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Public Law 116–76
116th Congress

An Act

To amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.

Nov. 27, 2019
[S. 1838]

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019.
22 USC 5701 note.

(a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019”.

(b) Table of Contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

• Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
• Sec. 2. Definitions.
• Sec. 3. Statement of policy.
• Sec. 4. Amendments to the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.
• Sec. 5. Annual report on violations of United States export control laws and United Nations sanctions occurring in Hong Kong.
• Sec. 6. Protecting United States citizens and others from rendition to the People’s Republic of China.
• Sec. 7. Sanctions relating to undermining fundamental freedoms and autonomy in Hong Kong.
• Sec. 8. Sanctions reports.
• Sec. 9. Sense of Congress on People’s Republic of China state-controlled media.
• Sec. 10. Sense of Congress on commercial exports of crowd control equipment to Hong Kong.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.22 USC 5701 note.

In this Act:

(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;

(C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;

(D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;

(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;

(G) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;

(H) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives;

(I) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and

(J) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

(2) Social credit system.—The term “social credit system” means a system proposed by the Government of the People’s