Senate Bill Could Lead to Sanctions on Hong Kong Officials
Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and John Curtis, R-Utah, introduced a bill May 14 that would require the president to determine whether certain judges and other officials in Hong Kong violated human rights and should face sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act or the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.
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The Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act was referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It is similar to legislation Reps. Young Kim, R-Calif., and Jim McGovern, D-Mass., introduced in January (see 2501240036).
Meanwhile, the Senate bill announcement reveals that Sullivan is the incoming chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which Congress created in 2000 to monitor human rights and the rule of law in China.