Jimmy Lai Internet Freedom Act

This bill would require the State Department to set up a Hong Kong Internet Freedom Program and would allow the Open Technology Fund to set up its own similar program. It would allow grants to private groups for programs in Hong Kong that expand online information access, press freedom, virtual private networks, firewall circumvention tools, and digital security. It would authorize $5 million per year for the Open Technology Fund and $10 million per year for the State Department's internet freedom office for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. Within 120 days, the State Department and an interagency group would have to send Congress a classified plan for increasing access to firewall circumvention technology in Hong Kong.

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Sponsors

• James Lankford Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors