Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term alien has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term Article 23 means Article 23 of the Basic Law. The term Basic Law means the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
The term foreign person means an individual or entity that is not a United States person. The term Hong Kong SAR means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The term Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices has the meaning given that term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled An Act to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices , approved June 27, 1997 ( 22 U.S.C. 288k ). 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, done at Beijing December 19, 1984.
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 Special Administrative Region, signed on June 30, 2020. The term Safeguarding National Security Ordinance means the ordinance that implemented Article 23 that was passed by the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on March 19, 2024. The term United States person means— a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or 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.
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