,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ajd  ,,in ,,the      
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#bc1 #bjbj,mr4 ,conaway submitted the   
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress that ,hong ,kong's loss of    
judicial and political autonomy would   
expose individuals residing in the      
,united ,states to a judicial system    
subservient to the ,chinese ,communist  
,party1 and that the ,united ,states    
should suspend its extradition treaty   
with ,hong ,kong until it can be        
certified that ,hong ,kong's judicial   
independence has been reestablished4    
,whereas1 on ,december #ai1 #aihd1 the  
,united ,kingdom and the ,people's      
,republic of ,china 7,,prc7 agreed to   
the ,sino-,british ,joint ,declaration  
on the ,question of ,hong ,kong1 a legal
 binding treaty registered with the     
,united ,nations1 laying the framework  

guaranteeing the autonomy of ,hong      
,kong2 ,whereas upon the transfer of    
,hong ,kong to the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china1 the ,national ,people's      
,congress1 in accordance with the ,joint
 ,declaration1 adopted the ,basic ,law  
of the ,hong ,kong ,special             
,administrative ,region committing      
,beijing to maintaining a one country1  
two systems policy regarding ,hong ,kong
 and solidifying the autonomy of the    
region2 ,whereas the ,basic ,law        
provided the safeguards by which ,hong  
,kong was promised a high degree of     
autonomy and preserved ,hong ,kong's    
right to self-governance and its highly 
regarded common law legal system        
committed to protecting universal human 
rights and upholding commercial rules   
and regulations2 ,whereas ,congress     
adopted the ,united ,states-,hong ,kong 
,policy ,act of #aiib ensuring continued
 special treatment of ,hong ,kong as    
separate from the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china and authorized the ,president to

 suspend those protections if it were   
determined that ,hong ,kong was not     
sufficiently autonomous from the ,,prc2 
,whereas ,hong ,kong's independent legal
 system and strong commitment to the    
rule of law were paramount to its       
success as a global financial and       
banking center and establishing itself  
as a strong and reliable trading partner
 with the ,united ,states2 ,whereas1 in 
the #bc years of the one country1 two   
systems policy1 the ,chinese ,communist 
,party has made repeated attempts to    
challenge and erode the autonomy and    
open society of ,hong ,kong1 including  
suppression of free speech and          
democratic institutions2 ,whereas1 since
 ,june #bjai1 the ,chinese ,communist   
,party has aggressively escalated       
efforts to undermined and usurp ,hong   
,kong's autonomy2 ,whereas1 on ,may #bg1
 #bjbj1 ,secretary of ,state ,mike      
,pompeo declared that ,hong ,kong does  
not continue to warrant treatment under 
,united ,states laws in the same manner 

as ,u4,s4 laws were applied to ,hong    
,kong before ,july #aiig4 ,no reasonable
 person can assert today that ,hong     
,kong maintains a high degree of        
autonomy from ,china1 given facts on the
 ground42 ,whereas1 on ,may #bh1 #bjbj1 
the ,national ,people's ,congress       
approved a new national security law    
that would unravel the autonomy of ,hong
 ,kong and bypass the region's          
independent legislature2 ,whereas1 on   
,june #cj1 #bjbj1 the ,chinese          
,communist ,party1 in violation of      
international agreements1 finalized and 
enacted sweeping new powers over ,hong  
,kong1 ending its long-held political   
and economic autonomy and destroying the
 firewall between the two legal systems2
 ,whereas1 on ,july #c1 #bjbj1 ,canada  
suspended its extradition agreement with
 ,hong ,kong2 ,whereas1 on ,july #i1    
#bjbj1 ,australia suspended its         
extradition agreement with ,hong ,kong2 
and ,whereas1 on ,july #bj1 #bjbj1 the  
,united ,kingdom suspended its          

extradition agreement with ,hong ,kong3 
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the  
sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,hong
 ,kong's loss of judicial and political 
autonomy would expose individuals       
residing in the ,united ,states to a    
judicial system subservient to the      
,chinese ,communist ,party2 and  7#b7   
the ,united ,states should suspend its  
extradition treaty with ,hong ,kong     
until it can be certified that ,hong    
,kong's judicial independence has been  
reestablished4