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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6153 
To provide for a review of sanctions with respect to Hong Kong. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 
Mrs. KIM of California (for herself, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. MCGOVERN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a review of sanctions with respect to Hong 
Kong. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REVIEW OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
HONG KONG. 
(a) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO IMPOSITION 
OF SANCTIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a determina-
tion, including a detailed justification, of whether any per-
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son listed in subsection (b) meets the criteria for the impo-
sition of sanctions pursuant to— 
(1) section 1263(b) of the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
10102(b)); 
(2) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking the property of persons in-
volved in serious human rights abuse or corruption); 
(3) section 7 of the Hong Kong Human Rights 
and Democracy Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 5701 note; 
Public Law 116–76); 
(4) section 6 of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act 
(22 U.S.C. 5701 note; Public Law 116–149); or 
(5) Executive Order 13936 (22 U.S.C. 5701 
note; relating to Hong Kong Normalization). 
(b) PERSONS LISTED.—The persons listed in this 
subsection, which include officials of the Hong Kong Au-
tonomous Region, are the following: 
(1) Paul Lam Ting-kwok, Secretary for Justice. 
(2) Sonny Au Chi-kwong, Secretary General of 
Committee for Safeguarding National Security of 
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 
(3) Raymond Siu Chak-yee, Police Commis-
sioner. 
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(44) Wilson Lam Yi-yeung, Senior Public Pros-
ecutor. 
(45) Edward Lau Wan-cheung, Senior Public 
Prosecutor. 
(46) Vincent Lee Ting-wai, Senior Public Pros-
ecutor. 
(47) Karen Ng Ka-yuet, Senior Public Pros-
ecutor. 
(48) Jennifer Tsui Sin-chi, Senior Public Pros-
ecutor. 
(49) Memi Ng, private lawyer, fiat counsel ap-
pointed by the Hong Kong Government to serve as 
prosecutor. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives. 
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