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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1824 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2019 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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 HOW PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 

8 EXPLOITS HONG KONG TO CIRCUMVENT 

9 UNITED STATES LAWS. 

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

11 the date of the enactment of the Hong Kong Policy Re12 evaluation Act of 2019, the Secretary of State shall submit 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

14 how the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

15 uses Hong Kong to circumvent the laws of the United 

16 States. 

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

18 (a) shall include the following: 

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

20 Homeland Security and the Director of National In21 telligence— 

22 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern23 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

24 formal or informal means to extradite or coer25 cively move foreign nationals, including United 


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1 States citizens, from Hong Kong to the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China; 

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

4 United States citizens, who have been formally 

5 or informally extradited or coercively moved 

6 from Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of 

7 China during the reporting period; and 

8 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern9 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en10 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

11 (A) and (B). 

12 ‘‘(2) In consultation with the Secretary of Com13 merce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 

14 Director of National Intelligence— 

15 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern16 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

17 Hong Kong to circumvent United States export 

18 controls; 

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

20 which the Government of the People’s Republic 

21 of China used Hong Kong to circumvent such 

22 controls during the reporting period; and 

23 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern24 ment of the People’s Republic of China that enVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Jun 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1824.IS S1824

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1 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

2 (A) and (B). 

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

4 Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce— 

5 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern6 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

7 Hong Kong to circumvent duties on merchan8 dise imported into the United States from the 

9 People’s Republic of China; 

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

11 which the Government of the People’s Republic 

12 of China used Hong Kong to circumvent such 

13 duties during the reporting period; and 

14 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern15 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en16 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

17 (A) and (B). 

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

19 Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

20 the Director of National Intelligence— 

21 ‘‘(A) an assessment of how the Govern22 ment of the People’s Republic of China uses 

23 Hong Kong to circumvent sanctions imposed by 

24 the United States or pursuant to multilateral 

25 regimes; 


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

2 which the Government of the People’s Republic 

3 of China used Hong Kong to circumvent such 

4 sanctions during the reporting period; and 

5 ‘‘(C) a list of each official of the Govern6 ment of the People’s Republic of China that en7 gaged in activities described in subparagraphs 

8 (A) and (B). 

9 ‘‘(5) In consultation with the Secretary of De10 fense, the Director of National Intelligence, and the 

11 Director of Homeland Security— 

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

13 security, and law enforcement agencies of the 

14 Government of the People’s Republic of China, 

15 including the Ministry of State Security, the 

16 Ministry of Public Security, and the People’s 

17 Armed Police, use the Hong Kong Security Bu18 reau and other security agencies in Hong Kong 

19 to conduct espionage on foreign nationals (in20 cluding United States citizens), conduct influ21 ence operations, or violate civil liberties guaran22 teed under the laws of Hong Kong; 

23 ‘‘(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 PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per22 son’ means a person that is not a United States per23 son. 


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

2 period’ means the 5-year period preceding submis3 sion of the report. 

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

5 ‘United States person’ means— 

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

7 lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 

8 the United States; or 

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

10 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

11 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

12 such an entity.’’. 

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