; or (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity. 3. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) In February 2019, the Government of Hong Kong proposed the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019 (in this section referred to as the extradition bill ). (2) The extradition bill would have allowed for the extradition of individuals from Hong Kong to the mainland of the People's Republic of China for the first time and offered minimal if any legal recourse to those individuals identified for extradition. (3) The extradition bill was but the latest example of the steady encroachment of the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the freedoms guaranteed to the people of Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. (4) Millions of the people of Hong Kong have taken to the streets in peaceful protests since the introduction of the extradition bill in order to defend Hong Kong’s democracy against predations by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, as enabled by Government of Hong Kong. (5) The Government of Hong Kong has responded to those peaceful protests with force and brutality, including by authorizing the use by the police of tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, and beatings, resulting in the arrests and injuries of thousands of people. (6) On October 1, 2019, the Hong Kong police fired live ammunition at a teenage protestor, marking a dangerous escalation in the Hong Kong police force’s use of force against protestors. (7) The Government of Hong Kong has invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance in order to expand the powers available to Hong Kong’s police as they suppress protesters. (8) The Government of Hong Kong has coopted or coerced local companies like MTR Corporation Limited and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited into facilitating the suppression of protests by denying protestors’ access to