; Whereas the arbitrary arrests of peaceful protesters, including well-known democracy advocates such as Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai, Lee Cheuk Yan, Margaret Ng, Albert Ho, Leung Kwok-hung, Au Nok-hin, Figo Chan, and others, is reminiscent of the treatment of peaceful protestors in mainland China by the Government of China; Whereas China’s National People’s Congress has decided to impose national security legislation with respect to Hong Kong; Whereas the implementation of that legislation signals a violation of China’s commitment to the people of Hong Kong to honor one country, two systems , a severe blow to Hong Kong’s autonomy and a violation of the Joint Declaration; Whereas the United States Secretary of State, pursuant to the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( Public Law 102–383 ), has determined that Hong Kong no longer manifests a high degree of autonomy distinct from mainland China; Whereas national security laws are used widely in mainland China to imprison or arbitrarily detain dissidents, rights defenders, civil society advocates, religious leaders and adherents, and persons from ethnic minorities; Whereas human rights, democracy, and religious freedom advocates have been imprisoned or arbitrarily detained under national security laws in mainland China, including Wu Gan, Qin Yongmin, Zhou Shifeng, Yu Wensheng, Wang Yi, and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in state custody nearly three years ago; Whereas the United States Congress, particularly in recent years, has passed numerous measures articulating the longstanding and bipartisan commitment to human rights in China, including— (1) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 ; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); (2) the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–330 ); (3) the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–76 ); and (4) the bill S. 3744 (116th Congress), the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act