HR 4270 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

PROTECT Hong Kong Act

Introduced Sep 10, 2019 Originated House Sponsor James P. McGovern D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 16, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 10, 2019
  2. Passed HouseOct 15, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports and Crowd Control Technology to Hong Kong Act or the PROTECT Hong Kong Act

This bill directs the President to prohibit the issuance of licenses to export certain defense items and services to the Hong Kong Police Force or the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force.

Items subject to the prohibition include defense articles and services on the U.S. Munitions List and certain crime-control and detection technology and software.

The prohibition shall not apply to a particular license if the President certifies to Congress that the covered exports are important to U.S. national interests and foreign policy goals. The prohibitions shall terminate when the President certifies to Congress that (1) the covered Hong Kong forces have not engaged in gross human rights violations for the one-year period leading up to the certification, (2) there has been an independent examination of human rights concerns related to the covered forces' crowd-control tactics, and (3) and the Hong Kong government has adequately addressed such concerns.

The Department of State and the Department of Commerce shall report to Congress as to items subject to the prohibition that have been exported to the Hong Kong forces covered in the bill in the last five years.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 10, 2019 to Oct 15, 2019, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalSep 10, 2019
D-CARo KhannaOriginalSep 10, 2019
D-NJAlbio SiresSep 11, 2019
D-RIDavid N. CicillineSep 11, 2019
D-CAJuan VargasSep 11, 2019
D-NYNita M. LoweySep 11, 2019
D-NJTom MalinowskiSep 11, 2019
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingSep 11, 2019
D-CABrad ShermanSep 16, 2019
D-MNIlhan OmarSep 16, 2019
D-TXVicente GonzalezSep 16, 2019
D-MIAndy LevinSep 17, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 17, 2019
R-TNMark E. GreenSep 17, 2019
R-NCMark MeadowsSep 17, 2019
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Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 16, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Oct 15, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8124-8127)
  3. Oct 15, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4270.
  4. Oct 15, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Oct 15, 2019Mr. Sherman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 16, 2019Referred in Senate
  2. Oct 15, 2019Engrossed in House
  3. Sep 10, 2019Introduced in House

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