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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4551 

To amend the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to require 

a report on how the People’s Republic of China exploits Hong Kong 

to circumvent the laws of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 

Mr. ROUDA (for himself and Mr. MAST) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 

to require a report on how the People’s Republic of 

China exploits Hong Kong to circumvent the laws of 

the United States. 

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 Policy Re5 evaluation Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON HOW PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 

2 EXPLOITS HONG KONG TO CIRCUMVENT 

3 UNITED STATES LAWS. 

4 Title III of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act 

5 of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731 et seq.) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 303. REPORT ON THE MANNER AND EXTENT TO 

8 WHICH PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA EX9 PLOITS HONG KONG TO CIRCUMVENT 

10 UNITED STATES LAWS AND PROTECTIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of the Hong Kong Policy Re13 evaluation Act of 2019, the Secretary of State shall submit 

14 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

15 the manner and extent to which the Government of the 

16 People’s Republic of China uses the status of Hong Kong 

17 to circumvent the laws and protections of the United 

18 States. 

19 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

20 (a) shall include the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) In consultation with the Secretary of Com22 merce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 

23 Director of National Intelligence— 

24 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern25 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 


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1 Hong Kong to circumvent United States export 

2 controls; 

3 ‘‘(B) a list of all significant incidents in 

4 which the Government of the People’s Republic 

5 of China used Hong Kong to circumvent such 

6 controls during the reporting period; and 

7 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern8 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en9 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

10 (A) and (B). 

11 ‘‘(2) In consultation with the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce— 

13 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern14 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

15 Hong Kong to circumvent duties on merchan16 dise exported to the United States from the 

17 People’s Republic of China; 

18 ‘‘(B) a list of all significant incidents in 

19 which the Government of the People’s Republic 

20 of China used Hong Kong to circumvent such 

21 duties during the reporting period; and 

22 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern23 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en24 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

25 (A) and (B). 


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1 ‘‘(3) In consultation with the Secretary of the 

2 Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

3 the Director of National Intelligence— 

4 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern5 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

6 Hong Kong to circumvent sanctions imposed by 

7 the United States or pursuant to multilateral 

8 regimes; 

9 ‘‘(B) a list of all significant incidents in 

10 which the Government of the People’s Republic 

11 of China used Hong Kong to circumvent such 

12 sanctions during the reporting period; and 

13 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern14 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en15 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

16 (A) and (B). 

17 ‘‘(4) In consultation with the Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security and the Director of National In19 telligence— 

20 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern21 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

22 formal or informal means to extradite or coer23 cively move foreign nationals, including United 

24 States persons, from Hong Kong to the Peo25 ple’s Republic of China; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a list of foreign nationals, including 

2 United States persons, who have been formally 

3 or informally extradited or coercively moved 

4 from Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of 

5 China during the reporting period; and 

6 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern7 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en8 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

9 (A) and (B). 

10 ‘‘(5) In consultation with the Secretary of De11 fense, the Director of National Intelligence, and the 

12 Director of Homeland Security— 

13 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the intelligence, 

14 security, and law enforcement agencies of the 

15 Government of the People’s Republic of China, 

16 including the Ministry of State Security, the 

17 Ministry of Public Security, and the People’s 

18 Armed Police, use the Hong Kong Security Bu19 reau and other security agencies in Hong Kong 

20 to conduct espionage on foreign nationals in21 cluding United States persons, conduct influ22 ence operations, or violate civil liberties guaran23 teed under the laws of Hong Kong; 

24 ‘‘(B) a list of all significant incidents of 

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1 tions of civil liberties during the reporting pe2 riod; and 

3 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern4 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en5 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

6 (A) and (B). 

7 ‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORT; AVAILABILITY.— 

8 ‘‘(1) FORM.—The report required by subsection 

9 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

10 include a classified index. 

11 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion 

12 of the report required by subsection (a) shall be 

13 posted on a publicly available internet website of the 

14 Department of State. 

15 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

19 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

20 of the House of Representatives. 

21 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘foreign 

22 national’ means a person that is neither— 

23 ‘‘(A) an individual who is a citizen or na24 tional of China; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 China or of any jurisdiction within China. 

3 ‘‘(3) REPORTING PERIOD.—The term ‘reporting 

4 period’ means the 5-year period preceding submis5 sion of the report. 

6 ‘‘(4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

7 ‘United States person’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) a United States citizen or an alien 

9 lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 

10 the United States; or 

11 ‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 

12 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

13 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

14 such an entity.’’. 

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