,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgeh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ca1  
#bjai,mr4 ,hawley 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,scott of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,cornyn7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to impose  
sanctions under the ,global ,magnitsky  
,human ,rights ,accountability ,act to  
combat the suppression of the freedoms  
of speech1 association1 assembly1       
procession1 and demonstration of the    
people of ,hong ,kong1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,hong ,kong ,be     
,water ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this 
,act3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional   
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means--  7,a7  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1  
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 the 
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  

,urban ,affairs1 the ,committee on the  
,judiciary1 and the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate2 and     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign         
,affairs1 the ,committee on ,armed      
,services1 the ,permanent ,select       
,committee on ,intelligence1 the        
,committee on ,financial ,services1 the 
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and the   
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives4  7#b7 ,basic
 law ,the term ,basic ,law means the    
,basic ,law of ,hong ,kong4  7#c7       
,foreign person ,the term foreign person
 means an individual or entity that is  
not a ,united ,states person4  7#d7     
,hong ,kong ,the term ,hong ,kong means 
the ,hong ,kong ,special ,administrative
 ,region of the ,people's ,republic of  
,china4  7#e7 ,joint declaration ,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     
,kong1 done at ,beijing ,december #ai1  
#aihd4  7#f7 ,knowingly ,the term       
knowingly1 with respect to conduct1 a   
circumstance1 or a result1 means that a 
person has actual knowledge1 or should  
have known1 of the conduct1 the         
circumstance1 or the result4  7#g7      
,national ,the term national has the    
meaning given that term in section      
#aja7;a7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aaja7;a774  7#h7 ,united states person 
,the term ,united ,states person means--
 7,a7 a ,united ,states citizen or an   
alien lawfully admitted for permanent   
residence to the ,united ,states2 or    
7,b7 an entity organized under the laws 
of the ,united ,states or of any        
jurisdiction within the ,united ,states1
 including a foreign branch of such an  
entity4  #c4 ,findings ,congress makes  
the following findings3 7#a7 ,in        
,february #bjai1 the ,government of     
,hong ,kong proposed the ,fugitive      

,offenders and ,mutual ,legal           
,assistance in ,criminal ,matters       
,legislation 7,amendment7 ,bill #bjai   
7in this section referred to as the     
extradition bill74  7#b7 ,the           
extradition bill would have allowed for 
the extradition of individuals from     
,hong ,kong to the mainland of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china for the   
first time and offered minimal if any   
legal recourse to those individuals     
identified for extradition4  7#c7 ,the  
extradition bill was but the latest     
example of the steady encroachment of   
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china on the freedoms     
guaranteed to the people of ,hong ,kong 
under the ,joint ,declaration and the   
,basic ,law4  7#d7 ,millions of the     
people of ,hong ,kong have taken to the 
streets in peaceful protests since the  
introduction of the extradition bill in 
order to defend ,hong ,kong's democracy 
against predations by the ,government of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 as  

enabled by ,government of ,hong ,kong4  
7#e7 ,the ,government of ,hong ,kong has
 responded to those peaceful protests   
with force and brutality1 including by  
authorizing the use by the police of    
tear gas1 water cannons1 rubber bullets1
 and beatings1 resulting in the arrests 
and injuries of thousands of people4    
7#f7 ,on ,october #a1 #bjai1 the ,hong  
,kong police fired live ammunition at a 
teenage protestor1 marking a dangerous  
escalation in the ,hong ,kong police    
force's use of force against protestors4
  7#g7 ,the ,government of ,hong ,kong  
has invoked the ,emergency ,regulations 
,ordinance in order to expand the powers
 available to ,hong ,kong's police as   
they suppress protesters4  7#h7 ,the    
,government of ,hong ,kong has coopted  
or coerced local companies like ,,mtr   
,corporation ,limited and ,cathay       
,pacific ,airways ,limited into         
facilitating the suppression of protests
 by denying protestors' access to       
reliable train services and terminating 

staff who support the pro-democracy     
movement4  7#i7 ,the ,government of     
,hong ,kong continues to defy peaceful  
protestors' rightful demands for the    
resignation of ,chief ,executive of     
,hong ,kong ,carrie ,lam1 an impartial  
inquiry into police brutality1 and      
greater democratic freedoms1 as         
guaranteed to the people of ,hong ,kong 
by the ,government of the ,people's     
,republic of ,china4  7#aj7 ,the        
unwillingness of the ,government of     
,hong ,kong to meet protestors' demands 
is a direct product of its role1 not as 
a representative or protector of the    
people of ,hong ,kong1 but rather as a  
proxy for the regime of the ,communist  
,party of ,china in ,beijing1 which has 
demonstrated its intent to impose its   
will on ,hong ,kong1 including through  
paramilitary or military force4  7#aa7  
,the approach of that regime to ,hong   
,kong is not fundamentally dissimilar   
from the approach the regime has taken  
elsewhere in the ,indo-,pacific region  

and beyond1 including by using economic 
threats to compel ,air ,canada1 ,air    
,france1 ,apple1 ,audi1 ,blizzard       
,entertainment1 ,british ,airways1      
,calvin ,klein1 ,christian ,dior1       
,coach1 ,dolce  ,gabbana1 ,google1      
,malaysia ,airlines1 ,marriott ,hotels1 
the ,national ,basketball ,association1 
,qantas ,airlines1 ,swarovski1 ,tiffany 
,co41 and ,versace into remaining silent
 in response to its treatment of        
protestors in ,hong ,kong4  #d4 ,sense  
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,government of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china has  
willfully violated the terms of the     
,joint ,declaration and the ,basic ,law2
  7#b7 the steady encroachment of the   
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china on the freedoms and democracy 
of the people of ,hong ,kong reflects   
the fundamentally totalitarian nature of
 the regime of the ,communist ,party of 
,china2 and  7#c7 the totalitarian      
ambitions of the ,communist ,party of   

,china do not end in the territory of   
the mainland of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china1 but rather extend to the     
remainder of the ,indo-,pacific region1 
as part of a broader hegemonic vision   
that would see the ,government of the   
,people's ,republic of ,china exert     
domineering influence over the interests
 and behavior of other countries in that
 region4  #e4 ,global ,magnitsky        
sanctions with respect to certain       
government officials that engage in     
suppression of freedoms of speech1      
association1 assembly1 procession1 and  
demonstration of the people of ,hong    
,kong  7a7 ,in general ,not later than  
#ij days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 and as appropriate       
thereafter1 the ,president shall impose 
the sanctions described in subsection   
7c7 with respect to each foreign person 
described in subsection 7b7 if the      
,president has credible information that
 the foreign person has knowingly       
suppressed or facilitated the           

suppression of the freedoms of speech1  
association1 assembly1 procession1 or   
demonstration of the people of ,hong    
,kong1 as guaranteed under ,article #bg 
of the ,basic ,law4  7b7 ,foreign       
persons described ,a foreign person     
described in this subsection is a       
foreign person who is-- 7#a7 a current  
or former official of the ,government of
 ,hong ,kong2  7#b7 a current or former 
official of the ,government of the      
,people's ,republic of ,china2 or  7#c7 
acting on behalf of1 or in cooperation  
with1 an official of either such        
,government4  7c7 ,sanctions described  
,the sanctions described in this        
subsection are the sanctions described  
in section #abfc7;b7 of the ,global     
,magnitsky ,human ,rights               
,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh2   
#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note74  7d7 ,report 
on implementation ,not later than #ae   
days after imposing sanctions under     
subsection 7a71 the ,president shall    

submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report regarding measures  
taken to implement this section4  7e7   
,termination ,this section shall        
terminate on the date on which the      
,president determines and certifies to  
the appropriate congressional committees
 that the ,government of ,hong ,kong is 
no longer suppressing1 or complicit in  
the suppression of1 the freedoms of     
speech1 association1 assembly1          
procession1 and demonstration of the    
people of ,hong ,kong4  #f4 ,freezing of
 assets of ,chinese nationals and       
state-owned enterprises undermining the 
autonomy1 basic liberties1 and human    
rights of the people of ,hong ,kong  7a7
 ,in general ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and as appropriate thereafter1 the
 ,president shall exercise all powers   
granted by the ,international ,emergency
 ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#agja et seq47 to the extent necessary  
to block or prohibit all transactions in

 property and interests in property of  
each foreign person described in        
subsection 7b7 that the ,president      
determines has attempted to undermine   
the autonomy1 basic liberties1 and human
 rights of the people of ,hong ,kong1 if
 such property and interests in property
 are in the ,united ,states1 come within
 the ,united ,states1 or are or come    
within the possession or control of a   
,united ,states person4  7b7 ,foreign   
persons described ,a foreign person     
described in this subsection is-- 7#a7 a
 national of the ,people's ,republic of 
,china2  7#b7 an entity owned or        
controlled by the ,government of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china2 or  7#c7 
an individual who is a member of the    
board of directors1 an executive        
officer1 or a senior official of an     
entity described in paragraph 7#b74  7c7
 ,inapplicability of national emergency 
requirement ,the requirements of section
 #bjb of the ,international ,emergency  
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   

#agja7 shall not apply for purposes of  
this section4  #g4 ,exceptions2 waivers 
7a7 ,exception for humanitarian         
assistance ,the requirement to impose   
sanctions under sections #e and #f shall
 not apply with respect to activities to
 provide humanitarian assistance to the 
people of ,hong ,kong4  7b7 ,exception  
for intelligence activities ,the        
requirement to impose sanctions under   
sections #e and #f shall not apply with 
respect to activities subject to the    
reporting requirements under title ,v of
 the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjia et seq471 or any   
authorized intelligence activities of   
the ,united ,states4  7c7 ,exception    
relating to importation of goods  7#a7  
,in general ,the authorities and        
requirements to impose sanctions        
authorized under this ,act shall not    
include the authority or requirement to 
impose sanctions on the importation of  
goods4  7#b7 ,good defined ,in this     
subsection1 the term good means any     

article1 natural or manmade substance1  
material1 supply or manufactured        
product1 including inspection and test  
equipment1 and excluding technical data4
  7d7 ,waiver ,the ,president may waive 
the imposition of sanctions under       
section #e or #f with respect to a      
foreign person if the ,president        
determines and reports to the           
appropriate congressional committees    
that the waiver is--  7#a7 in the       
national security interests of the      
,united ,states2 or  7#b7 necessary to  
prevent undue economic harm to the      
people of ,hong ,kong4  #h4             
,implementation2 regulations2 penalties 
7a7 ,implementation ,the ,president may 
exercise all authorities provided to the
 ,president under sections #bjc and #bje
 of the ,international ,emergency       
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agjb and #agjd7 to carry out this ,act4
  7b7 ,regulatory authority ,the        
,president shall issue such regulations1
 licenses1 and orders as are necessary  

to carry out this section4  7c7         
,penalties ,a person that violates1     
attempts to violate1 conspires to       
violate1 or causes a violation of       
section #e or #f or any regulation1     
license1 or order issued to carry out   
either such section shall be subject to 
the penalties set forth in subsections  
7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf of the      
,international ,emergency ,economic     
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agje7 to   
the same extent as a person that commits
 an unlawful act described in subsection
 7a7 of that section4