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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2661 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the President to remove the extension of certain privileges, exemp- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices |
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| 7 | 7 | | if Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the |
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| 8 | 8 | | People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | MITHof New Jersey (for himself and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subse- |
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| 15 | 15 | | quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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| 16 | 16 | | provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To require the President to remove the extension of certain |
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| 19 | 19 | | privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong |
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| 20 | 20 | | Economic and Trade Offices if Hong Kong no longer |
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| 21 | 21 | | enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the People’s |
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| 22 | 22 | | Republic of China, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hong Kong Economic 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO EXTEND CER-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | TAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMU-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | NITIES TO THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | TRADE OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) D |
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| 36 | 36 | | ETERMINATIONREQUIRED.—Not later than 30 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | thereafter as part of each certification required by the Sec-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | retary of State under section 205(a)(1)(A) of the United 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5725(a)(1)(A)), the Secretary of State shall, as part of 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | such certification, include a separate determination that— 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Of-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | fices— 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (A) merit extension and application of the 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | privileges, exemptions, and immunities specified 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | in subsection (b); or 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) no longer merit extension and applica-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tion of the privileges, exemptions, and immuni-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ties specified in subsection (b); and 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) a detailed report justifying that determina-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tion, which may include considerations related to 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | United States national security interests. 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) P |
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| 55 | 55 | | RIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, ANDIMMUNITIES 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | S |
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| 57 | 57 | | PECIFIED.—The privileges, exemptions, and immunities 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | specified in this subsection are the privileges, exemptions, 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and immunities extended and applied to the Hong Kong 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Economic and Trade Offices under section 1 of the Act 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | entitled ‘‘An Act to extend certain privileges, exemptions, 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | and immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Of-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | fices’’, approved June 27, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 288k). 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (c) E |
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| 68 | 68 | | FFECT OFDETERMINATION.— 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) T |
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| 70 | 70 | | ERMINATION.—If the Secretary of State 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | determines under subsection (a)(1)(B) that the 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices no longer 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | merit extension and application of the privileges, ex-9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | emptions, and immunities specified in subsection (b), 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices shall 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | terminate operations not later than 180 days after 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the date on which that determination is delivered to 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | the appropriate congressional committees, as part of 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the certification required under section 205(a)(1)(A) 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (22 U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)(A)). 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (2) C |
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| 83 | 83 | | ONTINUED OPERATIONS .—If the Secretary 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | of State determines under subsection (a)(1)(A) that 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices merit 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | extension and application of the privileges, exemp-21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tions, and immunities specified in subsection (b), the 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices may con-23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | tinue operations for the one-year period following 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | the date of the certification that includes that deter-25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | mination or until the next certification required 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | under section 205(a)(1)(A) of the United States- 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | 5725(a)(1)(A)) is submitted, whichever occurs first, 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | unless a disapproval resolution is enacted under sub-5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | section (d). 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (d) C |
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| 101 | 101 | | ONGRESSIONALREVIEW.— 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) D |
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| 103 | 103 | | ISAPPROVAL RESOLUTION .—In this sub-8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | section, the term ‘‘disapproval resolution’’ means 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | only a joint resolution of either House of Congress— 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (A) the title of which is the following: ‘‘A 11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | joint resolution disapproving the certification by 12 |
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| 108 | 108 | | the President that the Hong Kong Economic 13 |
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| 109 | 109 | | and Trade Offices continue to merit extension 14 |
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| 110 | 110 | | and application of certain privileges, exemp-15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tions, and immunities.’’; and 16 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (B) the sole matter after the resolving 17 |
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| 113 | 113 | | clause of which is the following: ‘‘Congress dis-18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | approves of the certification by the President 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | under section 2(a)(1)(A) of the Hong Kong 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certifi-21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | cation Act that the Hong Kong Economic and 22 |
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| 118 | 118 | | Trade Offices merit extension and application 23 |
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| 119 | 119 | | of certain privileges, exemptions, and immuni-24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ties, on lll.’’, with the blank space being 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | filled with the appropriate date. 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (2) I |
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| 126 | 126 | | NTRODUCTION.—A disapproval resolution 3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | may be introduced— 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (A) in the House of Representatives, by 5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the majority leader or the minority leader; and 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi-8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | nority leader (or the minority leader’s des-9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ignee). 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (3) F |
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| 135 | 135 | | LOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP -11 |
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| 136 | 136 | | RESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House of 12 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Representatives to which a disapproval resolution 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | has been referred has not reported the resolution 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | within 10 legislative days after the date of referral, 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | that committee shall be discharged from further con-16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | sideration of the resolution. 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (4) C |
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| 143 | 143 | | ONSIDERATION IN SENATE .— 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (A) C |
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| 145 | 145 | | OMMITTEE REFERRAL .—A dis-19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | approval resolution introduced in the Senate 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign 21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | Relations. 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (B) R |
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| 150 | 150 | | EPORTING AND DISCHARGE .—If the 23 |
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| 151 | 151 | | Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | has not reported the resolution within 10 legis-25 |
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| 156 | 156 | | lative days after the date of referral of the reso-1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | lution, that committee shall be discharged from 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | further consideration of the resolution and the 3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | resolution shall be placed on the appropriate 4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | calendar. 5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (C) P |
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| 162 | 162 | | ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION .— 6 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 7 |
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| 164 | 164 | | Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 8 |
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| 165 | 165 | | after the Committee on Foreign Relations re-9 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ports a disapproval resolution to the Senate or 10 |
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| 167 | 167 | | has been discharged from consideration of such 11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | a resolution (even though a previous motion to 12 |
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| 169 | 169 | | the same effect has been disagreed to) to move 13 |
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| 170 | 170 | | to proceed to the consideration of the resolu-14 |
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| 171 | 171 | | tion, and all points of order against the resolu-15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | tion (and against consideration of the resolu-16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not 17 |
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| 174 | 174 | | debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo-18 |
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| 175 | 175 | | tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 19 |
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| 176 | 176 | | vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-20 |
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| 177 | 177 | | agreed to shall not be in order. 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (D) R |
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| 179 | 179 | | ULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE -22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 23 |
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| 181 | 181 | | relating to the application of the rules of the 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-25 |
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| 186 | 186 | | lating to a disapproval resolution shall be de-1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | cided without debate. 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (E) C |
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| 189 | 189 | | ONSIDERATION OF VETO MES -3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | SAGES.—Debate in the Senate of any veto mes-4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | sage with respect to a disapproval resolution, 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | including all debatable motions and appeals in 6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | connection with the resolution, shall be limited 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | nority leader or their designees. 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (5) R |
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| 198 | 198 | | ULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE 11 |
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| 199 | 199 | | OF REPRESENTATIVES .— 12 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (A) T |
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| 201 | 201 | | REATMENT OF SENATE RESOLUTION 13 |
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| 202 | 202 | | IN HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, 14 |
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| 203 | 203 | | the following procedures shall apply to a dis-15 |
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| 204 | 204 | | approval resolution received from the Senate 16 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (unless the House has already passed a resolu-17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | tion relating to the same proposed action): 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (i) The resolution shall be referred to 19 |
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| 208 | 208 | | the appropriate committees. 20 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (ii) If a committee to which a resolu-21 |
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| 210 | 210 | | tion has been referred has not reported the 22 |
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| 211 | 211 | | resolution within 10 legislative days after 23 |
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| 212 | 212 | | the date of referral, that committee shall 24 |
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| 216 | 216 | | be discharged from further consideration 1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | of the resolution. 2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (iii) Beginning on the third legislative 3 |
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| 219 | 219 | | day after each committee to which a reso-4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | lution has been referred reports the resolu-5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | tion to the House or has been discharged 6 |
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| 222 | 222 | | from further consideration thereof, it shall 7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | be in order to move to proceed to consider 8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | the resolution in the House. All points of 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | order against the motion are waived. Such 10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | a motion shall not be in order after the 11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | House has disposed of a motion to proceed 12 |
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| 228 | 228 | | on the resolution. The previous question 13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | shall be considered as ordered on the mo-14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | tion to its adoption without intervening 15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | motion. The motion shall not be debatable. 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | A motion to reconsider the vote by which 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | the motion is disposed of shall not be in 18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | order. 19 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (iv) The resolution shall be considered 20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | as read. All points of order against the res-21 |
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| 237 | 237 | | olution and against its consideration are 22 |
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| 238 | 238 | | waived. The previous question shall be con-23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | sidered as ordered on the resolution to 24 |
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| 240 | 240 | | final passage without intervening motion 25 |
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| 244 | 244 | | except 2 hours of debate equally divided 1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | and controlled by the offeror of the motion 2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | to proceed (or a designee) and an oppo-3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | nent. A motion to reconsider the vote on 4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | passage of the resolution shall not be in 5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | order. 6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (B) T |
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| 251 | 251 | | REATMENT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 7 |
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| 252 | 252 | | IN SENATE.— 8 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (i) R |
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| 254 | 254 | | ECEIVED BEFORE PASSAGE OF 9 |
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| 255 | 255 | | SENATE RESOLUTION .—If, before the pas-10 |
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| 256 | 256 | | sage by the Senate of a disapproval resolu-11 |
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| 257 | 257 | | tion, the Senate receives an identical reso-12 |
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| 258 | 258 | | lution from the House of Representatives, 13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the following procedures shall apply: 14 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (I) That resolution shall not be 15 |
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| 261 | 261 | | referred to a committee. 16 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (II) With respect to that resolu-17 |
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| 263 | 263 | | tion— 18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (aa) the procedure in the 19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | Senate shall be the same as if no 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | resolution had been received from 21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the House of Representatives; 22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | shall be on the resolution from 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | the House of Representatives. 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (ii) R |
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| 276 | 276 | | ECEIVED AFTER PASSAGE OF 4 |
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| 277 | 277 | | SENATE RESOLUTION .—If, following pas-5 |
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| 278 | 278 | | sage of a disapproval resolution in the Sen-6 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ate, the Senate receives an identical resolu-7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | tion from the House of Representatives, 8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | that resolution shall be placed on the ap-9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | propriate Senate calendar. 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (iii) N |
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| 284 | 284 | | O SENATE COMPANION .—If a 11 |
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| 285 | 285 | | disapproval resolution is received from the 12 |
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| 286 | 286 | | House of Representatives, and no com-13 |
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| 287 | 287 | | panion resolution has been introduced in 14 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the Senate, the Senate procedures under 15 |
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| 289 | 289 | | this subsection shall apply to the resolution 16 |
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| 290 | 290 | | from the House of Representatives. 17 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (C) A |
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| 292 | 292 | | PPLICATION TO REVENUE MEAS -18 |
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| 293 | 293 | | URES.—The provisions of this subparagraph 19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | shall not apply in the House of Representatives 20 |
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| 295 | 295 | | to a disapproval resolution that is a revenue 21 |
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| 296 | 296 | | measure. 22 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (6) R |
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| 298 | 298 | | ULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 23 |
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| 299 | 299 | | AND SENATE.—This paragraph is enacted by Con-24 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | of the Senate and the House of Representa-2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 3 |
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| 307 | 307 | | of the rules of each House, respectively, and su-4 |
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| 308 | 308 | | persedes other rules only to the extent that it 5 |
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| 309 | 309 | | is inconsistent with such rules; and 6 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (B) with full recognition of the constitu-7 |
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| 311 | 311 | | tional right of either House to change the rules 8 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (so far as relating to the procedure of that 9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | House) at any time, in the same manner, and 10 |
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| 314 | 314 | | to the same extent as in the case of any other 11 |
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| 315 | 315 | | rule of that House. 12 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (e) D |
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| 317 | 317 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (1) A |
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| 319 | 319 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-15 |
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| 321 | 321 | | mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 16 |
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| 322 | 322 | | of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | of the House of Representatives. 18 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (2) H |
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| 325 | 325 | | ONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OF -19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | FICES.—The term ‘‘Hong Kong Economic and 20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | Trade Offices’’ has the meaning given that term in 21 |
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| 328 | 328 | | section 1(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to extend 22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to 23 |
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| 330 | 330 | | Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices’’, approved 24 |
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| 331 | 331 | | June 27, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 288k). 25 |
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| 335 | 335 | | SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING RELATING TO HONG 1 |
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| 336 | 336 | | KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICES. 2 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (a) I |
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| 338 | 338 | | NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-3 |
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| 339 | 339 | | actment of this Act, an entity of the United States Gov-4 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ernment may enter into an agreement or partnership with 5 |
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| 341 | 341 | | the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices to promote 6 |
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| 342 | 342 | | tourism, culture, business, or other matters relating to 7 |
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| 343 | 343 | | Hong Kong only if— 8 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (1) the Secretary of State has submitted to the 9 |
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| 345 | 345 | | Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 10 |
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| 346 | 346 | | the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 11 |
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| 347 | 347 | | Representatives a determination under section 12 |
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| 348 | 348 | | 2(a)(1)(A) that the Hong Kong Economic and 13 |
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| 349 | 349 | | Trade Offices merit extension and application of cer-14 |
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| 350 | 350 | | tain privileges, exemptions, and immunities; 15 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (2) a disapproval resolution under section 2(d) 16 |
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| 352 | 352 | | is not enacted during the 90-day period following the 17 |
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| 353 | 353 | | submission of that determination; and 18 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (3) the agreement or partnership does not pro-19 |
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| 355 | 355 | | mote efforts by the Government of the Hong Kong 20 |
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| 356 | 356 | | Special Administrative Region and the Government 21 |
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| 357 | 357 | | of the People’s Republic of China— 22 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (A) to justify the dismantling of the auton-23 |
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| 359 | 359 | | omy of Hong Kong and the freedoms and rule 24 |
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| 360 | 360 | | of law guaranteed by the Sino-British Joint 25 |
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| 361 | 361 | | Declaration of 1984; and 26 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (B) to portray within the United States 1 |
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| 366 | 366 | | the Government of the Hong Kong Special Ad-2 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ministrative Region or the Government of the 3 |
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| 368 | 368 | | People’s Republic of China as protecting the 4 |
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| 369 | 369 | | rule of law or the human rights and civil lib-5 |
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| 370 | 370 | | erties of the people of Hong Kong. 6 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (b) H |
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| 374 | 374 | | EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Hong Kong Eco-8 |
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| 375 | 375 | | nomic and Trade Offices’’ has the meaning given that 9 |
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| 376 | 376 | | term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to extend 10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | Kong Economic and Trade Offices’’, approved June 27, 12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | 1997 (22 U.S.C. 288k). 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | SEC. 4. POLICY OF UNITED STATES ON PROMOTION OF AU-14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | TONOMY OF GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. 16 |
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| 383 | 383 | | It is the policy of the United States— 17 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (1) to ensure that entities of the United States 18 |
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| 385 | 385 | | Government do not knowingly assist in the pro-19 |
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| 386 | 386 | | motion of Hong Kong as a free and autonomous city 20 |
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| 387 | 387 | | or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Ad-21 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ministrative Region as committed to protecting the 22 |
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| 389 | 389 | | human rights of the people of Hong Kong or fully 23 |
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| 390 | 390 | | maintaining the rule of law required for human 24 |
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| 391 | 391 | | rights and economic prosperity as long as the Sec-25 |
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| 395 | 395 | | retary of State continues to determine under section 1 |
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| 396 | 396 | | 205(a)(1) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy 2 |
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| 397 | 397 | | Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5725(a)(1)) that Hong 3 |
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| 398 | 398 | | Kong does not enjoy a high degree of autonomy 4 |
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| 399 | 399 | | from the People’s Republic of China and does not 5 |
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| 400 | 400 | | warrant treatment under the laws of the United 6 |
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| 401 | 401 | | States in the same manner as those laws were ap-7 |
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| 402 | 402 | | plied to Hong Kong before July 1, 1997; 8 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (2) to recognize that promotion of Hong Kong 9 |
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| 404 | 404 | | as described in paragraph (1) should be considered 10 |
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| 405 | 405 | | propaganda for the efforts of the People’s Republic 11 |
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| 406 | 406 | | of China to dismantle rights and freedom guaran-12 |
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| 407 | 407 | | teed to the residents of Hong Kong by the Inter-13 |
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| 408 | 408 | | national Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and 14 |
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| 409 | 409 | | the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; 15 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (3) to ensure that entities of the United States 16 |
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| 411 | 411 | | Government do not engage in or assist with propa-17 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ganda of the People’s Republic of China regarding 18 |
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| 413 | 413 | | Hong Kong; and 19 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (4) to engage with the Government of the Hong 20 |
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| 415 | 415 | | Kong Special Administrative Region, through all rel-21 |
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| 416 | 416 | | evant entities of the United States Government, 22 |
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| 417 | 417 | | seeking the release of political prisoners, the end of 23 |
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| 418 | 418 | | arbitrary detentions, the resumption of a free press 24 |
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| 423 | 423 | | and the restoration of an independent judiciary. 2 |
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