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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7428 

To reaffirm the principles and objectives set forth in the United StatesHong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 30, 2020 

Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. CURTIS, 

Mr. LOWENTHAL, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reaffirm the principles and objectives set forth in the 

United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hong Kong People’s 

5 Freedom and Choice Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 For the purposes of this Act: 


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1 (1) JOINT DECLARATION.—The ‘‘Joint Declara2 tion of the Government of the United Kingdom of 

3 Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Govern4 ment of the People’s Republic of China on the Ques5 tion of Hong Kong’’ signed on December 19, 1984, 

6 and entered into force on May 27, 1985, will be 

7 called the ‘‘Sino-British Joint Declaration’’. 

8 (2) PRIORITY HONG KONG RESIDENT.—Priority 

9 Hong Kong residents will be defined as lawful resi10 dents of Hong Kong and lawful permanent residents 

11 of Hong Kong who hold no right to citizenship or 

12 residency in any country or jurisdiction other than 

13 the People’s Republic of China (referred to in this 

14 Act as ‘‘PRC’’), Hong Kong, or Macau as of the 

15 date of enactment of this Act and who have resided 

16 in Hong Kong for the last 10 years, or the imme17 diate family member of such person. 

18 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The appropriate congressional committees 

20 are defined as— 

21 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

22 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

23 Representatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

2 and the Committee of the Judiciary of the Sen3 ate. 

4 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The National People’s Congress (referred to 

7 in this Act as ‘‘NPC’’) of the PRC has committed 

8 to pass national security legislation which, if en9 acted, would— 

10 (A) contravene the will of the people of 

11 Hong Kong whose constitution, the Basic Law, 

12 provides in Article 23 that the Legislative 

13 Council of Hong Kong shall enact legislation re14 lated to national security; 

15 (B) violate the PRC’s commitments under 

16 international law, as defined by the Joint Dec17 laration of the Government of the United King18 dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 

19 the Government of the PRC on the Question of 

20 Hong Kong (referred to in this Act as ‘‘Joint 

21 Declaration’’), an international treaty signed on 

22 December 19, 1984, and entered into force on 

23 May 27, 1985; and 

24 (C) cause severe and irreparable damage to 

25 the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ principle and 


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1 further erode global confidence in the PRC’s 

2 commitment to international law. 

3 (2) The United States has a long and proud 

4 history as a destination for refugees and asylees flee5 ing persecution based on race, religion, nationality, 

6 political opinion, or membership in a particular so7 cial group. 

8 (3) The United States also shares deep social, 

9 cultural, and economic ties with the people of Hong 

10 Kong, including a shared commitment to democracy, 

11 to the rule of law, and to the protection of human 

12 rights. 

13 (4) The United States has sheltered, protected, 

14 and welcomed as American citizens individuals who 

15 have fled oppression of authoritarian regimes, in16 cluding citizens from the PRC following the violent 

17 June 4, 1989, crackdown in Tiananmen Square, 

18 deepening ties between the people of the United 

19 States and those individuals, regardless of nation20 ality, seeking to contribute to a free, open society 

21 founded on respect for the rule of law. 

22 (5) The United States has reaped enormous 

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1 dom-loving people fleeing Fascism, Communism, vio2 lent Islamist extremism, and other repressive 

3 ideologies, including in the case of Nazi Germany, 

4 the Soviet Union and Soviet-controlled Central Eu5 rope, Cuba, Vietnam, and Iran. 

6 (6) Offering prospective refuge to those who 

7 have contributed the most to Hong Kong’s success 

8 would signal to the Chinese Communist Party that 

9 repression in Hong Kong would result in losing its 

10 immense wealth and talent to the United States. 

11 (7) A mid-2020 Brookings report notes that 

12 ‘‘Chinese officials see the United States’ continued 

13 ability to attract and retain Chinese talent as a seri14 ous impediment to their technological ambitions’’ 

15 and a 2009 report of ‘‘Issues in Science and Tech16 nology’’ notes that ‘‘competition for [science and 

17 technology] brainpower . . . will become one of the 

18 key defining features of the West’s interactions with 

19 the PRC over the coming decades.’’ 

20 (8) A major asymmetric advantage of the 

21 United States in its long-term strategic competition 

22 with the Communist Party of China is the ability of 

23 people from every country in the world, irrespective 

24 of their race, ethnicity or religion, to immigrate to 

25 the United States and become American citizens. 


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1 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 It is the policy of the United States— 

3 (1) to continue to reaffirm the principles and 

4 objectives set forth in the United States-Hong Kong 

5 Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–383), namely 

6 that— 

7 (A) the United States has ‘‘a strong inter8 est in the continued vitality, prosperity, and 

9 stability of Hong Kong’’; 

10 (B) ‘‘support for democratization is a fun11 damental principle of United States foreign pol12 icy’’ and therefore ‘‘naturally applies to United 

13 States policy toward Hong Kong’’; 

14 (C) ‘‘the human rights of the people of 

15 Hong Kong are of great importance to the 

16 United States and are directly relevant to 

17 United States interests in Hong Kong and 

18 serve as a basis for Hong Kong’s continued eco19 nomic prosperity’’; and 

20 (D) Hong Kong must remain sufficiently 

21 autonomous from the PRC to ‘‘justify treat22 ment under a particular law of the United 

23 States, or any provision thereof, different from 

24 that accorded the People’s Republic of China’’; 


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1 (2) to continue to support the high degree of 

2 autonomy and fundamental rights and freedoms of 

3 the people of Hong Kong, as enumerated by— 

4 (A) the Joint Declaration; 

5 (B) the International Covenant on Civil 

6 and Political Rights, done at New York Decem7 ber 19, 1966; and 

8 (C) the Universal Declaration of Human 

9 Rights, done at Paris December 10, 1948; 

10 (3) to continue to support the democratic aspi11 rations of the people of Hong Kong, including the 

12 ‘‘ultimate aim’’ of the selection of the Chief Execu13 tive and all members of the Legislative Council by 

14 universal suffrage, as articulated in the Basic Law 

15 of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of 

16 the PRC (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Basic 

17 Law’’); 

18 (4) to urge the Government of the PRC, despite 

19 its recent actions, to uphold its commitments to 

20 Hong Kong, including allowing the people of Hong 

21 Kong to govern Hong Kong with a high degree of 

22 autonomy and without undue interference, and en23 suring that Hong Kong voters freely enjoy the right 

24 to elect the Chief Executive and all members of the 


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1 Hong Kong Legislative Council by universal suf2 frage; 

3 (5) to support the establishment of a genuine 

4 democratic option to freely and fairly nominate and 

5 elect the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and the es6 tablishment by 2020 of open and direct democratic 

7 elections for all members of the Hong Kong Legisla8 tive Council; 

9 (6) to support the robust exercise by residents 

10 of Hong Kong of the rights to free speech, the press, 

11 and other fundamental freedoms, as provided by the 

12 Basic Law, the Joint Declaration, and the Inter13 national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 

14 (7) to support freedom from arbitrary or unlaw15 ful arrest, detention, or imprisonment for all Hong 

16 Kong residents, as provided by the Basic Law, the 

17 Joint Declaration, and the International Covenant 

18 on Civil and Political Rights; 

19 (8) to draw international attention to any viola20 tions by the Government of the PRC of the funda21 mental rights of the people of Hong Kong, as pro22 vided by the International Covenant on Civil and Po23 litical Rights, and any encroachment upon the au24 tonomy guaranteed to Hong Kong by the Basic Law 

25 and the Joint Declaration; 


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1 (9) to protect United States citizens and long2 term permanent residents living in Hong Kong, as 

3 well as people visiting and transiting through Hong 

4 Kong; 

5 (10) to maintain the economic and cultural ties 

6 that provide significant benefits to both the United 

7 States and Hong Kong; 

8 (11) to coordinate with allies, including the 

9 United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the 

10 Republic of Korea, to promote democracy and 

11 human rights in Hong Kong; and 

12 (12) in the case of the promulgation of new na13 tional security legislation in Hong Kong, to review 

14 immigration, asylum, and residency regulations such 

15 that those residents of Hong Kong fleeing persecu16 tion and seeking better opportunities will be wel17 comed in the United States. 

18 SEC. 5. PROTECTION FOR HONG KONG RESIDENTS IN THE 

19 UNITED STATES. 

20 (a) DESIGNATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 244 

22 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1254a), Hong Kong shall be treated as if it had 

24 been designated under subsection (b)(1)(C) of that 

25 section, subject to the provisions of this section. 


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1 (2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe2 riod of the designation referred to in paragraph (1) 

3 shall be for the 18-month period beginning from 

4 such time as the Standing Committee of the NPC of 

5 the PRC promulgates national security legislation 

6 with respect to Hong Kong that amends Article III 

7 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. 

8 (b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—As a result of the designa9 tion made under subsection (a), an alien who is a resident 

10 of Hong Kong is deemed to satisfy the requirements under 

11 paragraph (1) of section 244(c) of the Immigration and 

12 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)), subject to paragraph 

13 (3) of such section, if the alien— 

14 (1) has been continuously physically present in 

15 the United States since the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act; 

17 (2) is admissible as an immigrant, except as 

18 otherwise provided in paragraph (2)(A) of such sec19 tion, and is not ineligible for temporary protected 

20 status under paragraph (2)(B) of such section; and 

21 (3) registers for temporary protected status in 

22 a manner established by the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security. 

24 (c) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

2 Security shall give prior consent to travel abroad, in 

3 accordance with section 244(f)(3) of the Immigra4 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(3)), to 

5 an alien who is granted temporary protected status 

6 pursuant to the designation made under subsection 

7 (a) if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the 

8 Secretary of Homeland Security that emergency and 

9 extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the 

10 alien require the alien to depart for a brief, tem11 porary trip abroad. 

12 (2) TREATMENT UPON RETURN.—An alien re13 turning to the United States in accordance with an 

14 authorization described in paragraph (1) shall be 

15 treated as any other returning alien provided tem16 porary protected status under section 244 of the Im17 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a). 

18 (d) FEE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other fee 

20 authorized by law, the Secretary of Homeland Secu21 rity is authorized to charge and collect a fee of $360 

22 for each application for temporary protected status 

23 under section 244 of the Immigration and Nation24 ality Act by a person who is only eligible for such 

25 status by reason of subsection (a). 


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1 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Homeland Se2 curity shall permit aliens to apply for a waiver of 

3 any fees associated with filing an application re4 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

5 SEC. 6. DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF HONG KONG RESI6 DENTS FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For not less than 5 years from 

8 such time as the President suspends, in whole or in part, 

9 special treatment of Hong Kong under United States law, 

10 Hong Kong will continue to be considered a separate for11 eign state apart from the PRC as mandated in section 

12 103 of Public Law 101–649 and thus Hong Kong will con13 tinue to be treated as a separate foreign state for purposes 

14 of a numerical level established under section 1152 of title 

15 8, United States Code. 

16 (b) REGULATIONS.—In order to facilitate the future 

17 verification of Hong Kong residency status of visa appli18 cants from the PRC, the Secretary of State shall— 

19 (1) issue regulations within 365 days of enact20 ment establishing a process for Hong Kong residents 

21 to register their status with embassies of the United 

22 States and the Department of State globally for pur23 poses of adjudicating an individual’s claim to Hong 

24 Kong residency as part of a future visa application 


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1 for entry to the United States, including through 

2 such means as— 

3 (A) recording of biometric data; 

4 (B) official registration and scanning of 

5 birth certificates, residency cards, and other 

6 documentation establishing long-term residency; 

7 and 

8 (C) collection of other personal informa9 tion, data, and records deemed appropriate by 

10 the Secretary; 

11 (2) issue guidance within 180 days of enact12 ment outlining actions to enhance the ability of the 

13 Department of State to efficiently share information 

14 with the United Kingdom and other allies for pur15 poses of rapidly adjudicating residency of Hong 

16 Kong applicants for admission to the United States; 

17 and 

18 (3) provide within 180 days of enactment a 

19 briefing to the House Committees on Foreign Af20 fairs and Judiciary and the Senate Committees on 

21 Foreign Relations and Judiciary on plans to imple22 ment the requirements pursuant to paragraphs (1) 

23 and (2). 


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1 SEC. 7. ADMISSION FOR CERTAIN HIGHLY SKILLED HONG 

2 KONG RESIDENTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec4 retary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law, the Secretary of State in consulta6 tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may pro7 vide an alien described in subsection (b) with the status 

8 of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of the Im9 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if 

10 the alien— 

11 (1) or an agent acting on behalf of the alien, 

12 submits a petition for classification under section 

13 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)); 

14 (2) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant 

15 visa; 

16 (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States 

17 for permanent residence (excluding the grounds for 

18 inadmissibility specified in section 212(a)(4) of such 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)); and 

20 (4) cleared a background check and appropriate 

21 screening, as determined by the Secretary of Home22 land Security. 

23 (b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 

24 (1) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is described 

25 in this subsection if the alien is a citizen of the PRC 

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1 nent resident of Hong Kong for at least 10 years as 

2 of the date of enactment of this Act, and— 

3 (A) has received a graduate diploma from 

4 an accredited institution; 

5 (B) has completed undergraduate or grad6 uate education in the United States; or 

7 (C) is the sole or majority owner of a com8 pany with more than 50 direct employees or 

9 greater than $5 million in assets. 

10 (2) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is de11 scribed in this subsection if the alien is the spouse 

12 or child of a principal alien described in paragraph 

13 (1). 

14 (c) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of prin16 cipal aliens who may be provided special immigrant 

17 status under this section may not exceed 50,000 per 

18 year for each of the 5 fiscal years beginning after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary 

20 may, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

21 prioritize holders of diplomas in STEM fields, in22 cluding the physical and life sciences, computer 

23 science, engineering, technology, math, and medi24 cine. 


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1 (2) EXCLUSION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITA2 TIONS.—Aliens provided immigrant status under 

3 this section shall not be counted against any numer4 ical limitation under section 201, 202, 203, or 207 

5 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1157). 

7 (d) PROTECTION OF ALIENS.—The Secretary of 

8 State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant 

9 Federal agencies, shall make a reasonable effort to provide 

10 an alien described in this section who is applying for a 

11 special immigrant visa with protection or the immediate 

12 removal from the PRC if possible, of such alien if the Sec13 retary determines after consultation that such alien is in 

14 imminent danger. 

15 (e) ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION UNDER OTHER

16 CLASSIFICATION.—No alien shall be denied the oppor17 tunity to apply for admission under this section solely be18 cause such alien qualifies as an immediate relative or is 

19 eligible for any other immigrant classification. 

20 (f) TIMELINE FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and 

22 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 

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1 ground checks, are completed not later than 2 years 

2 after the date on which an eligible applicant submits 

3 an application under subsection (a). 

4 (2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

5 (1), the relevant Federal agencies may take addi6 tional time to process applications described in para7 graph (1) if satisfaction of national security con8 cerns requires such additional time, provided that 

9 the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee 

10 of the Secretary, has determined that the applicant 

11 meets the requirements for status as a special immi12 grant under this section and has so notified the ap13 plicant. 

14 SEC. 8. ADJUSTMENT TO LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT 

15 STATUS OF CERTAIN NATIONALS OF THE 

16 PRC. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c)(1), 

18 whenever an alien described in subsection (b) applies for 

19 adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigra20 tion and Nationality Act during the application period (as 

21 defined in subsection (e)) the following rules shall apply 

22 with respect to such adjustment: 

23 (1) The alien shall be deemed to have had a pe24 tition approved under section 204(a) of such Act for 


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1 classification under section 203(b)(3)(A)(i) of such 

2 Act. 

3 (2) The application shall be considered without 

4 regard to whether an immigrant visa number is im5 mediately available at the time the application is 

6 filed. 

7 (3) In determining the alien’s admissibility as 

8 an immigrant, and the alien’s eligibility for an immi9 grant visa— 

10 (A) paragraphs (5) and (7)(A) of section 

11 212(a) and section 212(e) of such Act shall not 

12 apply; and 

13 (B) the Attorney General may waive any 

14 other provision of section 212(a) (other than 

15 paragraph (2)(C) and subparagraph (A), (B), 

16 (C), or (E) of paragraph (3)) of such Act with 

17 respect to such adjustment for humanitarian 

18 purposes, for purposes of assuring family unity, 

19 or if otherwise in the public interest. 

20 (4) The numerical level of section 202(a)(2) of 

21 such Act shall not apply. 

22 (5) Section 245(c) of such Act shall not apply. 

23 (b) ALIENS COVERED.—For purposes of this section, 

24 an alien described in this subsection is an alien who— 


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1 (1) faces a fear of persecution on account of his 

2 or her political opinion by the PRC of the govern3 ment or other authorities in the Hong Kong Special 

4 Administrative Region; 

5 (2) was born in or has been a resident or per6 manent resident of Hong Kong for at least 10 years; 

7 (3) has initiated permanent residence in the 

8 United States (other than brief, casual, and innocent 

9 absences) during the period beginning June 1, 2019, 

10 and ending on the date that is 5 years from the date 

11 of enactment of this Act; and 

12 (4) was not physically present in the PRC for 

13 longer than 90 days after the date of establishment 

14 of such permanent residence. 

15 (c) CONDITION; DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.— 

16 (1) NOT APPLICABLE IF SAFE RETURN PER17 MITTED.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any alien 

18 if the Secretary of State has determined and cer19 tified to Congress, before the first day of the appli20 cation period, that conditions in the PRC permit 

21 aliens described in subsection (b)(1) to return to 

22 that foreign state in safety. 

23 (2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—If the 

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1 riod, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, sub2 ject to the availability of appropriations, immediately 

3 broadly disseminate to aliens described in subsection 

4 (b) information respecting the benefits available 

5 under this section. To the extent practicable, the 

6 Secretary shall provide notice of these benefits to the 

7 last known mailing address of each such alien. 

8 (d) EXCLUSION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 

9 Aliens provided immigrant visas under this section shall 

10 not be counted against any numerical limitation under sec11 tions 201, 202, or 203 of the Immigration and Nationality 

12 Act (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, or 1153). 

13 SEC. 9. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, the Secretary 

15 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security and other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall 

17 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit18 tees on— 

19 (1) the number of Hong Kong SAR residents 

20 who have applied for admittance, been admitted, and 

21 been provided permanent residence in the United 

22 States during the preceding fiscal year, disaggregat23 ed by visa type or residence status, including ref24 ugee, temporary protected status, special immigrant 


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1 visa, and legal permanent residence status provided 

2 for under this Act; 

3 (2) the number of denials or rejections of appli4 cants, including a description of the basis for denial 

5 and disaggregated by the basis for denial and by 

6 visa type or residency status during the previous fis7 cal year; 

8 (3) the number of Hong Kong SAR residents 

9 that have applied for political asylum by fiscal year, 

10 including number of rejections, and disaggregated by 

11 basis for denial during the previous fiscal year; and 

12 (4) other matters deemed relevant by the Sec13 retary on efforts to protect and facilitate the reset14 tlement of refugees and victims of political persecu15 tion in Hong Kong. 

16 (b) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 

17 be submitted in unclassified form and published on a text18 searchable, publicly available website of the Department 

19 of State. 

20 SEC. 10. STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 

21 ON HONG KONG. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 

23 States— 

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1 priate immigration incentives to Hong Kong resi2 dents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Re3 gion of the PRC in the event that the PRC enacts 

4 legislation that renders certain Hong Kong persons 

5 at risk of persecution due to their political beliefs; 

6 and 

7 (2) to encourage like-minded nations to make 

8 similar accommodations for Hong Kong people flee9 ing oppression by the Government of the PRC. 

10 (b) PLAN.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 

11 with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, 

12 shall develop a plan to engage with other nations, includ13 ing the United Kingdom, on cooperative efforts to— 

14 (1) provide refugee and asylee protections for 

15 victims of, and individuals with a fear of, political 

16 persecution in Hong Kong, either by Hong Kong au17 thorities or other authorities acting on behalf of the 

18 PRC; 

19 (2) enhance protocols to facilitate the relocation 

20 of refugees and displaced persons from Hong Kong; 

21 and 

22 (3) expedite sharing of information, as appro23 priate, related to individual visa or travel document 

24 rejections of applicants from the Hong Kong SAR 

25 for reasons of— 


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1 (A) national security concerns; 

2 (B) fraudulent or corrupt practices related 

3 to immigration or victim protection, including 

4 refugee and asylee protections; and 

5 (C) fraud and corruption. 

6 (c) REPORT.—Within 90 days of enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary of State or his or her designee shall 

8 submit a report on such plan described in paragraphs (1) 

9 through (3) of subsection (b) to the appropriate congres10 sional committees. 

11 SEC. 11. SUNSET. 

12 This Act shall sunset on the date that is 5 years after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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