#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #dbgj  ,,an ,,act  ,to prohibit     
commercial exports of certain nonlethal 
crowd control items and defense articles
 and services to the ,hong ,kong        
,police1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,placing ,restrictions on ,teargas  
,exports and ,crowd ,control ,technology
 to ,hong ,kong ,act or the ,,protect   
,hong ,kong ,act4  #b4 ,findings        
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,united ,nations ,high             
,commissioner for ,human ,rights1 along 
with human rights organizations1 has    
called for an investigation of the use  
of crowd control tactics used in ,hong  
,kong which fall short of international 
standards1 including the ,united        
,nations ,code of ,conduct for ,law     
,enforcement ,officials and the ,basic  
,principles on the ,use of ,force and   
,firearms for ,law ,enforcement         
,officials4  7#b7 ,united ,states       
companies have reportedly provided the  

,hong ,kong ,police ,force with         
munitions and non-lethal crowd control  
equipment that were reportedly used by  
the police4  7#c7 ,hong ,kong citizens  
and the international community have    
called for changes to the ,hong ,kong   
,police's crowd control tactics and     
these requests have gone unheeded by the
 ,hong ,kong ,special ,administrative   
,region ,government4  #c4 ,statement of 
policy ,it is the policy of the ,united 
,states--  7#a7 to restrict the export  
of security assistance and crime control
 and detection instruments and equipment
 to any government that engages in a    
consistent pattern of gross violations  
of internationally recognized human     
rights1 consistent with the requirements
 of section #ejb;,b7a7 of the ,foreign  
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcjd7;a772 and  7#b7 to use export    
controls on crime control and detection 
instruments and equipment to deter the  
development of a consistent pattern of  
human rights abuses1 distance the       

,united ,states from such abuses1 and   
avoid contributing to civil disorder in 
a country or region1 in accordance with 
section #gdb4g7;b7 of part #ggd of      
subtitle ,b of title #ae1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations4  #d4 ,prohibition
 on commercial export of covered defense
 articles and services and covered      
munitions items to the ,hong ,kong      
,police  7a7 ,in general ,beginning on  
the date that is #cj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 except  
as provided in subsection 7b71 the      
,president shall prohibit the issuance  
of licenses to export covered defense   
articles and services and covered       
munitions items to the ,hong ,kong      
,police4  7b7 ,waiver ,the prohibition  
under subsection 7a7 shall not apply to 
the issuance of a license with respect  
to which the ,president submits to the  
appropriate congressional committees1   
not fewer than #cj days before the date 
of such issuance1 a written             
certification that the exports to be    

covered by such license are important to
 the national interests and foreign     
policy goals of the ,united ,states1    
including a description of the manner in
 which such exports will promote such   
interests and goals4  7c7 ,termination  
,the prohibition under subsection 7a7   
shall terminate on the date on which the
 ,president certifies to the appropriate
 congressional committees that-- 7#a7   
the ,hong ,kong ,police have not engaged
 in gross violations of human rights    
during the #a-year period ending on the 
date of such certification2 and  7#b7   
there has been an independent           
examination of human rights concerns    
related to the crowd control tactics of 
the ,hong ,kong ,police and the         
,government of the ,hong ,kong ,special 
,administrative ,region has adequately  
addressed those concerns4  #e4 ,report  
on covered defense articles and services
 and covered munitions items exported to
 the ,hong ,kong ,police  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #ij days after  

the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,state and the        
,secretary of ,commerce1 in consultation
 with the heads of other relevant       
,federal departments and agencies1 shall
 jointly submit to the appropriate      
congressional committees a report that  
lists and provides a description of all 
covered defense articles and services   
and covered munitions items exported to 
the ,hong ,kong ,police during the      
#e-year period ending on such date of   
enactment4  7b7 ,form ,the report       
required by subsection 7a7 shall be     
submitted in unclassified form but may  
include a classified annex4  #f4        
,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7       
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of   
,representatives2  7,b7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2  
and  7,c7 the ,committee on ,banking1   
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the    

,senate4  7#b7 ,covered defense articles
 and services ,the term covered defense 
articles and services means defense     
articles and defense services designated
 by the ,president under section        
#ch7;a77#a7 of the ,arms ,export        
,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4            
#bggh7;a77#a774  7#c7 ,covered munitions
 items ,the term covered munitions items
 means--  7,a7 items controlled under   
section #gdb4g of part #gdb of subtitle 
,b of title #ae1 ,code of ,federal      
,regulations 7relating to crime control 
and detection instruments and equipment 
and related technology and software72   
and  7,b7 items listed under the #fjj   
series of the ,commerce ,control ,list  
contained in ,supplement ,no4 #a to part
 #ggd of subtitle ,b of title #ae1 ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations4  7#d7 ,hong  
,kong ,the term ,hong ,kong has the     
meaning given such term in section #c of
 the ,united ,states-,hong ,kong ,policy
 ,act of #aiib 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #egjb74   
7#e7 ,hong ,kong ,police ,the term ,hong

 ,kong ,police means--  7,a7 the ,hong  
,kong ,police ,force2 and  7,b7 the     
,hong ,kong ,auxiliary ,police ,force4  
#g4 ,determination of budgetary effects 
,the budgetary effects of this ,act1 for
 the purpose of complying with the      
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj1 shall be determined by reference 
to the latest statement titled          
,budgetary ,effects of ,,paygo          
,legislation for this ,act1 submitted   
for printing in the ,congressional      
,record by the ,chairman of the ,house  
,budget ,committee1 provided that such  
statement has been submitted prior to   
the vote on passage4  ,passed the ,house
 of ,representatives ,october #ae1      
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