H.R. 10406

Jimmy Lai Hong Kong Political Prisoner Accountability Act of 2026

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Thomas R. Suozzi

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Introduced Sep 16
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Introduced Sep 16
Committee Now
House of Representatives —
Senate —
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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. (Sep 16)

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Sec. 1. Short title

Sec. 2. Definitions

Sec. 3. Findings

Sec. 4. Statement of United States policy regarding political prisoners in Hong Kong

Sec. 5. Sanctions with respect to the death of a Hong Kong political prisoner

Sec. 6. Additional actions

Sec. 7. Sense of Congress regarding Jimmy Lai Chee-ying

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1) Jimmy Lai Chee-ying should be immediately and unconditionally released from detention in Hong Kong;

(2) the Government of the People's Republic of China should immediately grant full and unconditional consular access to Jimmy Lai consistent with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations;

(3) the prosecution of Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law represents a direct assault on the freedoms of expression and press guaranteed to the people of Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration, and constitutes a particularly severe violation of internationally recognized human rights norms; and

(4) the United States Government should treat the case of Jimmy Lai as a priority human rights matter in all diplomatic engagements with the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the United Kingdom.