[House Document 116-140]
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116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-140
 
       THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON HONG KONG NORMALIZATION

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                 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON HONG KONG NORMALIZATION, PURSUANT TO 
50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223, SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) AND 
   50 U.S.C. 1621(a); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 201(a); (90 STAT. 1255)










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   July 16, 2020.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 14, 2020.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), I hereby 
report I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') that 
declares a national emergency with respect to the recent 
actions taken by the People's Republic of China to 
fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's autonomy. The order further 
declares that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to 
justify differential treatment in relation to the People's 
Republic of China under the U.S. laws and provisions set forth 
in the order. The order directs the heads of executive 
departments and agencies to commence all appropriate actions to 
carry out the policy of the United States to suspend or 
eliminate different and preferential treatment for Hong Kong, 
to the extent permitted by law and in the national security, 
foreign policy, and economic interest of the United States.
    The order blocks the property and interests in property of 
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State:
           To be or have been involved, directly or 
        indirectly, in the coercing, arresting, detaining, or 
        imprisoning of individuals under the authority of, or 
        to be or have been responsible for or involved in 
        developing, adopting, or implementing, the Law of the 
        People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National 
        Security in the Hong Kong Administrative Region;
           To be responsible for or complicit in, or to 
        have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the 
        following:
                   actions or policies that 
                undermine democratic processes or institutions 
                in Hong Kong;
                   actions or policies that 
                threaten the peace, security, stability, or 
                autonomy of Hong Kong;
                   censorship or other activities 
                with respect to Hong Kong that prohibit, limit, 
                or penalize the exercise of freedom of 
                expression or assembly by citizens of Hong 
                Kong, or that limit access to free and 
                independent print, online or broadcast media; 
                or
                   the extrajudicial rendition, 
                arbitrary detention, or torture of any person 
                in Hong Kong or other gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights or 
                serious human rights abuse in Hong Kong;
           To be or have been a leader or official of:
                   an entity, including any 
                government entity, that has engaged in, or 
                whose members have engaged in, any of the 
                activities described above; or
                   an entity whose property and 
                interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
                this order.
           To have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
        provided financial, material, or technological support 
        for, or goods or services to or in support of, any 
        person whose property and interests in property are 
        blocked pursuant to this section;
           To be owned or controlled by, or to have 
        acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly 
        or indirectly, any person whose property and interests 
        in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
           To be a member of the board of directors or 
        a senior executive officer of any person whose property 
        and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
        section.
    The order also delegates to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, the authority to 
take such actions, including adopting rules and regulations, 
and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as 
may be necessary to implement the order.
    Under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), the order also suspends the 
unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United 
States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria 
above for the blocking of property and interests in property, 
and their immediate family members, as well as aliens 
determined by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or 
acting as an agent of, such aliens determined to meet the 
criteria.
    I am enclosing a copy of the order I have issued.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.













                            Executive Order

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       The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 
(Public Law 102-393), the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy 
Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-76), the Hong Kong Autonomy Act of 
2020, signed into law July 14, 2020, the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (NEA), 
section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 
(8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code,
    I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of 
America, determine, pursuant to section 202 of the United 
States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, that the Special 
Administrative Region of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) is no longer 
sufficiently autonomous to justify differential treatment in 
relation to the People's Republic of China (PRC or China) under 
the particular United States laws and provisions thereof set 
out in this order. In late May 2020, the National People's 
Congress of China announced its intention to unilaterally and 
arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong. 
This announcement was merely China's latest salvo in a series 
of actions that have increasingly denied autonomy and freedoms 
that China promised to the people of Hong Kong under the 1984 
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the 
People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (Joint 
Declaration). As a result, on May 27, 2020, the Secretary of 
State announced that the PRC had fundamentally undermined Hong 
Kong's autonomy and certified and reported to the Congress, 
pursuant to sections 205 and 301 of the United States-Hong Kong 
Policy Act of 1992, as amended, respectively, that Hong Kong no 
longer warrants treatment under United States law in the same 
manner as United States laws were applied to Hong Kong before 
July 1, 1997. On May 29, 2020, I directed the heads of 
executive departments and agencies (agencies) to begin the 
process of eliminating policy exemptions under United States 
law that give Hong Kong differential treatment in relation to 
China.
    China has since followed through on its threat to impose 
national security legislation on Hong Kong. Under this law, the 
people of Hong Kong may face life in prison for what China 
considers to be acts of secession or subversion of state 
power--which may include acts like last year's widespread anti-
government protests. The right to trial by jury may be 
suspended. Proceedings may be conducted in secret. China has 
given itself broad power to initiate and control the 
prosecutions of the people of Hong Kong through the new Office 
for Safeguarding National Security. At the same time, the law 
allows foreigners to be expelled if China merely suspects them 
of violating the law, potentially making it harder for 
journalists, human rights organizations, and other outside 
groups to hold the PRC accountable for its treatment of the 
people of Hong Kong.
    I therefore determine that the situation with respect to 
Hong Kong, including recent actions taken by the PRC to 
fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, constitutes an 
unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in 
substantial part outside the United States, to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I 
hereby declare a national emergency with respect to that 
threat.
    In light of the foregoing, I hereby determine and order:
    Section 1. It shall be the policy of the United States to 
suspend or eliminate different and preferential treatment for 
Hong Kong to the extent permitted by law and in the national 
security, foreign policy, and economic interest of the United 
States.
    Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 202 of the United States-Hong 
Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5722), I hereby suspend the 
application of section 201(a) of the United States-Hong Kong 
Policy Act of 1992, as amended (22 U.S.C. 5721(a)), to the 
following statutes:
    (a) section 103 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 
1152 note);
    (b) sections 203(c), 212(l), and 221(c) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1153(c), 
1182(l), and 1201(c), respectively);
    (c) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
    (d) section 721(m) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, 
as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565(m));
    (e) the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 
et seq.); and
    (f) section 1304 of title 19, United States Code.
    Sec. 3. Within 15 days of the date of this order, the heads 
of agencies shall commence all appropriate actions to further 
the purposes of this order, consistent with applicable law, 
including, to:
    (a) amend any regulations implementing those provisions 
specified in section 2 of this order, and, consistent with 
applicable law and executive orders, under IEEPA, which provide 
different treatment for Hong Kong as compared to China;
    (b) amend the regulation at 8 CFR 212.4(i) to eliminate the 
preference for Hong Kong passport holders as compared to PRC 
passport holders;
    (c) revoke license exceptions for exports to Hong Kong, 
reexports to Hong Kong, and transfers (in-country) within Hong 
Kong of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, 
15 CFR Parts 730-774, that provide differential treatment 
compared to those license exceptions applicable to exports to 
China, reexports to China, and transfers (in-country) within 
China;
    (d) consistent with section 902(b)(2) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public 
Law 101-246), terminate the export licensing suspensions under 
section 902(a)(3) of such Act insofar as such suspensions apply 
to exports of defense articles to Hong Kong persons who are 
physically located outside of Hong Kong and the PRC and who 
were authorized to receive defense articles prior to the date 
of this order;
    (e) give notice of intent to suspend the Agreement Between 
the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders 
(TIAS 98-121);
    (f) give notice of intent to terminate the Agreement 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of Hong Kong for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons 
(TIAS 99-418);
    (g) take steps to end the provision of training to members 
of the Hong Kong Police Force or other Hong Kong security 
services at the Department of State's International Law 
Enforcement Academies;
    (h) suspend continued cooperation undertaken consistent 
with the now-expired Protocol Between the U.S. Geological 
Survey of the Department of the Interior of the United States 
of America and Institute of Space and Earth Information Science 
of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Concerning Scientific 
and Technical Cooperation in Earth Sciences (TIAS 09-1109);
    (i) take steps to terminate the Fulbright exchange program 
with regard to China and Hong Kong with respect to future 
exchanges for participants traveling both from and to China or 
Hong Kong;
    (j) give notice of intent to terminate the agreement for 
the reciprocal exemption with respect to taxes on income from 
the international operation of ships effected by the Exchange 
of Notes Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of Hong Kong (TIAS 11892);
    (k) reallocate admissions within the refugee ceiling set by 
the annual Presidential Determination to residents of Hong Kong 
based on humanitarian concerns, to the extent feasible and 
consistent with applicable law; and
    (l) propose for my consideration any further actions deemed 
necessary and prudent to end special conditions and 
preferential treatment for Hong Kong.
    Sec. 4. All property and interests in property that are in 
the United States, that hereafter come within the United 
States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person, of the following persons 
are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
    (a) Any foreign person determined by the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State:
          (i) to be or have been involved, directly or 
        indirectly, in the coercing, arresting, detaining, or 
        imprisoning of individuals under the authority of, or 
        to be or have been responsible for or involved in 
        developing, adopting, or implementing, the Law of the 
        People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National 
        Security in the Hong Kong Administrative Region;
          (ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to 
        have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the 
        following:
                  (A) actions or policies that undermine 
                democratic processes or institutions in Hong 
                Kong;
                  (B) actions or policies that threaten the 
                peace, security, stability, or autonomy of Hong 
                Kong;
                  (C) censorship or other activities with 
                respect to Hong Kong that prohibit, limit, or 
                penalize the exercise of freedom of expression 
                or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong, or that 
                limit access to free and independent print, 
                online or broadcast media; or
                  (D) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary 
                detention, or torture of any person in Hong 
                Kong or other gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights or 
                serious human rights abuse in Hong Kong;
          (iii) to be or have been a leader or official of:
                  (A) an entity, including any government 
                entity, that has engaged in, or whose members 
                have engaged in, any of the activities 
                described in subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii)(A), 
                (a)(ii)(B), or (a)(ii)(C) of this section; or
                  (B) an entity whose property and interests in 
                property are blocked pursuant to this order.
          (iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
        provided financial, material, or technological support 
        for, or goods or services to or in support of, any 
        person whose property and interests in property are 
        blocked pursuant to this section;
          (v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or 
        purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
        indirectly, any person whose property and interests in 
        property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
          (vi) to be a member of the board of directors or a 
        senior executive officer of any person whose property 
        and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
        section.
    (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section 
apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in 
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued 
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract 
entered into or any license or permit granted before the date 
of this order.
    Sec. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of 
the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA 
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to section 4 of this order would seriously impair my ability to 
deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I 
hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 4 of this 
order.
    Sec. 6. The prohibitions in section 4(a) of this order 
include:
    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, 
goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to section 4(a) of this order; and
    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, 
goods, or services from any such person.
    Sec. 7. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry 
into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more 
of the criteria in section 4(a) of this order, as well as 
immediate family members of such aliens, or aliens determined 
by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or acting as an 
agent of, such aliens, would be detrimental to the interest of 
the United States, and the entry of such persons into the 
United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, is hereby 
suspended. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by 
section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of 
Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council 
Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall have the 
responsibility of implementing this section pursuant to such 
conditions and procedures as the Secretary has established or 
may establish pursuant to Proclamation 8693.
    Sec. 8. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the 
purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or 
attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this 
order is prohibited.
    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the 
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions 
for the conduct of the official business of the Federal 
Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
    Sec. 10. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a government or 
instrumentality of such government, partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization, including an international organization;
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United 
States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within 
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person 
in the United States; and
    (d) The term ``immediate family member'' means spouses and 
children of any age.
    Sec. 11. For those persons whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a 
constitutional presence in the United States, I find that 
because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets 
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be 
taken pursuant to section 4 of this order would render those 
measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these 
measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency 
declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a 
listing or determination made pursuant to section 4 of this 
order.
    Sec. 12. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such 
actions, including adopting rules and regulations, and to 
employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to 
implement this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, 
consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these 
functions within the Department of the Treasury. All 
departments and agencies of the United States shall take all 
appropriate measures within their authority to implement this 
order.
    Sec. 13. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit 
recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national 
emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 
401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of 
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
    Sec. 14. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
impair or otherwise affect:
          (i) the authority granted by law to an executive 
        department or agency; or
          (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget relating to budgetary, 
        administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
applicable law and subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law 
or in equity by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
agents, or any other person.
    Sec. 15. If, based on consideration of the terms, 
obligations, and expectations expressed in the Joint 
Declaration, I determine that changes in China's actions ensure 
that Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous to justify 
differential treatment in relation to the PRC under United 
States law, I will reconsider the determinations made and 
actions taken and directed under this order.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, July 14, 2020.

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