119-s1755

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1755 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1755

 To provide for a review of sanctions with respect to Hong Kong.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 14, 2025

Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Curtis) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

 To provide for a review of sanctions with respect to Hong Kong.

 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 Judicial Sanctions Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG.

    (a) Determination With Respect to Imposition of Sanctions.--Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
determination, including a detailed justification, of whether any 
person listed in subsection

    (b) or
            (c) meets the criteria for the 
imposition of sanctions pursuant to--

    (1) section 1263

    (b) of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
 Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10102

    (b) );

    (2) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
 blocking the property of persons involved in serious human 
 rights abuse or corruption);

    (3) section 7 of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy 
 Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 5701 note; Public Law 116-76);

    (4) section 6 of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (22 U.S.C. 5701 
 note; Public Law 116-149); or

    (5) Executive Order 13936 (22 U.S.C. 5701 note; relating to 
 Hong Kong Normalization).

    (b) Persons Previously Sanctioned.--The persons listed in this 
subsection, which include officials of the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region who were sanctioned by the Department of the 
Treasury in August 2020 and require updates related to their current 
role, are the following:

    (1) John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive.

    (2) Eric Chan Kwok-ki, Chief Secretary for Administration.

    (3) Chris Tang Ping Keung, Secretary for Security.

    (4) Zheng Yanxiong, Director of the Liaison Office of the 
 Central People's Government in Hong Kong.
            (c) Persons Listed.--The persons listed in this subsection, which 
include officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, are 
the following:

    (1) Esther Toh Lye-Ping, Judge of the Court of First 
 Instance of the High Court.

    (2) Amanda Jane Woodcock, Deputy Judge of the Court of 
 First Instance of the High Court.

    (3) Victor So Wai-tak, Chief Magistrate.

    (4) Peter Law Tak-chuen, former Principal Magistrate 
 (retired in October 2023).

    (5) Stanley Chan Kwong-chi, District Judge.

    (6) Adriana Noelle Tse Ching, District Judge.

    (7) Kwok Wai-kin, District Judge.

    (8) Amy Chan Wai-Mun, Deputy District Judge.

    (9) Andy Cheng Lim-chi, Magistrate.

    (10) Johnny Chan Jong-herng, Judge of the Court of First 
 Instance of the High Court.

    (11) Patrick Chan Siu-oi, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court 
 of Final Appeal.

    (12) Wilson Chan Ka-shun, Judge of the Court of First 
 Instance of the High Court.

    (13) Andrew Chan Hing-wai, Judge of the Court of First 
 Instance of the High Court.

    (14) Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, Chief Justice of the Court of 
 Final Appeal.

    (15) Anderson Chow Ka-ming, Justice of Appeal of the Court 
 of Appeal of the High Court.

    (16) Susana Maria D'Almada Remedios, Judge of the Court of 
 First Instance of the High Court.

    (17) Joseph Paul Fok, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final 
 Appeal.

    (18) Veronica Heung Shuk-han, Magistrate.

    (19) Susan Kwan Shuk-hing, Vice-President of the Court of 
 Appeal of the High Court.

    (20) Johnson Lam Man-hon, Permanent Judge of the Court of 
 Final Appeal.

    (21) Alex Lee Wan-tang, Judge of the Court of First 
 Instance of the High Court.

    (22) Anthea Pang Po-kam, Justice of Appeal of the Court of 
 Appeal of the High Court.

    (23) Derek Pang Wai-cheong, Justice of Appeal of the Court 
 of Appeal of the High Court.

    (24) Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor, Chief Judge of the High Court.

    (25) Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, Permanent Judge of 
 the Court of Final Appeal.

    (26) Don So Man-lung, Principal Magistrate.

    (27) Frank Stock, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final 
 Appeal.

    (28) Ada Yim Shun-yee, District Judge and former Principal 
 Magistrate.

    (29) Wally Yeung Chun-kuen, former Vice-President of the 
 Court of Appeal of the High Court; current Commissioner on 
 Interception of Communications and Surveillance.

    (30) Maggie Yang Mei-kei, Director of Public Prosecutions.

    (31) Anthony Chau Tin-hang, Deputy Director of Public 
 Prosecutions V (Technology Crime).

    (32) Jonathan Man Tak-ho, Deputy Director of Public 
 Prosecutions I (Magistrates' Courts).

    (33) Derek Lai Kim-wah, Senior Assistant Director of Public 
 Prosecutions IV

    (2)
        (B) Commercial Crime

    (ICAC) .

    (34) Laura Ng Shuk-kuen, Senior Assistant Director of 
 Public Prosecutions III

    (1)
            (C) , Higher Courts (Court of First 
 Instance).

    (35) William Siu Kai-yip, Senior Assistant Director of 
 Public Prosecutions III

    (1)
        (A) , Higher Courts (Court of First 
 Instance).

    (36) Andy Lo Tin-wai, Assistant Director of Public 
 Prosecutions I

    (2) , Magistrates' Courts (Customs & Excise).

    (37) Ivan Cheung Cheuk-kan, Assistant Director of Public 
 Prosecutions III

    (2)
        (B) , Higher Courts (District Court).

    (38) Crystal Chan Wing-sum, Senior Public Prosecutor, 
 Technology Crime (Technology Crime).

    (39) Cherry Chong Man-yan, Senior Public Prosecutor, Higher 
 Courts (Court of First Instance).

    (40) Wilson Lam Yi-yeung, Senior Public Prosecutor, Policy 
 and Administration (Office of the Director of Public 
 Prosecutions).

    (41) Edward Lau Wan-cheung, Senior Public Prosecutor, 
 Commercial Crime (Commercial Crime).

    (42) Vincent Lee Ting-wai, Senior Public Prosecutor, 
 Magistrates Courts (Magistrate Courts).

    (43) Karen Ng Ka-yuet, Senior Public Prosecutor, Technology 
 Crime (Technology Crime).

    (44) Jennifer Tsui Sin-chi, Senior Public Prosecutor, 
 Technology Crime (Technology Crime).

    (45) Memi Ng, private lawyer, fiat counsel appointed by the 
 Hong Kong Government to serve as prosecutor.
            (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this Act, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--

    (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and

    (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
 Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
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