To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hong Kong Policy Act of 2024.
- Section id2faa9b1a563b4662a2d4813f22fb3754: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term alien has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). The...
- Section id9c55b3b78fe546b0aa3904a69dca575a: 3. Findings Section 101 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5711) is amended to read as follows: 101.FindingsCongress finds the...
- Section id49067f2c931d466685685a14f6a65b76: 101. Findings Congress finds the following: The passage and implementation of this Act in 1992 reflected an expectation that the People’s Republic of China...
- Section id48b095beb0df46c5b825a2ede7e993b7: 4. Sense of Congress Section 102 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5712) is amended to read as follows: 102.Sense of CongressIt is...
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Foreign Policy, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the removal of, disabling of access to, or restriction of access to any material, including— material on a website or online service
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