Sec. 7. SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND AUTONOMY IN HONG KONG
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## SEC. 7 SANCTIONS RELATING TO UNDERMINING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND AUTONOMY IN HONG KONG **[**[22 U.S.C. 5701 note](/us/usc/t22/s5701)**]** ###
(a)Identification of Persons Responsible for Undermining Fundamental Freedoms and Autonomy in Hong Kong ####
(1)In general The President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, in accordance with paragraph (2), that identifies each foreign person that the President determines is responsible for— #####
(A)the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, or torture of any person in Hong Kong; or #####
(B)other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights in Hong Kong. ####
(2)Timing of reports The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees— #####
(A)the report required under paragraph (1)— ######
(i)not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and ######
(ii)not less frequently than annually thereafter in conjunction with the publication of the report required under section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731); and #####
(B)an update to the report not later than 15 days after any new action is taken under subsection
(b)based on the discovery of new information described in paragraph (1). ####
(3)Consideration of certain information In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the President shall consider— #####
(A)information provided jointly by the chairperson and ranking member of each of the appropriate congressional committees; and #####
(B)information obtained by other countries or reputable nongovernmental organizations that monitor violations of human rights abuses. ####
(4)Form The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###
(b)Imposition of Sanctions The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(c)with respect to each foreign person identified in the report required under subsection (a)(1). ###
(c)Sanctions Described The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: ####
(1)Asset blocking The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of a foreign person identified in the report required under subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a United States person. ####
(2)Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole #####
(A)Visas, admission, or parole An alien described in subsection (a)(1) is— ######
(i)inadmissible to the United States; ######
(ii)ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and ######
(iii)otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). #####
(B)Current visas revoked ######
(i)In general An alien described in subsection (a)(1) is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. ######
(ii)Immediate effect A revocation under clause
(i)shall— ######
(I)take effect immediately; and ######
(II)automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. ####
(3)Penalties The penalties provided for in subsections
(b)and
(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph
(1)to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection
(a)of such section 206. ###
(d)Implementation The President may exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. ###
(e)Waiver The President may waive the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a person identified in the report required under subsection (a)(1) if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States. ###
(f)Exceptions ####
(1)Exception for intelligence activities Sanctions under this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States. ####
(2)Exception to comply with international obligations and for law enforcement activities Sanctions under subsection (c)(2) shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary— #####
(A)to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations; or #####
(B)to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the United States. ####
(3)Exception relating to importation of goods #####
(A)In general The authorities and requirements to impose sanctions authorized under this section shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. #####
(B)Good defined In this paragraph, the term “good” means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. ###
(g)Termination of Sanctions The President may terminate the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a person if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15 days before the termination takes effect that— ####
(1)information exists that the person did not engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed; ####
(2)the person has been prosecuted appropriately for the activity for which sanctions were imposed; ####
(3)the person has credibly demonstrated a significant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the activity for which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly committed to not engage in an activity described in subsection (a)(1) in the future; or ####
(4)the termination of the sanctions is in the national security interests of the United States. ###
(h)Sunset This section, and any sanctions imposed under this section, shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(i)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Admission; admitted; alien The terms “admission”, “admitted”, and “alien” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). ####
(2)Foreign person The term “foreign person” means a person that is not a United States person.
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