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H. Res. 543 — what changed

A resolution recognizing Hong Kong’s bilateral relationship with the United States, condemning the People’s Republic of China for violating their obligations to the people of Hong Kong, and supporting the people of Hong Kong’s right to freedom of assembly and peaceful protest.

From Introduced in House to Engrossed in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)
changed calls on the Government of Hong Kong to begin to undertake steps towards negotiations to address the demonstrators’ 5 central demands: the complete withdrawal of the bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance laws (commonly known as the extradition bill); the implementation of universal adult suffrage; the establishment of an independent investigation; the declassification of the protest as a riot; and the dropping of all charges against persons arrested during the protests;remaining demands, which include—
(A)
added the formal withdrawal of the bill from the Hong Kong Legislative Council;
(B)
added the implementation of universal suffrage;
(C)
added the establishment of an independent investigation into police conduct during the protests;
(D)
added the declassification of the protest as a riot; and
(E)
added the dropping of all charges against persons arrested during the protests;
(2)
changed condemns the Hong Kong police’s use of force against the demonstrations in a manner that violates citizens’ rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly;condemns—
(A)
added the Hong Kong police’s use of force against the demonstrators in ways that are inconsistent with international standards for the use of such equipment and in violation of citizens’ rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; and
(B)
added the Hong Kong Government for tolerating the use of violent force against protesters by police;
(3)
changed calls on the Administration to ensure that review the appropriateness of sales by United States firms of munitions and crowd-control equipment the United States sells to the Hong Kong police aren’t Kong, to ensure that they are not used to repress peaceful protests in Hong Kong;protests;
(4)
changed condemns the efforts by the Hong Kong and Chinese Governments to characterize the protests as “riots” and to blame falsely accuse the United States for involvement in the of orchestrating political instability that they alone created;
(5)
changed shares the concerns of the people of Hong Kong that the lack of procedural protections in the Hong Kong Government’s proposed amendments to the extradition bill, which Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, if adopted, would negatively impact the territory’s longstanding long-standing protections of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and democratic values as enshrined in the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984;Declaration;
(6)
changed recognizes that the “one country, two systems” “One Country, Two Systems” framework and the Basic Law afford require that Hong Kong is afforded a high degree of autonomy with respect to economic and trade matters, matters and the rule of law;
(7)
changed condemns the pro-Beijing Chinese state media for targeting Julie Eadeh, the Political Counselor at staff and family members of the United States Consulate General in Hong Kong, and her family; andKong;
(8)
calls on the Government of Hong Kong and all governments—
(A)
to protect the rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly;
(B)
to condemn all acts of violence against those seeking to further their democratic rights; and
(C)
changed to refrain from the use of violence.violence; and
(9)
added calls on the Government of Hong Kong and the Government of China to abide by the provisions of the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law.