US Congress Senate Bill 3798 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)
Status: Engrossed on June 29 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-29 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that materially contribute to China's failure to preserve Hong Kong's autonomy. Hong Kong is part of China but has a largely separate legal and economic system with protections for civil rights such as freedom of speech. This arrangement is enshrined in (1) the Joint Declaration, a 1984 treaty pertaining to the United Kingdom's transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty to China; and (2) the Basic Law, Hong Kong's constitutional document. The Department of State shall report annually to Congress information about (1) foreign individuals and entities that materially contributed to China's failure to comply with the Joint Declaration or the Basic Law; and (2) foreign financial institutions that knowingly conducted a significant transaction with such identified individuals and entities. An individual, entity, or financial institution may be excluded from this report for various reasons, such as to protect an intelligence source. The President shall impose property-blocking sanctions on an individual or entity named in a report, and visa-blocking sanctions on a named individual. The President shall impose various sanctions on a financial institution named in a report, such as prohibiting the institution from receiving loans from a U.S. financial institution. The President may waive or terminate the imposition of sanctions under this bill. Congress may override such a waiver or termination by passing a joint resolution of disapproval.

Hong Kong Autonomy Act

Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-29	House	Held at the desk.
2020-06-29	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-06-29	House	Received in the House.
2020-06-25	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3285-3289)
2020-06-25	Senate	S.Amdt.1821 Amendment SA 1821 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2020-06-25	Senate	S.Amdt.1821 Amendment SA 1821 proposed by Senator Van Hollen for Senator Toomey. (consideration: CR S3285-3289; text: CR S3285-3289) In the nature of a substitute.
2020-06-25	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3285-3289)
2020-06-25	Senate	Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2020-06-04	Senate	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
2020-05-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB7083 (Related) 2020-06-01 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB7440 (Related) 2020-07-14 - Became Public Law No: 116-149. (TXT | PDF)
SB4049 (Related) 2020-08-07 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3798/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3798/BILLS-116s3798is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3798/BILLS-116s3798es.pdf