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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6947
To authorize the President to recognize the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region of the People’s Republic of China as a separate, independent
country, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 2020
Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the President to recognize the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic
of China as a separate, independent country, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hong Kong Freedom
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY; AUTHORIZATION.
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(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
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United States that all territorial claims by the People’s
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Republic of China over the area known as the Hong Kong
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Special Administrative Region are invalid and without
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merit.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized to
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recognize the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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of the People’s Republic of China as a separate, inde-
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pendent country, in accordance with subsection (a).
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