S 5562 119th Congress Senate

A bill to develop and deploy firewall circumvention tools for the people of Hong Kong after the People's Republic of China violated its agreement under the Joint Declaration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 24, 2026 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov

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Sep 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sep 24, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Foreign Relations Committee
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Cosponsors 1

Kaine, Tim

Virginia · Sep 24, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5562: A bill to develop and deploy firewall circumvention tools for the people of Hong Kong after the People's Republic of China violated its agreement under the Joint Declaration, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5562/

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"S. 5562: A bill to develop and deploy firewall circumvention tools for the people of Hong Kong after the People's Republic of China violated its agreement under the Joint Declaration, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5562/.

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S. 5562, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5562/.

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[S. 5562: A bill to develop and deploy firewall circumvention tools for the people of Hong Kong after the People's Republic of China violated its agreement under the Joint Declaration, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5562/)