolution.--In this subsection, 
        the term ``disapproval resolution'' means only a joint 
        resolution of either House of Congress--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the title of which is the following: 
                ``A joint resolution disapproving the certification by 
                the President that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
                Offices continue to merit extension and application of 
                certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities.''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the sole matter after the resolving 
                clause of which is the following: ``Congress 
                disapproves of the certification by the President under 
                section 2(a)(1)(A) of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
                Office (HKETO) Certification Act that the Hong Kong 
                Economic and Trade Offices merit extension and 
                application of certain privileges, exemptions, and 
                immunities, on ___.'', with the blank space being 
                filled with the appropriate date.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Introduction.--A disapproval resolution may be 
        introduced--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the House of Representatives, by 
                the majority leader or the minority leader; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 
                (or the majority leader's designee) or the minority 
                leader (or the minority leader's designee).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Floor consideration in house of 
        representatives.--If a committee of the House of 
        Representatives to which a disapproval resolution has been 
        referred has not reported the resolution within 10 legislative 
        days after the date of referral, that committee shall be 
        discharged from further consideration of the 
        resolution.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Consideration in senate.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Committee referral.--A disapproval 
                resolution introduced in the Senate shall be referred 
                to the Committee on Foreign Relations.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Reporting and discharge.--If the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate has not 
                reported the resolution within 10 legislative days 
                after the date of referral of the resolution, that 
                committee shall be discharged from further 
                consideration of the resolution and the resolution 
                shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Proceeding to consideration.--
                Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
                Senate, it is in order at any time after the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations reports a disapproval resolution 
                to the Senate or has been discharged from consideration 
                of such a resolution (even though a previous motion to 
                the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
                proceed to the consideration of the resolution, and all 
                points of order against the resolution (and against 
                consideration of the resolution) are waived. The motion 
                to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject 
                to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 
                vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
                shall not be in order.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--
                Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
                application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 
                be, to the procedure relating to a disapproval 
                resolution shall be decided without debate.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) Consideration of veto messages.--
                Debate in the Senate of any veto message with respect 
                to a disapproval resolution, including all debatable 
                motions and appeals in connection with the resolution, 
                shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided 
                between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the 
                minority leader or their designees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Rules relating to senate and house of 
        representatives.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) Treatment of senate resolution in 
                house.--In the House of Representatives, the following 
                procedures shall apply to a disapproval resolution 
                received from the Senate (unless the House has already 
                passed a resolution relating to the same proposed 
                action):</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) The resolution shall be 
                        referred to the appropriate 
                        committees.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) If a committee to which a 
                        resolution has been referred has not reported 
                        the resolution within 10 legislative days after 
                        the date of referral, that committee shall be 
                        discharged from further consideration of the 
                        resolution.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) Beginning on the third 
                        legislative day after each committee to which a 
                        resolution has been referred reports the 
                        resolution to the House or has been discharged 
                        from further consideration thereof, it shall be 
                        in order to move to proceed to consider the 
                        resolution in the House. All points of order 
                        against the motion are waived. Such a motion 
                        shall not be in order after the House has 
                        disposed of a motion to proceed on the 
                        resolution. The previous question shall be 
                        considered as ordered on the motion to its 
                        adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
                        shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider 
                        the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
                        shall not be in order.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) The resolution shall be 
                        considered as read. All points of order against 
                        the resolution and against its consideration 
                        are waived. The previous question shall be 
                        considered as ordered on the resolution to 
                        final passage without intervening motion except 
                        2 hours of debate equally divided and 
                        controlled by the offeror of the motion to 
                        proceed (or a designee) and an opponent. A 
                        motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
                        resolution shall not be in order.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Treatment of house resolution in 
                senate.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) Received before passage of 
                        senate resolution.--If, before the passage by 
                        the Senate of a disapproval resolution, the 
                        Senate receives an identical resolution from 
                        the House of Representatives, the following 
                        procedures shall apply:</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) That resolution shall 
                                not be referred to a 
                                committee.</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) With respect to that 
                                resolution--</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (aa) the procedure 
                                        in the Senate shall be the same 
                                        as if no resolution had been 
                                        received from the House of 
                                        Representatives; but</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (bb) the vote on 
                                        passage shall be on the 
                                        resolution from the House of 
                                        Representatives.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Received after passage of 
                        senate resolution.--If, following passage of a 
                        disapproval resolution in the Senate, the 
                        Senate receives an identical resolution from 
                        the House of Representatives, that resolution 
                        shall be placed on the appropriate Senate 
                        calendar.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) No senate companion.--If a 
                        disapproval resolution is received from the 
                        House of Representatives, and no companion 
                        resolution has been introduced in the Senate, 
                        the Senate procedures under this subsection 
                        shall apply to the resolution from the House of 
                        Representatives.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Application to revenue measures.--The 
                provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply in the 
                House of Representatives to a disapproval resolution 
                that is a revenue measure.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Rules of house of representatives and 
        senate.--This paragraph is enacted by Congress--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
                of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
                respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules 
                of each House, respectively, and supersedes other rules 
                only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such 
                rules; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) with full recognition of the 
                constitutional right of either House to change the 
                rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that 
                House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same 
                extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
                House.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 
        term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Hong kong economic and trade offices.--The 
        term ``Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong 
        Kong Economic and Trade Offices'', approved June 27, 1997 (22 
        U.S.C. 288k).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING RELATING TO HONG KONG 
              ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, an entity of the United States Government may enter into an 
agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices 
to promote tourism, culture, business, or other matters relating to 
Hong Kong only if--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the President has submitted to the Committee 
        on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives a certification under 
        section 2(a)(1)(A) that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
        Offices merit extension and application of certain privileges, 
        exemptions, and immunities; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a disapproval resolution under section 2(f) is 
        not enacted during the 90-day period following the submission 
        of that certification.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Certification.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Existing agreements and partnerships.--Not 
        later than 100 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, any entity of the United States Government or any entity 
        that holds a current Federal contract with the United States 
        Government that has in effect an agreement or partnership with 
        the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, shall submit to the 
        Secretary of State and the Administrator of the General 
        Services Administration a certification described in paragraph 
        (3) with respect to each such agreement or 
        partnership.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) New agreements and partnerships.--Not later 
        than 15 days after entering into an agreement or partnership 
        with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, an entity of the 
        United States Government or an entity that holds a current 
        Federal contract with the United States Government shall submit 
        to the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the General 
        Services Administration a certification described in paragraph 
        (3) with respect to that agreement or partnership.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Certification described.--With respect to an 
        agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
        Offices, a certification described in this paragraph is a 
        certification that the agreement or partnership does not 
        promote efforts by the Government of the Hong Kong Special 
        Administrative Region and the Government of the People's 
        Republic of China--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to justify the dismantling of the 
                autonomy of Hong Kong and the freedoms and rule of law 
                guaranteed by the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 
                1984; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to portray within the United States 
                the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative 
                Region or the Government of the People's Republic of 
                China as protecting the rule of law or the human rights 
                and civil liberties of the people of Hong 
                Kong.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong 
Economic and Trade Offices'', approved June 27, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 
288k).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. POLICY OF UNITED STATES ON PROMOTION OF AUTONOMY OF 
              GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE 
              REGION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the policy of the United States--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to ensure that entities of the United States 
        Government do not knowingly assist in the promotion of Hong 
        Kong as a free and autonomous city or the Government of the 
        Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as committed to 
        protecting the human rights of the people of Hong Kong or fully 
        maintaining the rule of law required for human rights and 
        economic prosperity as long as the Secretary of State continues 
        to certify under section 205(a)(1) of the United States-Hong 
        Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)) that Hong Kong 
        does not enjoy a high degree of autonomy from the People's 
        Republic of China and does not warrant treatment under the laws 
        of the United States in the same manner as those laws were 
        applied to Hong Kong before July 1, 1997;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to recognize that promotion of Hong Kong as 
        described in paragraph (1) should be considered propaganda for 
        the efforts of the People's Republic of China to dismantle 
        rights and freedom guaranteed to the residents of Hong Kong by 
        the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and 
        the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to ensure that entities of the United States 
        Government do not engage in or assist with propaganda of the 
        People's Republic of China regarding Hong Kong; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) to engage with the Government of the Hong Kong 
        Special Administrative Region, through all relevant entities of 
        the United States Government, seeking the release of political 
        prisoners, the end of arbitrary detentions, the resumption of a 
        free press and fair and free elections open to all candidates, 
        and the restoration of an independent judiciary.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office 
(HKETO) Certification Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO EXTEND CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, 
              EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES TO THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND 
              TRADE OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Determination Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter as part of each 
certification required by the Secretary of State under section 
205(a)(1)(A) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 
U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)(A)), the Secretary of State shall, as part of such 
certification, include a separate determination that--
            (1) the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices--
                    (A) merit extension and application of the 
                privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in 
                subsection (b); or
                    (B) no longer merit extension and application of 
                the privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in 
                subsection (b); and
            (2) a detailed report justifying that determination, which 
        may include considerations related to United States national 
        security interests.
    (b) Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities Specified.--The 
privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in this subsection are 
the privileges, exemptions, and immunities extended and applied to the 
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices under section 1 of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and 
immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices'', approved June 27, 
1997 (22 U.S.C. 288k).
    (c) Effect of Determination.--
            (1) Termination.--If the Secretary of State determines 
        under subsection (a)(1)(B) that the Hong Kong Economic and 
        Trade Offices no longer merit extension and application of the 
        privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in subsection 
        (b), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices shall terminate 
        operations not later than 180 days after the date on which that 
        determination is delivered to the appropriate congressional 
        committees, as part of the certification required under section 
        205(a)(1)(A) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 
        (22 U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)(A)).
            (2) Continued operations.--If the Secretary of State 
        determines under subsection (a)(1)(A) that the Hong Kong 
        Economic and Trade Offices merit extension and application of 
        the privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified in 
        subsection (b), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices may 
        continue operations for the one-year period following the date 
        of the certification that includes that determination or until 
        the next certification required under section 205(a)(1)(A) of 
        the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 
        5725(a)(1)(A)) is submitted, whichever occurs first, unless a 
        disapproval resolution is enacted under subsection (d).
    (d) Congressional Review.--
            (1) Disapproval resolution.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``disapproval resolution'' means only a joint resolution of 
        either House of Congress--
                    (A) the title of which is the following: ``A joint 
                resolution disapproving the determination by the 
                President that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices 
                continue to merit extension and application of certain 
                privileges, exemptions, and immunities.''; and
                    (B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of 
                which is the following: ``Congress disapproves of the 
                determination by the Secretary of State under section 
                2(a)(1)(A) of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office 
                (HKETO) Certification Act that the Hong Kong Economic 
                and Trade Offices merit extension and application of 
                certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities, on 
                ___.'', with the blank space being filled with the 
                appropriate date.
            (2) Introduction.--A disapproval resolution may be 
        introduced--
                    (A) in the House of Representatives, by the 
                majority leader or the minority leader; and
                    (B) in the Senate, by the majority leader (or the 
                majority leader's designee) or the minority leader (or 
                the minority leader's designee).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Hong kong economic and trade offices.--The term ``Hong 
        Kong Economic and Trade Offices'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend 
        certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong 
        Economic and Trade Offices'', approved June 27, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 
        288k).

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING RELATING TO HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND 
              TRADE OFFICES.

    (a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, an entity of the United States Government may enter into an 
agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices 
to promote tourism, culture, business, or other matters relating to 
Hong Kong only if--
            (1) the Secretary of State has submitted to the Committee 
        on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives a determination under 
        section 2(a)(1)(A) that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 
        Offices merit extension and application of certain privileges, 
        exemptions, and immunities;
            (2) a disapproval resolution under section 2(d) is not 
        enacted during the 90-day period following the submission of 
        that determination; and
            (3) the agreement or partnership does not promote efforts 
        by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative 
        Region and the Government of the People's Republic of China--
                    (A) to justify the dismantling of the autonomy of 
                Hong Kong and the freedoms and rule of law guaranteed 
                by the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; and
                    (B) to portray within the United States the 
                Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative 
                Region or the Government of the People's Republic of 
                China as protecting the rule of law or the human rights 
                and civil liberties of the people of Hong Kong.
    (b) Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices'' has the meaning given 
that term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend 
certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic 
and Trade Offices'', approved June 27, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 288k).

SEC. 4. POLICY OF UNITED STATES ON PROMOTION OF AUTONOMY OF GOVERNMENT 
              OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.

    It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to ensure that entities of the United States Government 
        do not knowingly assist in the promotion of Hong Kong as a free 
        and autonomous city or the Government of the Hong Kong Special 
        Administrative Region as committed to protecting the human 
        rights of the people of Hong Kong or fully maintaining the rule 
        of law required for human rights and economic prosperity as 
        long as the Secretary of State continues to determine under 
        section 205(a)(1) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 
        1992 (22 U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)) that Hong Kong does not enjoy a 
        high degree of autonomy from the People's Republic of China and 
        does not warrant treatment under the laws of the United States 
        in the same manner as those laws were applied to Hong Kong 
        before July 1, 1997;
            (2) to recognize that promotion of Hong Kong as described 
        in paragraph (1) should be considered propaganda for the 
        efforts of the People's Republic of China to dismantle rights 
        and freedom guaranteed to the residents of Hong Kong by the 
        International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 
        Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984;
            (3) to ensure that entities of the United States Government 
        do not engage in or assist with propaganda of the People's 
        Republic of China regarding Hong Kong; and
            (4) to engage with the Government of the Hong Kong Special 
        Administrative Region, through all relevant entities of the 
        United States Government, seeking the release of political 
        prisoners, the end of arbitrary detentions, the resumption of a 
        free press and fair and free elections open to all candidates, 
        and the restoration of an independent judiciary.
                                                       Calendar No. 148

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 490

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To require the President to remove the extension of certain privileges, 
exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices 
   if Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the 
          People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 25, 2023

                       Reported with an amendment