US Congress Senate Bill 1838 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on November 27 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-11-27 - Became Public Law No: 116-76. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Directs various departments to assess whether political developments in Hong Kong justify changing Hong Kong's unique treatment under U.S. law. (Hong Kong is part of China but has a largely separate legal and economic system.) The Department of State shall report and certify annually to Congress as to whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous from China to justify its unique treatment. The report shall address issues including (1) demands for universal suffrage; (2) law enforcement cooperation, including extradition requests; (3) sanctions enforcement and export controls; (4) decision-making within the Hong Kong government; (5) judicial independence; (6) civil liberties in Hong Kong, including freedom of assembly and freedom of the press; and (7) how any erosion to Hong Kong's autonomy impacts areas of U.S.-Hong Kong cooperation. The Department of Commerce shall report annually to Congress on China's efforts to use Hong Kong to evade U.S. export controls and sanctions and the extent of such violations occurring in Hong Kong generally. The report shall also (1) identify any items that were improperly reexported from Hong Kong, (2) assess whether dual-use items subject to U.S. export laws are being transshipped through Hong Kong, and (3) assess whether such dual-use items are being used to develop various mass-surveillance and predictive-policing tools or the social-credit system proposed for deployment in China. If the President determines that Hong Kong has proposed or enacted legislation that puts U.S. citizens at risk of extradition to mainland China or to another country that lacks defendants' rights protections, the President shall report to Congress on (1) a strategy for protecting U.S. citizens and businesses in Hong Kong, and (2) whether Hong Kong is legally competent to administer various law-enforcement agreements between Hong Kong and the United States. The State Department may not deny work- or student-visa applications from an otherwise qualified Hong Kong resident due to a politically motivated adverse action by the Hong Kong government against the applicant. The State Department shall encourage other democratic countries to take a similar approach. The President shall report to Congress a list of individuals responsible for committing acts that violate internationally recognized human rights in Hong Kong, including the extrajudicial rendition or torture of any person in Hong Kong. The bill bars such individuals from entering the United States and imposes sanctions on them.

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mitt Romney [R-UT]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]

2019-11-20 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill RC# 635 (Y: 417 N: 1 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-27	Senate	Became Public Law No: 116-76. (TXT | PDF)
2019-11-27	Senate	Signed by President.
2019-11-21	Senate	Presented to President.
2019-11-20	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-11-20	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 1 (Roll no. 635). (text: CR H9089-9092)
2019-11-20	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9100)
2019-11-20	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2019-11-20	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1838.
2019-11-20	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9089-9096)
2019-11-20	House	Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2019-11-20	House	Held at the desk.
2019-11-20	House	Received in the House.
2019-11-20	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2019-11-19	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6657-6660)
2019-11-19	Senate	S.Amdt.1246 Amendment SA 1246 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2019-11-19	Senate	S.Amdt.1246 Amendment SA 1246 proposed by Senator Rubio. (consideration: CR S6657; text: CR S6676-6679) In the nature of a substitute.
2019-11-19	Senate	The committee amendment withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S6657)
2019-11-19	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6654-6660)
2019-09-26	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 238.
2019-09-26	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2019-09-25	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2019-06-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB3289 (Same As) 2019-10-16 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1838/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1838/BILLS-116s1838is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1838/BILLS-116s1838rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1838/BILLS-116s1838es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1838/BILLS-116s1838enr.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019635