priate congressional committees, the President shall 
provide the chairperson and ranking member with 
any information that contributed to the removal de-
cision. The President may submit such information 
in classified form if the President determines that it 
is vital for the national security interests of the 
United States to do so. 
(f) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF CONFIDENTIALITY RE-
QUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO VISA RECORDS.—The 
President shall publish the list required by subsection (a) 
without regard to the requirements of section 222(f) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) 
with respect to confidentiality of records pertaining to the 
issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
States. 
SEC. 8. INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(F)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(F) ABDUCTIONS OF CERTAIN JOURNAL-
ISTS.—Any alien described in section 7(a) of 
the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy 
Act of 2017 is inadmissible.’’. 
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(b) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secre-
taries) shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation 
issued to any person who is included on the list required 
under section 7(a) that is an alien, regardless of when 
issued. The revocations shall take effect immediately and 
shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry 
documentation that is in the alien’s possession. 
(c) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may 
waive application of section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended by sub-
section (a), or subsection (b) with respect to an 
alien, if— 
(A) the Secretary determines that such a 
waiver— 
(i) is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United 
States of America regarding the Head-
quarters of the United Nations, signed 
June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, or other applicable inter-
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national obligations of the United States; 
or 
(ii) is vital for the national security 
interests of the United States; and 
(B) before granting such a waiver, the Sec-
retary provides to the appropriate congressional 
committees notice of, and a justification for, the 
waiver. 
(2) TIMING FOR CERTAIN WAIVERS.—Notifica-
tion under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall 
be made not later than 15 days before granting a 
waiver under such paragraph if the Secretary grants 
such waiver under subparagraph (A)(ii) of such 
paragraph. 
(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
State shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out this section. 
SEC. 9. TREATMENT OF HONG KONG APPLICANTS FOR 
VISAS TO STUDY OR WORK IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Title II of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act 
of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5721 et seq.), as amended by section 
6, is further amended by inserting after section 202a the 
following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 202b. TREATMENT OF HONG KONG APPLICANTS FOR 
VISAS TO STUDY OR WORK IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
‘‘(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Notwithstanding all 
other provisions of law, applications for visas to enter, 
study, or work in the United States, submitted by other-
wise qualified applicants who were resident in Hong Kong 
in 2014, shall not be denied on the basis of the applicant’s 
arrest, detention, or other adverse government action 
taken as a result of the applicant’s participation in non-
violent protest activities related to Hong Kong’s electoral 
processes. 
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall take such steps as necessary to ensure that consular 
officers shall be aware of this provision of law and shall 
receive appropriate training and support in order to en-
sure that it is carried out in such a way that affected indi-
viduals shall not face discrimination or unnecessary delay 
in the processing of their visa applications, including— 
‘‘(1) providing specialized training for consular 
officers posted to Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, 
and Macau; 
‘‘(2) instructing the United States Consulate in 
Hong Kong to maintain an active list of individuals 
whom it knows to have been detained, arrested or 
otherwise targeted by Hong Kong or People’s Re-
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public of China authorities or their intermediaries as 
a result of their participation in the 2014 protests, 
in order to facilitate the cross-checking of visa appli-
cations for Hong Kong applicants; 
‘‘(3) amending the physical and on-line versions 
of the visa application as necessary in order to en-
sure relevant applicants are able to reference this 
provision of law in their explanatory materials; and 
‘‘(4) instructing personnel at the United States 
Consulate in Hong Kong to engage with relevant in-
dividuals in the Hong Kong community in order to 
proactively inform them that they will not face dis-
crimination in applying for a visa to the United 
States due to any adverse action taken against them 
by the authorities as a result of their participation 
in the 2014 protests. 
‘‘(c) COOPERATION
WITH
LIKE-MINDED
COUN-
TRIES.—The Secretary of State or his or her designee 
shall contact appropriate representatives of other demo-
cratic countries, particularly those who receive a large 
number of applicants for student and employment visas 
from Hong Kong, to— 
‘‘(1) inform them of the United States policy 
regarding arrests for participation in nonviolent pro-
tests in Hong Kong; 
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‘‘(2) encourage them to take similar steps to 
ensure the rights of nonviolent protesters are pro-
tected from discrimination due to the actions of the 
Hong Kong and People’s Republic of China authori-
ties; and 
‘‘(3) offer, as appropriate, to share information 
regarding the execution of this policy, including in-
formation regarding persons eligible for relief under 
this provision.’’. 
SEC. 10. FINANCIAL MEASURES. 
(a) FREEZING OF ASSETS.—The President shall ex-
ercise all powers granted by the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except 
that the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent necessary to 
freeze and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-
terests in property of a person who is on the list required 
by section 7(a) of this Act if such property and interests 
in property are in the United States, come within the 
United States, or are or come within the possession or 
control of a United States person. 
(b) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury may waive the application 
of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such a 
waiver is vital for the national security interests of the 
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United States. Not later than 15 days before granting 
such a waiver, the Secretary shall provide to the appro-
priate congressional committees notice of, and a justifica-
tion for, the waiver. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 
order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of such section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall prescribe or amend regulations as 
needed to require each financial institution that is a 
United States person and has within its possession 
or control assets that are property or interests in 
property of a person that is on the list required by 
section 7(a) if such property and interests in prop-
erty are in the United States to certify to the Sec-
retary that, to the best of the knowledge of the fi-
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nancial institution, the financial institution has fro-
zen all assets within the possession or control of the 
financial institution that are required to be frozen 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(3) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 
under paragraph (2), the President shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees of the pro-
posed regulations and the provisions of this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act that the regula-
tions are implementing. 
(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders 
as are necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 11. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on— 
(1) the actions taken to carry out this Act, in-
cluding— 
(A) the number of persons added to or re-
moved from the list required by section 7(a) 
during the year preceding the report, the dates 
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on which such persons have been added or re-
moved, and the reasons for adding or removing 
such persons; and 
(B) if few or no such persons have been 
added to that list during that year, the reasons 
for not adding more such persons to the list; 
and 
(2) efforts by the executive branch to encourage 
the governments of other countries to impose sanc-
tions that are similar to the sanctions imposed under 
this Act. 
Æ 
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