Hong Kong Business Integrity and Transparency Act
Bill: H.R.8739 | Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. (R-UT)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Hong Kong Business Integrity and Transparency Act
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to submit periodic reports to Congress on the protection of consumer information in the possession of U.S. firms operating in Hong Kong. The report must include information on requests by the government of Hong Kong for consumer information, content takedowns, or law enforcement assistance.

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report on 
  the protection of consumer information in the possession of United 
  States companies operating in Hong Kong and requests issued by the 
  Government of Hong Kong to such companies for consumer information, 
           content takedowns, or law enforcement assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Business Integrity and 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON REQUESTS FROM GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG TO UNITED 
              STATES COMPANIES FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION, CONTENT 
              TAKEDOWNS, OR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of 
Commerce, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and make available to the public a report on--
            (1) the protection of consumer information in the 
        possession of United States companies operating in Hong Kong; 
        and
            (2) requests issued by the Government of Hong Kong to 
        United States companies operating in Hong Kong for content 
        takedowns or law enforcement assistance.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall, with respect to the 180-day period preceding the date of 
submission of the report, include the following:
            (1) The number of requests, issued by the Government of 
        Hong Kong to United States companies operating in Hong Kong for 
        consumer information in the possession of such companies, 
        content takedowns, or law enforcement assistance, that were 
        fulfilled and by which companies.
            (2) An identification of the Hong Kong laws under which 
        such requests were issued.
            (3) An identification of any United States consumer 
        protection laws that may have been violated in the case of the 
        fulfillment of such requests by such companies.
    (c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified index.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the 
                Committee on Finance, and the Select Committee on 
                Intelligence of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
                Financial Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence, and the Committee on Ways and Means of 
                the House of Representatives.
            (2) Content takedown.--The term ``content takedown'' means 
        the removal of, disabling of access to, or restriction of 
        access to any material, including--
                    (A) material on a website or online service;
                    (B) a software application; and
                    (C) any feature of a software application.
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