1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act . 2. Definitions For the purposes of this Act: (1) Joint declaration The Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong signed on December 19, 1984, and entered into force on May 27, 1985, will be called the Sino-British Joint Declaration . (2) Priority Hong Kong resident Priority Hong Kong residents will be defined as lawful residents of Hong Kong and lawful permanent residents of Hong Kong who hold no right to citizenship or residency in any country or jurisdiction other than the People’s Republic of China (referred to in this Act as PRC ), Hong Kong, or Macau as of the date of enactment of this Act and who have resided in Hong Kong for the last 10 years, or the immediate family member of such person. (3) Appropriate congressional committees The appropriate congressional committees are defined as— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee of the Judiciary of the Senate. 3. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The National People’s Congress (referred to in this Act as NPC ) of the PRC has committed to pass national security legislation which, if enacted, would— (A) contravene the will of the people of Hong Kong whose constitution, the Basic Law, provides in Article 23 that the Legislative Council of Hong Kong shall enact legislation related to national security; (B) violate the PRC’s commitments under international law, as defined by the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the PRC on the Question of Hong Kong (referred to in this Act as Joint Declaration ), an international treaty signed on December 19, 1984, and entered into force on May 27, 1985