H.R. 9158

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9158 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9158

To prohibit the differential treatment of Hong Kong with respect to 
China and to impose sanctions with respect to certain persons who 
undermine democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2026

Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To prohibit the differential treatment of Hong Kong with respect to 
China and to impose sanctions with respect to certain persons who 
undermine democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Equal Treatment Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND IMPOSITION OF 
SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG.

(a) Differential Treatment Prohibited.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the United States Government may not provide the 
Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong with differential treatment 
in relation to the People's Republic of China.
(b) Imposition of Sanctions With Respect to the Undermining of 
Democracy and Human Rights in Hong Kong.--
(1) In general.--The President shall impose the sanctions 
described in paragraph (2) with respect to each foreign person 
determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State--
(A) to be or have been involved, directly or 
indirectly, in the coercing, arresting, detaining, or 
imprisoning of an individual under the authority of, or 
to be or have been responsible for or involved in 
developing, adopting, or implementing, the Law of the 
People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National 
Security in the Hong Kong Administrative Region;
(B) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to 
have engaged, directly or indirectly, in--
(i) an action or policy that undermines 
democratic processes or institutions in Hong 
Kong;
(ii) an action or policy that threatens the 
peace, security, stability, or autonomy of Hong 
Kong;
(iii) censorship or other activity with 
respect to Hong Kong that prohibits, limits, or 
penalizes the exercise of freedom of expression 
or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong, or that 
limits access to free and independent print, 
online, or broadcast media; or
(iv) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary 
detention, or torture of any individual in Hong 
Kong or other gross violation of 
internationally recognized human rights or 
serious human rights abuse in Hong Kong;
(C) to be or have been a leader or official of--
(i) an entity, including any government 
entity, that has engaged in, or whose members 
have engaged in, any of the activities 
described in subparagraph (A), subparagraph 
(B)(i), subparagraph (B)(ii), or subparagraph 
(B)(iii); or
(ii) an entity whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this 
section;
(D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
provided financial, material, or technological support 
for, or goods or services to or in support of, any 
person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to this section;
(E) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
(F) to be a member of the board of directors or a 
senior executive officer of any entity whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
section.
(2) Sanctions described.--Notwithstanding the requirements 
of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), the President shall exercise all powers 
granted to the President by that Act to the extent necessary to 
block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
interests in property of the foreign person if such property 
and interests in property are in the United States, come within 
the United States, or are or come within the possession or 
control of a United States person.
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