To provide for a review of sanctions with respect to Hong Kong.
HR 6153 requires the President to review sanctions against 49 specific Hong Kong officials within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The review must determine if these individuals - such as judges, prosecutors, police officials, and security committee members - meet criteria under laws like the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the Global Magnitsky Act. The President must submit a detailed justification to congressional committees, including the Foreign Relations and Financial Services committees. This bill directly affects the listed officials by initiating a formal assessment of their sanctions status, without altering existing sanctions or guaranteeing any outcome.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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