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(7) On December 2, 2020, pro-democracy activ-
ists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam were 
sentenced to prison for participating in 2019 pro-
tests. 
(8) Ten of the twelve Hong Kong residents 
(also known as ‘‘the Hong Kong 12’’) who sought to 
flee by boat from Hong Kong to Taiwan on August 
23, 2020, were taken to mainland China and sen-
tenced on December 30, 2020, to prison terms rang-
ing from seven months to three years for illegal bor-
der crossing. 
(9) On December 31, 2020, Hong Kong’s high-
est court revoked bail for Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying, a 
pro-democracy figure and publisher, who was 
charged on December 12 with colluding with foreign 
forces and endangering national security under the 
national security legislation. 
(10) On January 4, 2021, the Departments of 
Justice in Henan and Sichuan province threatened 
to revoke the licenses of two lawyers hired to help 
the Hong Kong 12. 
(11) On January 5, 2021, the Hong Kong Po-
lice Force arrested more than fifty opposition fig-
ures, including pro-democracy officials, activists, and 
an American lawyer, for their involvement in an in-
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formal July 2020 primary to select candidates for 
the general election originally scheduled for Sep-
tember 2020, despite other political parties having 
held similar primaries without retribution. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress— 
(1) condemns the actions taken by the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) 
and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Ad-
ministrative Region (‘‘HKSAR’’), including the 
adoption and implementation of national security 
legislation for Hong Kong through irregular proce-
dures, that violate the rights and freedoms of the 
people of Hong Kong that are guaranteed by the 
Joint Declaration and its implementing document, 
the Basic Law; 
(2) reaffirms its support for the people of Hong 
Kong, who face grave threats to their rights and 
freedoms; 
(3) calls on the governments of the PRC and 
HKSAR to— 
(A) respect and uphold— 
(i) commitments made to the inter-
national community and the people of 
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Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration; 
and 
(ii) the judicial independence of the 
Hong Kong legal system; and 
(B) release pro-democracy activists and 
politicians arrested under the national security 
law; and 
(4) encourages the President, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of the Treasury to coordi-
nate with allies and partners and continue United 
States efforts to respond to developments in Hong 
Kong, including by— 
(A) providing protection for Hong Kong 
residents who fear persecution; 
(B) supporting those who may seek to file 
a case before the International Court of Justice 
to hold the Government of the PRC accountable 
for violating its binding legal commitments 
under the Joint Declaration; 
(C) encouraging allies and partner coun-
tries to instruct, as appropriate, their respective 
representatives to the United Nations to use 
their voice, vote, and influence to press for the 
appointment of a United Nations special man-
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date holder to monitor and report on human 
rights developments in Hong Kong; 
(D) ensuring the private sector, particu-
larly United States companies with economic in-
terests in Hong Kong, is aware of risks the na-
tional security legislation poses to the security 
of United States citizens and to the medium 
and long-term interest of United States busi-
nesses in Hong Kong; 
(E) continuing to implement sanctions au-
thorities, especially authorities recently enacted 
to address actions undermining the rights and 
freedoms of the Hong Kong people such as the 
Hong Kong Autonomy Act (Public Law 116– 
149) and the Hong Kong Human Rights and 
Democracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–76), 
with respect to officials of the Chinese Com-
munist Party, the Government of the PRC, or 
the Government of the HKSAR who are respon-
sible for undermining such rights and freedoms; 
and 
(F) coordinating with allies and partners 
to ensure that such implementation of sanctions 
is multilateral. 
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SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRO-
MOTION OF DEMOCRACY IN HONG KONG. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022 for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor of the Department of State to promote democracy 
in Hong Kong. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
designate an office with the Department of State to ad-
minister and coordinate the provision of such funds de-
scribed in subsection (a) within the Department of State 
and across the United States Government. 
SEC. 303. HONG KONG PEOPLE’S FREEDOM AND CHOICE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) JOINT
DECLARATION.—The term ‘‘Joint 
Declaration’’ means the 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, signed on December 19, 1984, and entered 
into force on May 27, 1985. 
(2) PRIORITY
HONG
KONG
RESIDENT.—The 
term ‘‘Priority Hong Kong resident’’ means— 
(A) a permanent resident of Hong Kong 
who— 
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(i) holds no right to citizenship in any 
country or jurisdiction other than the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China (referred to in this 
Act as ‘‘PRC’’), Hong Kong, or Macau as 
of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(ii) has resided in Hong Kong for not 
less than the last 10 years as of the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(iii) has been designated by the Sec-
retary of State or Secretary of Homeland 
Security as having met the requirements of 
this subparagraph, in accordance with the 
procedures described in subsection (f) of 
this Act; or 
(B) the spouse of a person described in 
subparagraph (A), or the child of such person 
as such term is defined in section 101(b)(1) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(b)(1)), except that a child shall be an un-
married person under twenty-seven years of 
age. 
(3) HONG KONG NATIONAL SECURITY LAW.— 
The term ‘‘Hong Kong National Security Law’’ 
means the Law of the People’s Republic of China on 
Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong 
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Special Administrative Region that was passed 
unanimously by the National People’s Congress and 
signed by President Xi Jinping on June 30, 2020, 
and promulgated in the Hong Kong Special Admin-
istrative Region (referred to in this Act as ‘‘Hong 
Kong SAR’’) on July 1, 2020. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Hong Kong National Security Law pro-
mulgated on July 1, 2020— 
(A) contravenes the Basic Law of the 
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (re-
ferred to in this Act as ‘‘the Basic Law’’) that 
provides in Article 23 that the Legislative 
Council of Hong Kong shall enact legislation re-
lated to national security; 
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(B) violates the PRC’s commitments under 
international law, as defined by the Joint Dec-
laration; and 
(C) causes severe and irreparable damage 
to the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ principle and 
further erodes global confidence in the PRC’s 
commitment to international law. 
(2) On July 14, 2020, in response to the pro-
mulgation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, 
President Trump signed an Executive order on 
Hong Kong normalization that, among other policy 
actions, suspended the special treatment of Hong 
Kong persons under U.S. law with respect to the 
issuance of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. 
(3) The United States has a long and proud 
history as a destination for refugees and asylees flee-
ing persecution based on race, religion, nationality, 
political opinion, or membership in a particular so-
cial group. 
(4) The United States also shares deep social, 
cultural, and economic ties with the people of Hong 
Kong, including a shared commitment to democracy, 
to the rule of law, and to the protection of human 
rights. 
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(5) The United States has sheltered, protected, 
and welcomed individuals who have fled authori-
tarian regimes, including citizens from the PRC fol-
lowing the violent June 4, 1989, crackdown in 
Tiananmen Square, deepening ties between the peo-
ple of the United States and those individuals seek-
ing to contribute to a free, open society founded on 
democracy, human rights, and the respect for the 
rule of law. 
(6) The United States has reaped enormous 
economic, cultural, and strategic benefits from wel-
coming successive generations of scientists, doctors, 
entrepreneurs, artists, intellectuals, and other free-
dom-loving people fleeing fascism, communism, vio-
lent Islamist extremism, and other repressive 
ideologies, including in the cases of Nazi Germany, 
the Soviet Union, and Soviet-controlled Central Eu-
rope, Cuba, Vietnam, and Iran. 
(7) A major asymmetric advantage of the 
United States in its long-term strategic competition 
with the Communist Party of China is the ability of 
people from every country in the world, irrespective 
of their race, ethnicity, or religion, to immigrate to 
the United States and become American citizens. 
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(c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to reaffirm the principles and objectives set 
forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102–383), namely that— 
(A) the United States has ‘‘a strong inter-
est in the continued vitality, prosperity, and 
stability of Hong Kong’’; 
(B) ‘‘support for democratization is a fun-
damental principle of United States foreign pol-
icy’’ and therefore ‘‘naturally applies to United 
States policy toward Hong Kong’’; 
(C) ‘‘the human rights of the people of 
Hong Kong are of great importance to the 
United States and are directly relevant to 
United States interests in Hong Kong and 
serve as a basis for Hong Kong’s continued eco-
nomic prosperity’’; and 
(D) Hong Kong must remain sufficiently 
autonomous from the PRC to ‘‘justify treat-
ment under a particular law of the United 
States, or any provision thereof, different from 
that accorded the People’s Republic of China’’; 
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(2) to continue to support the high degree of 
autonomy and fundamental rights and freedoms of 
the people of Hong Kong, as enumerated by— 
(A) the Joint Declaration; 
(B) the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights, done at New York Decem-
ber 19, 1966; and 
(C) the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights, done at Paris December 10, 1948; 
(3) to continue to support the democratic aspi-
rations of the people of Hong Kong, including the 
‘‘ultimate aim’’ of the selection of the Chief Execu-
tive and all members of the Legislative Council by 
universal suffrage, as articulated in the Basic Law; 
(4) to urge the Government of the PRC, despite 
its recent actions, to uphold its commitments to 
Hong Kong, including allowing the people of Hong 
Kong to govern Hong Kong with a high degree of 
autonomy and without undue interference, and en-
suring that Hong Kong voters freely enjoy the right 
to elect the Chief Executive and all members of the 
Hong Kong Legislative Council by universal suf-
frage; 
(5) to support the establishment of a genuine 
democratic option to freely and fairly nominate and 
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(10) to maintain the economic and cultural ties 
that provide significant benefits to both the United 
States and Hong Kong, including the reinstatement 
of the Fulbright exchange program with regard to 
Hong Kong at the earliest opportunity; 
(11) to coordinate with allies, including the 
United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the 
Republic of Korea, to promote democracy and 
human rights in Hong Kong; and 
(12) to welcome and protect in the United 
States residents of Hong Kong fleeing persecution or 
otherwise seeking a safe haven from violations by 
the Government of the PRC of the fundamental 
rights of the people of Hong Kong. 
(d) TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
FOR HONG 
KONG RESIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 
244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1254a), Hong Kong shall be treated as 
if it had been designated under subsection 
(b)(1)(C) of that section, subject to the provi-
sions of this section. 
(B) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial 
period of the designation referred to in sub-
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paragraph (A) shall be for the 18-month period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—As a result of the des-
ignation made under subsection (a), an alien is 
deemed to satisfy the requirements under paragraph 
(1) of section 244(c) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)), subject to paragraph 
(3) of such section, if the alien— 
(A) was a permanent resident of Hong 
Kong at the time such individual arrived into 
the United States and is a national of the PRC 
(or in the case of an individual having no na-
tionality, is a person who last habitually resided 
in Hong Kong); 
(B) has been continuously physically 
present in the United States since the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(C) is admissible as an immigrant, except 
as otherwise provided in paragraph (2)(A) of 
such section, and is not ineligible for temporary 
protected status under paragraph (2)(B) of 
such section; and 
(D) registers for temporary protected sta-
tus in a manner established by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
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(3) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Homeland Security shall give prior consent to 
travel abroad, in accordance with section 
244(f)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(3)), to an alien who is 
granted temporary protected status pursuant to 
the designation made under paragraph (1) if 
the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security that emergency 
and extenuating circumstances beyond the con-
trol of the alien require the alien to depart for 
a brief, temporary trip abroad. 
(B) TREATMENT UPON RETURN.—An alien 
returning to the United States in accordance 
with an authorization described in subpara-
graph (A) shall be treated as any other return-
ing alien provided temporary protected status 
under section 244 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a). 
(4) FEE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any 
other fee authorized by law, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security is authorized to charge and 
collect a fee of $360 for each application for 
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temporary protected status under section 244 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act by a 
person who is only eligible for such status by 
reason of paragraph (1). 
(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall permit aliens to apply for a waiv-
er of any fees associated with filing an applica-
tion referred to in subparagraph (A). 
(e) TREATMENT OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS FOR 
IMMIGRATION PURPOSES.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, during the 5 fiscal year period beginning 
on the first day of the first full fiscal year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, Hong Kong shall continue to 
be considered a foreign state separate and apart from the 
PRC as mandated under section 103 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–649) for 
purposes of the numerical limitations on immigrant visas 
under sections 201, 202, and 203 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, and 1153). 
(f) VERIFICATION OF PRIORITY HONG KONG RESI-
DENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall publish in the Federal 
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Register, an interim final rule establishing proce-
dures for designation of Priority Hong Kong Resi-
dents. Notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, the rule shall be effective, on an in-
terim basis, immediately upon publication, but may 
be subject to change and revision after public notice 
and opportunity for comment. The Secretary of 
State shall finalize such rule not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such 
rule shall establish procedures— 
(A) for individuals to register with any 
United States embassy or consulate outside of 
the United States, or with the Department of 
Homeland Security in the United States, and 
request designation as a Priority Hong Kong 
Resident; and 
(B) for the appropriate Secretary to verify 
the residency of registered individuals and des-
ignate those who qualify as Priority Hong Kong 
Residents. 
(2) DOCUMENTATION.—The procedures de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall include the collection 
of— 
(A) biometric data; 
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(B) copies of birth certificates, residency 
cards, and other documentation establishing 
residency; and 
(C) other personal information, data, and 
records deemed appropriate by the Secretary. 
(3) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall issue guidance outlining actions to en-
hance the ability of the Secretary to efficiently send 
and receive information to and from the United 
Kingdom and other like-minded allies and partners 
for purposes of rapid verification of permanent resi-
dency in Hong Kong and designation of individuals 
as Priority Hong Kong Residents. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the House Committees 
on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary and the Senate 
Committees on Foreign Relations and the Judiciary 
detailing plans to implement the requirements de-
scribed in this subsection. 
(5) PROTECTION FOR REFUGEES.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prevent a Priority 
Hong Kong Resident from seeking refugee status 
under section 207 of the Immigration and Nation-
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ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) or requesting asylum 
under section 208 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158). 
(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with other Federal agencies, as 
appropriate, shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees, detailing for the previous 
fiscal year— 
(A) the number of Hong Kong SAR resi-
dents who have applied for U.S. visas or immi-
gration benefits, disaggregated by visa type or 
immigration benefit, including asylum, refugee 
status, temporary protected status, and lawful 
permanent residence; 
(B) the number of approvals, denials, or 
rejections of applicants for visas or immigration 
benefits 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
disaggregated by visa type or immigration ben-
efit and basis for denial; 
(C) the number of pending refugee and 
asylum applications for Hong Kong SAR resi-
dents, and the length of time and reason for 
which such applications have been pending; and 
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(D) other matters deemed relevant by the 
Secretaries relating to efforts to protect and fa-
cilitate the resettlement of refugees and victims 
of persecution in Hong Kong. 
(2) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form and pub-
lished on a text-searchable, publicly available website 
of the Department of State and the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(h) STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 
ON HONG KONG.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States— 
(A) to support the people of Hong Kong by 
providing safe haven to Hong Kong SAR resi-
dents who are nationals of the PRC following 
the enactment of the Hong Kong National Se-
curity Law that places certain Hong Kong per-
sons at risk of persecution; and 
(B) to encourage like-minded nations to 
make similar accommodations for Hong Kong 
people fleeing persecution by the Government of 
the PRC. 
(2) PLAN.—The Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the heads of other Federal agencies, as ap-
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propriate, shall develop a plan to engage with other 
nations, including the United Kingdom, on coopera-
tive efforts to— 
(A) provide refugee and asylum protections 
for victims of, and individuals with a fear of, 
persecution in Hong Kong, either by Hong 
Kong authorities or other authorities acting on 
behalf of the PRC; 
(B) enhance protocols to facilitate the re-
settlement of refugees and displaced persons 
from Hong Kong; 
(C) identify and prevent the exploitation of 
immigration and visa policies and procedures by 
corrupt officials; and 
(D) expedite the sharing of information, as 
appropriate, related to the refusal of individual 
applications for visas or other travel documents 
submitted by residents of the Hong Kong SAR 
based on— 
(i) 
national 
security 
or 
related 
grounds under section 212(a)(3) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(3)); or 
(ii) fraud or misrepresentation under 
section 212(a)(6)(C) of the Immigration 
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and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(C)). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies, as appropriate, shall submit a report 
on the plan described in paragraph (2) to the appro-
priate congressional committees. 
(i) REFUGEE STATUS FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTS OF 
HONG KONG.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Aliens described in para-
graph (2) may establish, for purposes of admission 
as a refugee under sections 207 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) or asylum 
under section 208 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), that 
such alien has a well-founded fear of persecution on 
account of race, religion, nationality, membership in 
a particular social group, or political opinion by as-
serting such a fear and a credible basis for concern 
about the possibility of such persecution. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if such alien— 
(i) is a Priority Hong Kong Resident 
and— 
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(I) had a significant role in a 
civil society organization supportive of 
the protests in 2019 and 2020 related 
to the Hong Kong National Security 
Law and the encroachment on the au-
tonomy of Hong Kong by the PRC; 
(II) was arrested, charged, de-
tained, or convicted of an offense aris-
ing from their participation in an ac-
tion as described in section 206(b)(2) 
of the United States-Hong Kong Pol-
icy 
Act 
of 
1992 
(22 
U.S.C. 
5726(b)(2)) that was not violent in 
nature; or 
(III) has had their citizenship, 
nationality, or residency revoked for 
having submitted to any United 
States Government agency a nonfrivo-
lous application for refugee status, 
asylum, or any other immigration ben-
efit under the immigration laws (as 
defined in section 101(a) of that Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a))); 
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(ii) is a Priority Hong Kong Resident 
spouse or child of an alien described in 
clause (i); or 
(iii) is the parent of an alien described 
in clause (i), if such parent is a citizen of 
the PRC and no other foreign state. 
(B) OTHER CATEGORIES.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, may designate other cat-
egories of aliens for purposes of establishing a 
well-founded fear of persecution under para-
graph (1) if such aliens share common charac-
teristics that identify them as targets of perse-
cution in the PRC on account of race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social 
group, or political opinion. 
(C) SIGNIFICANT ROLE.—For purposes of 
subclause (I) of paragraph (2)(A)(i), a signifi-
cant role shall include, with respect to the pro-
tests described in such clause— 
(i) an organizing role; 
(ii) a first aid responder; 
(iii) a journalist or member of the 
media covering or offering public com-
mentary; 
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(iv) a provider of legal services to one 
or more individuals arrested for partici-
pating in such protests; or 
(v) a participant who during the pe-
riod beginning on June 9, 2019, and end-
ing on June 30, 2020, was arrested, 
charged, detained, or convicted as a result 
of such participation. 
(3) AGE OUT PROTECTIONS.—For purposes of 
this subsection, a determination of whether an alien 
is a child shall be made using the age of the alien 
on the date an application for refugee or asylum sta-
tus in which the alien is a named beneficiary is filed 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(4) EXCLUSION
FROM
NUMERICAL
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Aliens provided refugee status under this 
subsection shall not be counted against the numer-
ical limitation on refugees established in accordance 
with the procedures described in section 207 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157). 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
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submit a report on the matters described in 
subparagraph (B) to— 
(i) the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(B) MATTERS
TO
BE
INCLUDED.—Each 
report required by subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude, with respect to applications submitted 
under this section— 
(i) the total number of refugee and 
asylum applications that are pending at 
the end of the reporting period; 
(ii) the average wait-times for all ap-
plicants for refugee status or asylum pend-
ing— 
(I) a prescreening interview with 
a resettlement support center; 
(II) an interview with U.S. Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services; 
and 
(III) the completion of security 
checks; 
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(iii) the number of approvals, referrals 
including the source of the referral, denials 
of applications for refugee status or asy-
lum, disaggregated by the reason for each 
such denial; and 
(iv) the number of refugee circuit 
rides to interview populations that would 
include Hong Kong SAR completed in the 
last 90 days, and the number planned for 
the subsequent 90-day period. 
(C) FORM.—Each report required by sub-
paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(D) PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Secretary of 
State shall make each report submitted under 
this paragraph available to the public on the 
internet website of the Department of State. 
(j) ADMISSION
FOR CERTAIN HIGHLY SKILLED 
HONG KONG RESIDENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
State in consultation with the Secretary of Home-
land Security, may provide an alien described in sub-
section (b) with the status of a special immigrant 
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under section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if the 
alien— 
(A) or an agent acting on behalf of the 
alien, submits a petition for classification under 
section 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(b)(4)); 
(B) is otherwise eligible to receive an im-
migrant visa; 
(C) is otherwise admissible to the United 
States for permanent residence (excluding the 
grounds for inadmissibility specified in section 
212(a)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. (a)(4)); and 
(D) clears a background check and appro-
priate screening, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) PRINCIPAL ALIENS.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subsection if— 
(i) the alien— 
(I) is a Priority Hong Kong Resi-
dent; and 
(II) has earned a bachelor’s or 
higher degree from an institution of 
higher education; and 
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(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity determines that such alien’s relocation 
to the United States would provide a sig-
nificant benefit to the United States. 
(B) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is 
described in this subsection if the alien is the 
spouse or child of a principal alien described in 
paragraph (1). 
(3) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided special 
immigrant status under this section may not 
exceed 5,000 per year for each of the 5 fiscal 
years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, prioritize the issuance of visas to individ-
uals with a bachelor’s or higher degree in 
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, 
medicine, or health care. 
(B) EXCLUSION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITA-
TIONS.—Aliens 
provided 
immigrant 
status 
under this section shall not be counted against 
any numerical limitation under section 201, 
202, 203, or 207 of the Immigration and Na-
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tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153, and 
1157). 
(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION UNDER OTHER 
CLASSIFICATION.—No alien shall be denied the op-
portunity to apply for admission under this section 
solely because such alien qualifies as an immediate 
relative or is eligible for any other immigrant classi-
fication. 
(5) TIMELINE
FOR
PROCESSING
APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure that all steps under the control of the 
United States Government incidental to the ap-
proval of such applications, including required 
screenings and background checks, are com-
pleted not later than 1 year after the date on 
which an eligible applicant submits an applica-
tion under subsection (a). 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), the relevant Federal agencies may 
take additional time to process applications de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if satisfaction of na-
tional security concerns requires such additional 
time, provided that the Secretary of Homeland 
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Security, or the designee of the Secretary, has 
determined that the applicant meets the re-
quirements for status as a special immigrant 
under this section and has so notified the appli-
cant. 
(k) TERMINATION.—Except as provided in section 6 
of this Act, this Act shall cease to have effect on the date 
that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 304. EXPORT PROHIBITION OF MUNITIONS ITEMS TO 
THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prohibit the 
commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong 
Kong Police Force’’, approved November 27, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–77; 133 Stat. 1173), is amended by striking ‘‘on 
December 31, 2021.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘on the 
date on which the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph, certified 
under section 205 of the United States-Hong Kong 
Policy Act of 1992 that Hong Kong warrants treat-
ment under United States law in the same manner 
as United States laws were applied to Hong Kong 
before July 1, 1997; 
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‘‘(2) the Hong Kong Police have not engaged in 
gross violations of human rights during the 1-year 
period ending on the date of such certification; and 
‘‘(3) there has been an independent examina-
tion of human rights concerns related to the crowd 
control tactics of the Hong Kong Police and the 
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administra-
tive Region has adequately addressed those con-
cerns.’’. 
SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONDEMNING THE ONGO-
ING GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HU-
MANITY AGAINST UYGHURS AND OTHER MI-
NORITY GROUPS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On December 9, 1948, the United Nations 
General Assembly unanimously adopted the Conven-
tion on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime 
of Genocide (the Genocide Convention) signifying a 
commitment in response to the Holocaust and other 
crimes against humanity committed in the first half 
of the twentieth century. 
(2) The Genocide Convention entered into force 
on January 12, 1951, and declares that all state 
parties ‘‘confirm that genocide, whether committed 
in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under 
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international law which they undertake to prevent 
and to punish’’. 
(3) The Genocide Convention defines genocide 
as ‘‘any of the following acts committed with intent 
to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, 
racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing mem-
bers of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or 
mental harm to members of the group; (c) Delib-
erately inflicting on the group conditions of life cal-
culated to bring about its physical destruction in 
whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to 
prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly trans-
ferring children of the group to another group’’. 
(4) The United States ratified the Genocide 
Convention with the understanding that the commis-
sion of genocide requires ‘‘the specific intent to de-
stroy, in whole or in substantial part, a [protected] 
group as such’’. 
(5) The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a 
state party to the Genocide Convention. 
(6) Since 2017, the PRC Government, under 
the direction and control of the Chinese Communist 
Party (CCP), has detained and sought to indoctri-
nate more than one million Uyghurs and members 
of other ethnic and religious minority groups. 
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(7) Recent data indicate a significant drop in 
birth rates among Uyghurs due to enforced steriliza-
tion, enforced abortion, and more onerous birth 
quotas for Uyghurs compared to Han. 
(8) There are credible reports of PRC Govern-
ment campaigns to promote marriages between 
Uyghurs and Han and to reduce birth rates among 
Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. 
(9) Many Uyghurs reportedly have been as-
signed to factory employment under conditions that 
indicate forced labor, and some former detainees 
have reported food deprivation, beatings, suppression 
of religious practices, family separation, and sexual 
abuse. 
(10) This is indicative of a systematic effort to 
eradicate the ethnic and cultural identity and reli-
gious beliefs, and prevent the births of, Uyghurs, 
ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, and members of reli-
gious minority groups. 
(11) The birth rate in the Xinjiang region fell 
by 24 percent in 2019 compared to a 4.2 percent de-
cline nationwide. 
(12) On January 19, 2021, the Department of 
State determined the PRC Government, under the 
direction and control of the CCP, has committed 
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crimes against humanity and genocide against 
Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority 
groups in Xinjiang. 
(13) Secretary of State Antony Blinken and 
Former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo have 
both stated that what has taken place in Xinjiang is 
genocide and constitutes crimes against humanity. 
(14) Article VIII of the Genocide Convention 
provides, ‘‘Any Contracting Party may call upon the 
competent organs of the United Nations to take 
such action under the Charter of the United Nations 
as they consider appropriate for the prevention and 
suppression of acts of genocide’’. 
(15) The International Court of Justice has 
stated that it is the obligation of all state parties to 
the Genocide Convention to ‘‘employ all means rea-
sonably available to them, so as to prevent genocide 
so far as possible’’. 
(16) The United States is a Permanent Mem-
ber of the United Nations Security Council. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress— 
(1) finds that the ongoing abuses against 
Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious 
minority groups constitute genocide as defined in the 
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Genocide Convention and crimes against humanity 
as understood under customary international law; 
(2) attributes these atrocity crimes against 
Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious 
minority groups to the People’s Republic of China, 
under the direction and control of the Chinese Com-
munist Party; 
(3) condemns this genocide and these crimes 
against humanity in the strongest terms; and 
(4) calls upon the President to direct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States to— 
(A) refer the People’s Republic of China’s 
genocide and crimes against humanity against 
Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and reli-
gious minority groups to the competent organs 
of the United Nations for investigation; 
(B) seize the United Nations Security 
Council of the circumstances of this genocide 
and crimes against humanity and lead efforts to 
invoke multilateral sanctions in response to 
these ongoing atrocities; and 
(C) take all possible actions to bring this 
genocide and these crimes against humanity to 
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an end and hold the perpetrators of these atroc-
ities accountable under international law. 
SEC. 306. PREVENTION OF UYGHUR FORCED LABOR. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to prohibit the import of all goods, wares, 
articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manu-
factured, wholly or in part, by forced labor from the 
People’s Republic of China and particularly any such 
goods, wares, articles, or merchandise produced in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China; 
(2) to encourage the international community 
to reduce the import of any goods made with forced 
labor from the People’s Republic of China, particu-
larly those goods mined, manufactured, or produced 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(3) to coordinate with Mexico and Canada to ef-
fectively implement Article 23.6 of the United 
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to prohibit the im-
portation of goods produced in whole or in part by 
forced or compulsory labor, which includes goods 
produced in whole or in part by forced or compul-
sory labor in the People’s Republic of China; 
(4) to actively work to prevent, publicly de-
nounce, and end human trafficking as a horrific as-
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sault on human dignity and to restore the lives of 
those affected by human trafficking, a modern form 
of slavery; 
(5) to regard the prevention of atrocities as in 
its national interest, including efforts to prevent tor-
ture, enforced disappearances, severe deprivation of 
liberty, including mass internment, arbitrary deten-
tion, and widespread and systematic use of forced 
labor, and persecution targeting any identifiable eth-
nic or religious group; and 
(6) to address gross violations of human rights 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region through 
bilateral diplomatic channels and multilateral insti-
tutions where both the United States and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China are members and with all 
the authorities available to the United States Gov-
ernment, including visa and financial sanctions, ex-
port restrictions, and import controls. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE 
IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), all goods, wares, articles, and merchan-
dise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 
part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of 
China, or by persons working with the Xinjiang 
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Uyghur Autonomous Region government for pur-
poses of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the 
‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program which subsidizes the 
establishment of manufacturing facilities in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, shall be 
deemed to be goods, wares, articles, and merchan-
dise described in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) and shall not be entitled to 
entry at any of the ports of the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in 
paragraph (1) shall not apply if the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
(A) determines, by clear and convincing 
evidence, that any specific goods, wares, arti-
cles, or merchandise described in paragraph (1) 
were not produced wholly or in part by convict 
labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under 
penal sanctions; and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and makes available to the 
public a report that contains such determina-
tion. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take 
effect on the date that is 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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(c) ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, established 
under section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Can-
ada Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 
4681), shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains an enforcement 
strategy to effectively address forced labor in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China or 
products made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibet-
ans, or members of other persecuted groups through 
forced labor in any other part of the People’s Repub-
lic of China. The enforcement strategy shall describe 
the specific enforcement plans of the United States 
Government regarding— 
(A) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
described in subsection (b)(1) that are imported 
into the United States directly from the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or made 
by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or 
members of other persecuted groups in any 
other part of the People’s Republic of China; 
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(B) goods, wares, articles, and merchan-
dise described in subsection (b)(1) that are im-
ported into the United States from the People’s 
Republic of China and are mined, produced, or 
manufactured in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region or by persons working with 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region gov-
ernment or the Xinjiang Production and Con-
struction Corps for purposes of the ‘‘poverty al-
leviation’’ program or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ 
program; and 
(C) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
described in subsection (b)(1) that are imported 
into the United States from third countries and 
are mined, produced, or manufactured in part 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or 
by persons working with the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous 
Region 
government 
or 
the 
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 
for purposes of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ pro-
gram or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
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(A) A description of the actions taken by 
the United States Government to address 
forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region under section 307 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), including a de-
scription of all Withhold Release Orders issued, 
goods detained, and fines issued. 
(B) A list of products made wholly or in 
part by forced or involuntary labor in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or made 
by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or 
members of other persecuted groups in any 
other part of the People’s Republic of China, 
and a list of businesses that sold products in 
the United States made wholly or in part by 
forced or involuntary labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region or made by 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or mem-
bers of other persecuted groups in any other 
part of the People’s Republic of China. 
(C) A list of facilities and entities, includ-
ing the Xinjiang Production and Construction 
Corps, that source material from the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region or by persons 
working with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
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Region government or the Xinjiang Production 
and Construction Corps for purposes of the 
‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the ‘‘pairing- 
assistance’’ program, a plan for identifying ad-
ditional such facilities and entities, and facility- 
and entity-specific enforcement plans, including 
issuing specific Withhold Release Orders to sup-
port enforcement of subsection (b), with regard 
to each listed facility or entity. 
(D) A list of high-priority sectors for en-
forcement, which shall include cotton, tomatoes, 
polysilicon, and a sector-specific enforcement 
plan for each high-priority sector. 
(E) A description of the additional re-
sources necessary for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection to effectively implement the enforce-
ment strategy. 
(F) A plan to coordinate and collaborate 
with appropriate nongovernmental organizations 
and private sector entities to discuss the en-
forcement strategy for products made in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex, if necessary. 
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(4) UPDATES.—The Forced Labor Enforcement 
Task Force shall provide briefings to the appropriate 
congressional committees on a quarterly basis and, 
as applicable, on any updates to the strategy re-
quired by paragraph (1) or any additional actions 
taken to address forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region, including actions de-
scribed in this Act. 
(5) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to have 
effect on the earlier of— 
(A) the date that is 8 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) the date on which the President sub-
mits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a determination that the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China has ended mass 
internment, forced labor, and any other gross 
violations of human rights experienced by 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
(d) DETERMINATION RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST 
HUMANITY OR GENOCIDE IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AU-
TONOMOUS REGION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall— 
(A) determine if the practice of forced 
labor 
or 
other 
crimes 
against 
Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Mus-
lim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region of China can be considered 
systematic and widespread and therefore con-
stitutes crimes against humanity or constitutes 
genocide as defined in subsection (a) of section 
1091 of title 18, United States Code; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and make available to the 
public a report that contains such determina-
tion. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may include a classified annex, if necessary; 
and 
(B) may be included in the report required 
by subsection (e). 
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(e) DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the heads of other ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that contains a United States strategy to 
promote initiatives to enhance international aware-
ness of and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a plan to enhance bilateral and multi-
lateral coordination, including sustained en-
gagement with the governments of United 
States partners and allies, to end forced labor 
of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(B) public affairs, public diplomacy, and 
counter-messaging efforts to promote awareness 
of the human rights situation, including forced 
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labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion; and 
(C) opportunities to coordinate and col-
laborate with appropriate nongovernmental or-
ganizations and private sector entities to raise 
awareness about forced labor made products 
from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
and to provide assistance to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority 
groups, including those formerly detained in 
mass internment camps in the region. 
(3) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— 
The report required by paragraph (1) shall also in-
clude— 
(A) to the extent practicable, a list of— 
(i) entities in the People’s Republic of 
China or affiliates of such entities that di-
rectly or indirectly use forced or involun-
tary labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region; and 
(ii) Foreign persons that acted as 
agents of the entities or affiliates of enti-
ties described in clause (i) to import goods 
into the United States; and 
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(B) a description of actions taken by the 
United States Government to address forced 
labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion under existing authorities, including— 
(i) the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 22 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); 
(ii) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and 
Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and 
(iii) the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 
note). 
(4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(5) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State shall in-
clude any updates to the strategy required by para-
graph (1) in the annual Trafficking in Persons re-
port required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
(6) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to have 
effect the earlier of— 
(A) the date that is 8 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; or 
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(B) the date on which the President sub-
mits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a determination that the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China has ended mass 
internment, forced labor, and any other gross 
violations of human rights experienced by 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
(f) IMPOSITION
OF
SANCTIONS
RELATING
TO 
FORCED LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS 
REGION.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and not less frequently than annually 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report 
that identifies each foreign person, including 
any official of the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China, that the President deter-
mines— 
(i) knowingly engages in, is respon-
sible for, or facilitates the forced labor of 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members 
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of other Muslim minority groups in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of 
China; and 
(ii) knowingly engages in, contributes 
to, assists, or provides financial, material 
or technological support for efforts to con-
travene United States law regarding the 
importation of forced labor goods from the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
(B) FORM.—The report required under 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-
sified form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph 
(3) with respect to each foreign person identified in 
the report required under paragraph (1)(A). 
(3) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(A) ASSET
BLOCKING.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the 
President under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 
to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 
transactions in property and interests in prop-
erty of a foreign person identified in the report 
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required under paragraph (1)(A) if such prop-
erty and interests in property— 
(i) are in the United States; 
(ii) come within the United States; or 
(iii) come within the possession or 
control of a United States person. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
An alien described in paragraph (1)(A) 
is— 
(I) inadmissible to the United 
States; 
(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 
other documentation to enter the 
United States; and 
(III) otherwise ineligible to be 
admitted or paroled into the United 
States or to receive any other benefit 
under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—An alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) is subject 
to revocation of any visa or other 
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entry documentation regardless of 
when the visa or other entry docu-
mentation is or was issued. 
(II) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A rev-
ocation under subclause (I) shall— 
(aa) take effect immediately; 
and 
(bb) 
automatically 
cancel 
any other valid visa or entry doc-
umentation that is in the alien’s 
possession. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(A) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
President 
may exercise all authorities provided under sec-
tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 
and 1704) to carry out this section. 
(B) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided 
for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign 
person that violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of para-
graph (1) to the same extent that such pen-
alties apply to a person that commits an unlaw-
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ful act described in subsection (a) of such sec-
tion 206. 
(5) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of sanctions under this section with respect 
to a foreign person identified in the report required 
under paragraph (1)(A) if the President determines 
and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that such a waiver is in the national interest 
of the United States. 
(6) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) EXCEPTION
FOR
INTELLIGENCE
AC-
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this section shall 
not apply to any activity subject to the report-
ing requirements under title V of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) 
or any authorized intelligence activities of the 
United States. 
(B) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER-
NATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS
AND
FOR
LAW
EN-
FORCEMENT
ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions 
under 
paragraph (3)(B) shall not apply with respect 
to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 
into the United States is necessary— 
(i) to permit the United States to 
comply with the Agreement regarding the 
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Headquarters of the United Nations, 
signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
and entered into force November 21, 1947, 
between the United Nations and the 
United States, or other applicable inter-
national obligations; or 
(ii) to carry out or assist law enforce-
ment activity in the United States. 
(7) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi-
dent may terminate the application of sanctions 
under this section with respect to a foreign person 
if the President determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees not less than 15 
days before the termination takes effect that— 
(A) information exists that the person did 
not engage in the activity for which sanctions 
were imposed; 
(B) the person has been prosecuted appro-
priately for the activity for which sanctions 
were imposed; 
(C) the person has credibly demonstrated a 
significant change in behavior, has paid an ap-
propriate consequence for the activity for which 
sanctions were imposed, and has credibly com-
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mitted to not engage in an activity described in 
paragraph (1)(A) in the future; or 
(D) the termination of the sanctions is in 
the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(8) SUNSET.—This section, and any sanctions 
imposed under this section, shall terminate on the 
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(9) DEFINITIONS
OF
ADMISSION; ADMITTED; 
ALIEN.—In this section, the terms ‘‘admission’’, 
‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(g) DISCLOSURES
TO
THE SECURITIES
AND EX-
CHANGE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATED 
TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 
(1) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the 
United States to protect American investors, 
through stronger disclosure requirements, alerting 
them to the presence of Chinese and other compa-
nies complicit in gross violations of human rights in 
United States capital markets, including American 
and foreign companies listed on United States ex-
changes that enable the mass internment and popu-
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lation surveillance of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 
and other Muslim minorities and source products 
made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-
tonomous Region of China. Such involvements rep-
resent clear, material risks to the share values and 
corporate reputations of certain of these companies 
and hence to prospective American investors, par-
ticularly given that the United States Government 
has employed sanctions and export restrictions to 
target individuals and entities contributing to human 
rights abuses in the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RE-
LATING
TO
THE
XINJIANG
UYGHUR
AUTONOMOUS 
REGION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) 
is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(s) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT-
ING TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each issuer required to file 
an annual or quarterly report under subsection (a) 
shall disclose in that report the information required 
by paragraph (2) if, during the period covered by 
the report, the issuer or any affiliate of the issuer— 
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‘‘(A) knowingly engaged in an activity with 
an entity or the affiliate of an entity engaged 
in creating or providing technology or other as-
sistance to create mass population surveillance 
systems in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region of China, including any entity included 
on the Department of Commerce’s ‘Entity List’ 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
‘‘(B) knowingly engaged in an activity with 
an entity or an affiliate of an entity building 
and running detention facilities for Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other members of Mus-
lim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region; 
‘‘(C) knowingly engaged in an activity with 
an entity or an affiliate of an entity described 
in section 7(c)(1) of the Uyghur Forced Labor 
Prevention Act, including— 
‘‘(i) any entity engaged in the ‘pair-
ing-assistance’ program which subsidizes 
the establishment of manufacturing facili-
ties in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region; or 
‘‘(ii) any entity for which the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security has issued a 
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‘Withhold Release Order’ under section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307); or 
‘‘(D) knowingly conducted any transaction 
or had dealings with— 
‘‘(i) any person the property and in-
terests in property of which were sanc-
tioned by the Secretary of State for the de-
tention or abuse of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
Kyrgyz, or other members of Muslim mi-
nority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-
tonomous Region; 
‘‘(ii) any person the property and in-
terests in property of which are sanctioned 
pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 
note); or 
‘‘(iii) any person or entity responsible 
for, or complicit in, committing atrocities 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an issuer described 
under paragraph (1) or an affiliate of the issuer 
has engaged in any activity described in para-
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graph (1), the information required by this 
paragraph is a detailed description of each such 
activity, including— 
‘‘(i) the nature and extent of the ac-
tivity; 
‘‘(ii) the gross revenues and net prof-
its, if any, attributable to the activity; and 
‘‘(iii) whether the issuer or the affil-
iate of the issuer (as the case may be) in-
tends to continue the activity. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The requirement to 
disclose information under this paragraph shall 
not include information on activities of the 
issuer or any affiliate of the issuer activities re-
lating to— 
‘‘(i) the import of manufactured 
goods, including electronics, food products, 
textiles, shoes, and teas, that originated in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
or 
‘‘(ii) manufactured goods containing 
materials that originated or are sourced in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE OF DISCLOSURES.—If an issuer 
reports under paragraph (1) that the issuer or an 
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affiliate of the issuer has knowingly engaged in any 
activity described in that paragraph, the issuer shall 
separately file with the Commission, concurrently 
with the annual or quarterly report under subsection 
(a), a notice that the disclosure of that activity has 
been included in that annual or quarterly report that 
identifies the issuer and contains the information re-
quired by paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
Upon receiving a notice under paragraph (3) that an 
annual or quarterly report includes a disclosure of 
an activity described in paragraph (1), the Commis-
sion shall promptly— 
‘‘(A) transmit the report to— 
‘‘(i) the President; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs and the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(B) make the information provided in the 
disclosure and the notice available to the public 
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by posting the information on the Internet 
website of the Commission. 
‘‘(5) INVESTIGATIONS.—Upon receiving a re-
port under paragraph (4) that includes a disclosure 
of an activity described in paragraph (1), the Presi-
dent shall— 
‘‘(A) make a determination with respect to 
whether any investigation is needed into the 
possible imposition of sanctions under the Glob-
al Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2656 note) or section 8 of the 
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act or wheth-
er criminal investigations are warranted under 
statutes intended to hold accountable individ-
uals or entities involved in the importation of 
goods produced by forced labor, including under 
section 545, 1589, or 1761 of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after initi-
ating any such investigation, make a determina-
tion with respect to whether a sanction should 
be imposed or criminal investigations initiated 
with respect to the issuer or the affiliate of the 
issuer (as the case may be). 
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‘‘(6) ATROCITIES DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘atrocities’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 6(2) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and 
Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).’’. 
(3) SUNSET.—Section 13(s) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, as added by paragraph (2), 
is repealed on the earlier of— 
(A) the date that is 8 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) the date on which the President sub-
mits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a determination that the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China has ended mass 
internment, forced labor, and any other gross 
violations of human rights experienced by 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (2) shall take effect with respect to re-
ports required to be filed with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate. 
(2) ATROCITIES.—The term ‘‘atrocities’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 6(2) of the 
Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 
note). 
(3) CRIMES
AGAINST
HUMANITY.—The term 
‘‘crimes against humanity’’ includes, when com-
mitted as part of a widespread or systematic attack 
directed against any civilian population, with knowl-
edge of the attack— 
(A) murder; 
(B) deportation or forcible transfer of pop-
ulation; 
(C) torture; 
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(D) extermination; 
(E) enslavement; 
(F) rape, sexual slavery, or any other form 
of sexual violence of comparable severity; 
(G) persecution against any identifiable 
group or collectivity on political, racial, na-
tional, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or 
other grounds that are universally recognized as 
impermissible under international law; and 
(H) enforced disappearance of persons. 
(4) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(7) MASS
POPULATION
SURVEILLANCE
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘mass population surveillance sys-
tem’’ means installation and integration of facial 
recognition cameras, biometric data collection, cell 
phone surveillance, and artificial intelligence tech-
nology with the ‘‘Sharp Eyes’’ and ‘‘Integrated Joint 
Operations Platform’’ or other technologies that are 
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used by Chinese security forces for surveillance and 
big-data predictive policing. 
(8) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 307. UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Government of the People’s Republic of 
China (PRC) has a long history of repressing Turkic 
Muslims and other Muslim minority groups, particu-
larly Uyghurs, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion (‘‘Xinjiang’’ or ‘‘XUAR’’), also known as East 
Turkestan. Central and regional PRC government 
policies have systematically discriminated against 
these minority groups by denying them a range of 
civil and political rights, particularly freedom of reli-
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gion. Senior Chinese Communist Party officials bear 
direct responsibility for these gross human rights 
violations. 
(2) PRC government abuses include the arbi-
trary detention of more than 1,000,000 Uyghurs, 
ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Mus-
lim minority groups, separation of working age 
adults from their children and elderly parents, and 
the integration of forced labor into supply chains. 
Those held in detention facilities and internment 
camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
have described forced political indoctrination, tor-
ture, beatings, food deprivation, sexual assault, co-
ordinated campaigns to reduce birth rates among 
Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims through forced 
sterilization, and denial of religious, cultural, and 
linguistic freedoms. Recent media reports indicate 
that since 2019, the PRC government has newly 
constructed, expanded, or fortified at least 60 deten-
tion facilities with higher security or prison-like fea-
tures in Xinjiang. 
(3) The Government of the People’s Republic of 
China’s actions against Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, 
Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority 
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groups in Xinjiang violate international human 
rights laws and norms, including— 
(A) the International Convention on the 
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimina-
tion, to which the People’s Republic of China 
has acceded; 
(B) the Convention against Torture and 
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment 
or Punishment, which the People’s Republic of 
China has signed and ratified; 
(C) The Convention on the Prevention and 
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which 
the People’s Republic of China has signed and 
ratified; 
(D) the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights, which the People’s Repub-
lic of China has signed; and 
(E) the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights and the International Labor Organiza-
tion’s Force Labor Convention (no. 29) and the 
Abolition of Forced Labor Convention (no. 
105). 
(c) REFUGEE PROTECTIONS
FOR CERTAIN RESI-
DENTS OF THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION.— 
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(1) POPULATIONS OF SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN 
CONCERN.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall des-
ignate, as Priority 2 refugees of special humani-
tarian concern— 
(A) aliens who were nationals of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China and residents of the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Janu-
ary 1, 2021; 
(B) aliens who fled the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region after June 30, 2009, and 
reside in other provinces of China or in a third 
country where such alien is not firmly resettled; 
and 
(C) the spouses, children, and parents (as 
such terms are defined in subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 101 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) of individuals de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B), except 
that a child shall be an unmarried person under 
27 years of age. 
(2) PROCESSING OF XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTON-
OMOUS REGION REFUGEES.—The processing of indi-
viduals described in paragraph (1) for classification 
as refugees may occur in China or a third country. 
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(3) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
ADMISSION
AS
A
REF-
UGEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Aliens described in sub-
paragraph (B) may establish, for purposes of 
admission as a refugee under section 207 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1157) or asylum under section 208 of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1158), that such alien has a well- 
founded fear of persecution on account of race, 
religion, nationality, membership in a particular 
social group, or political opinion by asserting 
such a fear and asserting a credible basis for 
concern about the possibility of such persecu-
tion. 
(B) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subsection if such alien has been 
identified as a person of special humanitarian 
concern pursuant to paragraph (1) and— 
(i) has experienced persecution in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by 
the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China including— 
(I) forced and arbitrary detention 
including in an internment or re-edu-
cation camp; 
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(II) forced political indoctrina-
tion, torture, beatings, food depriva-
tion, and denial of religious, cultural, 
and linguistic freedoms; 
(III) forced labor; 
(IV) forced separation from fam-
ily members; 
(V) other forms of systemic 
threats, harassment, and gross human 
rights violations; or 
(VI) has been formally charged, 
detained, or convicted on account of 
their peaceful actions as described in 
the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act 
of 2020 (Public Law 116–145); and 
(ii) is currently a national of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China whose residency in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 
or any other area within the jurisdiction of 
the People’s Republic of China, was re-
voked for having submitted to any United 
States Government agency a nonfrivolous 
application for refugee status, asylum, or 
any 
other 
immigration 
benefit 
under 
United States law. 
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(C) ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION UNDER 
OTHER CLASSIFICATION.—An alien may not be 
denied the opportunity to apply for admission 
as a refugee or asylum under this section solely 
because such alien qualifies as an immediate 
relative of a national of the United States or is 
eligible for admission to the United States 
under any other immigrant classification. 
(4) PRIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall 
prioritize bilateral diplomacy with third countries 
hosting former residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-
tonomous Region and who face significant diplo-
matic pressures from the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit a report on the matters de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) to— 
(i) the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate; and 
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(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(B) MATTERS
TO
BE
INCLUDED.—Each 
report required by subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude, with respect to applications submitted 
under this section— 
(i) the total number of applications 
that are pending at the end of the report-
ing period; 
(ii) the average wait-times and num-
ber of applicants who are currently pend-
ing— 
(I) a pre-screening interview with 
a resettlement support center; 
(II) an interview with U.S. Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services; 
(III) the completion of security 
checks; and 
(IV) receipt of a final decision 
after completion of an interview with 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services; and 
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(iii) the number of denials of applica-
tions for refugee status, disaggregated by 
the reason for each such denial. 
(C) FORM.—Each report required by para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(D) PUBLIC REPORTS.—The Secretary of 
State shall make each report submitted under 
this subsection available to the public on the 
internet website of the Department of State. 
(d) STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ENCOURAGING AL-
LIES AND PARTNERS TO MAKE SIMILAR ACCOMMODA-
TIONS.—It is the policy of the United States to encourage 
allies and partners of the United States to make accom-
modations similar to the accommodations made in this Act 
for residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
who are fleeing oppression by the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(e) TERMINATION.—This Act, and the amendments 
made by this Act, shall cease to have effect on the date 
that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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SEC. 308. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
COUNCIL 
THAT 
COMMIT 
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
The President shall direct the Permanent Represent-
ative of the United States to the United Nations to use 
the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to— 
(1) reform the process for removing members of 
the United Nations Human Rights Council that 
commit gross and systemic violations of human 
rights, including— 
(A) lowering the threshold vote at the 
United Nations General Assembly for removal 
to a simple majority; 
(B) ensuring information detailing the 
member country’s human rights record is pub-
licly available before the vote on removal; and 
(C) making the vote of each country on the 
removal from the United Nations Human 
Rights Council publicly available; 
(2) reform the rules on electing members to the 
United Nations Human Rights Council to ensure 
United Nations members that have committed gross 
and systemic violations of human rights are not 
elected to the Human Rights Council; and 
(3) oppose the election to the Human Rights 
Council of any United Nations member— 
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(A) currently designated as a country en-
gaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations 
of internationally recognized human rights pur-
suant to section 116 or section 502B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151n, 2304); 
(B) currently designated as a state sponsor 
of terrorism; 
(C) currently designated as a Tier 3 coun-
try under the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); 
(D) the government of which is identified 
on the list published by the Secretary of State 
pursuant to section 404(b) of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1(b)) 
as a government that recruits and uses child 
soldiers; or 
(E) the government of which the United 
States determines to have committed genocide 
or crimes against humanity. 
SEC. 309. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO TIBET. 
(a) RANK
OF UNITED STATES SPECIAL COORDI-
NATOR FOR TIBETAN ISSUES.—Section 621 of the Ti-
betan Policy Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and 
(d), as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) RANK.—The Special Coordinator shall either be 
appointed by the President, with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, or shall be an individual holding the rank 
of Under Secretary of State or higher.’’. 
(b) TIBET UNIT AT UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN 
BEIJING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
establish a Tibet Unit in the Political Section of the 
United States Embassy in Beijing, People’s Republic 
of China. 
(2) OPERATION.—The Tibet Unit established 
under paragraph (1) shall operate until such time as 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
permits— 
(A) the United States Consulate General 
in Chengdu, People’s Republic of China, to re-
open; or 
(B) a United States Consulate General in 
Lhasa, Tibet, to open. 
(3) STAFF.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
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(i) assign not fewer than 2 United 
States direct-hire personnel to the Tibet 
Unit established under paragraph (1); and 
(ii) hire not fewer than 1 locally en-
gaged staff member for such unit. 
(B) LANGUAGE TRAINING.—The Secretary 
shall make Tibetan language training available 
to the personnel assigned under subparagraph 
(A), consistent with the Tibetan Policy Act of 
2002 (22 U.S.C. 6901 note). 
SEC. 310. UNITED STATES POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL EN-
GAGEMENT ON THE SUCCESSION OR REIN-
CARNATION OF THE DALAI LAMA AND RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM OF TIBETAN BUDDHISTS. 
(a) REAFFIRMATION OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 
the United States, as provided under section 342(b) of di-
vision FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116–260), that any ‘‘interference by the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China or any other 
government in the process of recognizing a successor or 
reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama and any future 
Dalai Lamas would represent a clear abuse of the right 
to religious freedom of Tibetan Buddhists and the Tibetan 
people’’. 
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(b) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM OF TIBETAN BUDDHISTS.—The Sec-
retary of State should engage with United States allies 
and partners to— 
(1) support Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders’ 
sole religious authority to identify and install the 
15th Dalai Lama; 
(2) oppose claims by the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China that the PRC has the 
authority to decide for Tibetan Buddhists the 15th 
Dalai Lama; and 
(3) reject interference by the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China in the religious freedom 
of Tibetan Buddhists. 
SEC. 311. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF INTERNET 
FREEDOM 
AND 
GREAT 
FIREWALL 
CIR-
CUMVENTION TOOLS FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
HONG KONG. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The People’s Republic of China has repeat-
edly violated its obligations under the Joint Declara-
tion by suppressing the basic rights and freedoms of 
Hong Kongers. 
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(2) On June 30, 2020, the National People’s 
Congress passed a ‘‘National Security Law’’ that 
further erodes Hong Kong’s autonomy and enables 
authorities to suppress dissent. 
(3) The Government of the People’s Republic of 
China continues to utilize the National Security Law 
to undermine the fundamental rights of the Hong 
Kong people through suppression of the freedom of 
speech, assembly, religion, and the press. 
(4) Article 9 of the National Security Law au-
thorizes unprecedented regulation and supervision of 
internet activity in Hong Kong, including expanded 
police powers to force internet service providers to 
censor content, hand over user information, and 
block access to platforms. 
(5) On January 13, 2021, the Hong Kong 
Broadband Network blocked public access to HK 
Chronicles, a website promoting pro-democracy view-
points, under the authorities of the National Secu-
rity Law. 
(6) On February 12, 2021, internet service pro-
viders blocked access to the Taiwan Transitional 
Justice Commission website in Hong Kong. 
(7) Major tech companies including Facebook, 
Twitter, WhatsApp and Google have stopped review-
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ing requests for user data from Hong Kong authori-
ties. 
(8) On February 28, 2021, 47 pro-democracy 
activists in Hong Kong were arrested and charged 
under the National Security Law on the charge of 
‘‘conspiracy to commit subversion’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should— 
(1) support the ability of the people of Hong 
Kong to maintain their freedom to access informa-
tion online; and 
(2) focus on investments in technologies that 
facilitate the unhindered exchange of information in 
Hong Kong in advance of any future efforts by the 
Chinese Communist Party— 
(A) to suppress internet access; 
(B) to increase online censorship; or 
(C) to inhibit online communication and 
content-sharing by the people of Hong Kong. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
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(B) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(E) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
(2) WORKING
GROUP.—The term ‘‘working 
group’’ means— 
(A) the Under Secretary of State for Civil-
ian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights; 
(B) the Assistant Secretary of State for 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
(C) the Chief Executive Officer of the 
United States Agency for Global Media and the 
President of the Open Technology Fund; and 
(D) the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
(3) JOINT
DECLARATION.—The term ‘‘Joint 
Declaration’’ means the Joint Declaration of the 
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Northern Ireland and the Government of the 
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People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong 
Kong, done at Beijing on December 19, 1984. 
(d) HONG KONG INTERNET FREEDOM PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is 
authorized to establish a working group to develop 
a strategy to bolster internet resiliency and online 
access in Hong Kong. The Secretary shall establish 
a Hong Kong Internet Freedom Program in the Bu-
reau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at 
the Department of State. Additionally, the President 
of the Technology Fund is authorized to establish a 
Hong Kong Internet Freedom Program. These pro-
grams shall operate independently, but in strategic 
coordination with other entities in the working 
group. The Open Technology Fund shall remain 
independent from Department of State direction in 
its implementation of this, and any other Internet 
Freedom Programs. 
(2) INDEPENDENCE.—During the period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on September 30, 2023, the Program shall 
be carried out independent from the mainland China 
internet freedom portfolios in order to focus on sup-
porting liberties presently enjoyed by the people of 
Hong Kong. 
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(3) CONSOLIDATION
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF 
STATE PROGRAM.—Beginning on October 1, 2023, 
the Secretary of State may— 
(A) consolidate the Program with the 
mainland China initiatives in the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor; or 
(B) continue to carry out the Program in 
accordance with paragraph (2). 
(4) CONSOLIDATION
OF
OPEN
TECHNOLOGY 
FUND PROGRAM.—Beginning on October 1, 2023, 
the President of the Open Technology Fund may— 
(A) consolidate the Program with the 
mainland China initiatives in the Open Tech-
nology Fund; or 
(B) continue to carry out the Program in 
accordance with paragraph (2). 
(e) SUPPORT
FOR
INTERNET
FREEDOM
TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAMS.— 
(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 
working through the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, and the Open Tech-
nology Fund, separately and independently 
from the Secretary of State, are authorized to 
award grants and contracts to private organiza-
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tions to support and develop programs in Hong 
Kong that promote or expand— 
(i) open, interoperable, reliable and 
secure internet; and 
(ii) the online exercise of human 
rights and fundamental freedoms of indi-
vidual citizens, activists, human rights de-
fenders, independent journalists, civil soci-
ety organizations, and marginalized popu-
lations in Hong Kong. 
(B) GOALS.—The goals of the programs 
developed with grants authorized under sub-
paragraph (A) should be— 
(i) to make the internet available in 
Hong Kong; 
(ii) to increase the number of the 
tools in the technology portfolio; 
(iii) to promote the availability of such 
technologies and tools in Hong Kong; 
(iv) to encourage the adoption of such 
technologies and tools by the people of 
Hong Kong; 
(v) to scale up the distribution of such 
technologies and tools throughout Hong 
Kong; 
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(vi) to prioritize the development of 
tools, components, code, and technologies 
that are fully open-source, to the extent 
practicable; 
(vii) to conduct research on repressive 
tactics that undermine internet freedom in 
Hong Kong; 
(viii) to ensure digital safety guidance 
and support is available to repressed indi-
vidual citizens, human rights defenders, 
independent journalists, civil society orga-
nizations and marginalized populations in 
Hong Kong; and 
(ix) to engage American private indus-
try, including e-commerce firms and social 
networking companies, on the importance 
of preserving internet access in Hong 
Kong. 
(C) GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Grants author-
ized under this paragraph shall be distributed 
to multiple vendors and suppliers through an 
open, fair, competitive, and evidence-based deci-
sion process— 
(i) to diversify the technical base; and 
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(ii) to reduce the risk of misuse by 
bad actors. 
(D) SECURITY AUDITS.—New technologies 
developed using grants from this paragraph 
shall undergo comprehensive security audits to 
ensure that such technologies are secure and 
have not been compromised in a manner detri-
mental to the interests of the United States or 
to individuals or organizations benefitting from 
programs supported by the Open Technology 
Fund. 
(2) FUNDING SOURCE.—The Secretary of State 
is authorized to expend funds from the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Depart-
ment of State during fiscal year 2020 for grants au-
thorized under paragraph (1) at any entity in the 
working group. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(A) OPEN TECHNOLOGY FUND.—In addi-
tion to the funds authorized to be expended 
pursuant to paragraph (2), there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Open Technology 
Fund $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
and 2023 to carry out this subsection. This 
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funding is in addition to the funds authorized 
for the Open Technology Fund through the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116–92). 
(B) BUREAU
OF
DEMOCRACY, 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—In addition to the funds 
authorized to be expended pursuant to para-
graph (2), there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Office of Internet Freedom Pro-
grams in the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor of the Department of State 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 
2023 to carry out this section. 
(C) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appro-
priated pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
shall remain available until expended. 
(f) STRATEGIC PLANNING REPORT.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State and the working group shall submit a 
classified report to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress that— 
(1) describes the Federal Government’s plan to 
bolster and increase the availability of Great Fire-
wall circumvention and internet freedom technology 
in Hong Kong during fiscal year 2022; 
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(2) outlines a plan for— 
(A) supporting the preservation of an 
open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet 
in Hong Kong; 
(B) increasing the supply of the technology 
referred to in paragraph (1); 
(C) accelerating the dissemination of such 
technology; 
(D) promoting the availability of internet 
freedom in Hong Kong; 
(E) utilizing presently-available tools in the 
existing relevant portfolios for further use in 
the unique context of Hong Kong; 
(F) expanding the portfolio of tools in 
order to diversify and strengthen the effective-
ness and resiliency of the circumvention efforts; 
(G) providing training for high-risk groups 
and individuals in Hong Kong; and 
(H) detecting analyzing, and responding to 
new and evolving censorship threats; 
(3) includes a detailed description of the tech-
nical and fiscal steps necessary to safely implement 
the plans referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), in-
cluding an analysis of the market conditions in 
Hong Kong; 
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(4) describes the Federal Government’s plans 
for awarding grants to private organizations for the 
purposes described in subsection (e)(1)(A); 
(5) outlines the working group’s consultations 
regarding the implementation of this section to en-
sure that all Federal efforts are aligned and well co-
ordinated; and 
(6) outlines the Department of State’s strategy 
to influence global internet legal standards at inter-
national organizations and multilateral fora. 
SEC. 312. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRO-
TECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated or otherwise made available to carry out section 
409 of the Asia Reassurance Initiative (Public Law 115– 
409) include programs that prioritize the protection and 
advancement of the freedoms of association, assembly, re-
ligion, and expression for women, human rights activists, 
and ethnic and religious minorities in the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) may be used to fund nongovern-
mental agencies within the Indo-Pacific region that are fo-
cused on the issues described in subsection (a). 
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(c) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out 
this section, the Assistant Secretary of Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor shall consult with the appro-
priate congressional committees and representatives of 
civil society regarding— 
(1) strengthening the capacity of the organiza-
tions referred to in subsection (b); 
(2) protecting members of the groups referred 
to in subsection (a) who have been targeted for ar-
rest, harassment, forced sterilizations, coercive abor-
tions, forced labor, or intimidation, including mem-
bers residing outside of the People’s Republic of 
China; and 
(3) messaging efforts to reach the broadest pos-
sible audiences within the People’s Republic of 
China about United States Government efforts to 
protect freedom of association, expression, assembly, 
and the rights of ethnic minorities. 
SEC. 313. REPEAL OF SUNSET APPLICABLE TO AUTHORITY 
UNDER GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS 
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. 
Section 1265 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
Accountability Act (Subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 
114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is repealed. 
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SEC. 314. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONDEMNING ANTI-ASIAN 
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Since the onset of the COVID–19 pan-
demic, crimes and discrimination against Asians and 
those of Asian descent have risen dramatically 
worldwide. In May 2020, United Nations Secretary- 
General Antonio Guterres said ‘‘the pandemic con-
tinues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, 
scapegoating and scare-mongering’’ and urged gov-
ernments to ‘‘act now to strengthen the immunity of 
our societies against the virus of hate’’. 
(2) Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) 
workers make up a large portion of the essential 
workers on the frontlines of the COVID–19 pan-
demic, making up 8.5 percent of all essential 
healthcare workers in the United States. AAPI 
workers also make up a large share—between 6 per-
cent and 12 percent based on sector—of the bio-
medical field. 
(3) The United States Census notes that Amer-
icans of Asian descent alone made up nearly 5.9 per-
cent of the United States population in 2019, and 
that Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial 
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group in the United States, projected to represent 
14 percent of the United States population by 2065. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the reprehensible attacks on people of Asian 
descent and concerning increase in anti-Asian senti-
ment and racism in the United States and around 
the world have no place in a peaceful, civilized, and 
tolerant world; 
(2) the United States is a diverse nation with 
a proud tradition of immigration, and the strength 
and vibrancy of the United States is enhanced by 
the diverse ethnic backgrounds and tolerance of its 
citizens, including Asian Americans and Pacific Is-
landers; 
(3) the United States Government should en-
courage other foreign governments to use the official 
and scientific names for the COVID–19 pandemic, 
as recommended by the World Health Organization 
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
and 
(4) the United States Government and other 
governments around the world must actively oppose 
racism and intolerance, and use all available and ap-
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propriate tools to combat the spread of anti-Asian 
racism and discrimination. 
SEC. 315. ANNUAL REPORTING ON CENSORSHIP OF FREE 
SPEECH WITH RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL 
ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 
Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act (227 
U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) wherever applicable, instances in which 
the government of each country has attempted to 
extraterritorially intimidate or pressure a company 
or entity to censor or self-censor the speech of its 
employees, contractors, customers, or associated 
staff with regards to the abuse of human rights in 
such country, or sought retaliation against such em-
ployees or contractors for the same, including any 
instance in which the government of China has 
sought to extraterritorially censor or punish speech 
that is otherwise legal in the United States on the 
topics of— 
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‘‘(A) repression and violation of funda-
mental freedoms in Hong Kong; 
‘‘(B) repression and persecution of reli-
gious and ethnic minorities in China, including 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
and the Tibet Autonomous Region; 
‘‘(C) efforts to proliferate and use surveil-
lance technologies to surveil activists, journal-
ists, opposition politicians, or to profile persons 
of different ethnicities; and 
‘‘(D) other gross violations of human 
rights; and 
‘‘(14) wherever applicable, instances which a 
company or entity located in or based in a third 
country has censored or self-censored the speech of 
its employees, contractors, customers, or associated 
staff on the topic of abuse of human rights in each 
country or sought to retaliate against such employ-
ees for the same, due to intimidation or pressure 
from or the fear of intimidation by the foreign gov-
ernment.’’. 
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TITLE IV—INVESTING IN OUR 
ECONOMIC STATECRAFT 
SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PRC’S IN-
DUSTRIAL POLICY. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the challenges presented by a nonmarket 
economy like the PRC’s economy, which has cap-
tured such a large share of global economic ex-
change, are in many ways unprecedented and re-
quire sufficiently elevated and sustained long-term 
focus and engagement; 
(2) in order to truly address the most detri-
mental aspects of CCP-directed mercantilist eco-
nomic strategy, the United States must adopt poli-
cies that— 
(A) expose the full scope and scale of intel-
lectual property theft and mass subsidization of 
Chinese firms, and the resulting harm to the 
United States, foreign markets, and the global 
economy; 
(B) ensure that PRC companies face costs 
and consequences for anticompetitive behavior; 
(C) provide options for affected United 
States persons to address and respond to un-
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reasonable and discriminatory CCP-directed in-
dustrial policies; and 
(D) strengthen the protection of critical 
technology and sensitive data, while still fos-
tering an environment that provides incentives 
for secure but open investment, innovation, and 
competition; 
(3) the United States must work with its allies 
and partners and multilateral venues and fora— 
(A) to reinforce long-standing generally ac-
cepted principles of fair competition and market 
behavior and address the PRC’s anticompetitive 
economic and industrial policies that undermine 
decades of global growth and innovation; 
(B) to ensure that the PRC is not granted 
the same treatment as that of a free-market 
economy until it ceases the implementation of 
laws, regulations, policies, and practices that 
provide unfair advantage to PRC firms in fur-
therance of national objectives and impose un-
reasonable, discriminatory, and illegal burdens 
on market-based international commerce; and 
(C) to align policies with respect to curbing 
state-directed subsidization of the private sec-
tor, such as advocating for global rules related 
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to transparency and adherence to notification 
requirements, including through the efforts cur-
rently being advanced by the United States, 
Japan, and the European Union; 
(4) the United States and its allies and part-
ners must collaborate to provide incentives to their 
respective companies to cooperate in areas such as— 
(5) the United States should develop policies 
that— 
(A) insulate United States entities from 
PRC pressure against complying with United 
States laws; 
(B) together with the work of allies and 
partners and multilateral institutions, counter 
the potential impact of the blocking regime of 
the PRC established by the Ministry of Com-
merce of the PRC on January 9, 2021, when 
it issued Order No. 1 of 2021, entitled ‘‘Rules 
on Counteracting Unjustified Extraterritorial 
Application of Foreign Legislation and other 
Measures’’; and 
(C) plan for future actions that the Gov-
ernment of the PRC may take to undermine the 
lawful application of United States legal au-
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thorities, including with respect to the use of 
sanctions. 
SEC. 402. ECONOMIC DEFENSE RESPONSE TEAMS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
develop and implement a pilot program for the creation 
of deployable economic defense response teams to help 
provide emergency technical assistance and support to a 
country subjected to the threat or use of coercive economic 
measures and to play a liaison role between the legitimate 
government of that country and the United States Govern-
ment. Such assistance and support may include the fol-
lowing activities: 
(1) Reducing the partner country’s vulnerability 
to coercive economic measures. 
(2) Minimizing the damage that such measures 
by an adversary could cause to that country. 
(3) Implementing any bilateral or multilateral 
contingency plans that may exist for responding to 
the threat or use of such measures. 
(4) In coordination with the partner country, 
developing or improving plans and strategies by the 
country for reducing vulnerabilities and improving 
responses to such measures in the future. 
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(5) Assisting the partner country in dealing 
with foreign sovereign investment in infrastructure 
or related projects that may undermine the partner 
country’s sovereignty. 
(6) Assisting the partner country in responding 
to specific efforts from an adversary attempting to 
employ economic coercion that undermines the part-
ner country’s sovereignty, including efforts in the 
cyber domain, such as efforts that undermine cyber-
security or digital security of the partner country or 
initiatives that introduce digital technologies in a 
manner that undermines freedom, security, and sov-
ereignty of the partner country. 
(7) Otherwise providing direct and relevant 
short-to-medium term economic or other assistance 
from the United States and marshalling other re-
sources in support of effective responses to such 
measures. 
(b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT.—Upon estab-
lishment of the pilot program required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary of State shall provide the appro-
priate committees of Congress with a detailed report 
and briefing describing the pilot program, the major 
elements of the program, the personnel and institu-
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tions involved, and the degree to which the program 
incorporates the elements described in subsection 
(a). 
(2) FOLLOW-UP REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the report required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of State shall provide the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress with a detailed report and brief-
ing describing the operations over the previous year 
of the pilot program established pursuant to sub-
section (a), as well as the Secretary’s assessment of 
its performance and suitability for becoming a per-
manent program. 
(3) FORM.—Each report required under this 
subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(c) DECLARATION
OF
AN ECONOMIC CRISIS RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.—The President may acti-
vate an economic defense response team for a period 
of 180 days under the authorities of this section to 
assist a partner country in responding to an unusual 
and extraordinary economic coercive threat by an 
adversary of the United States upon the declaration 
of a coercive economic emergency, together with no-
tification to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
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(D) the United Nations Convention against 
Corruption, done at New York October 31, 
2003; 
(E) Recommendation of the Council for 
Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public 
Officials in International Business Trans-
actions, adopted November 26, 2009; and 
(F) recommendations of the Financial Ac-
tion Task Force comprising the International 
Standards on Combating Money Laundering 
and the Financing of Terrorism and Prolifera-
tion. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate; 
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
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