,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bd1  
#bjai,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1
 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4         
,blumenthal1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4    
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 the commercial export of covered       
munitions items to the ,hong ,kong      
,police ,force4  #a4 ,definitions  7#a7 
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2  
and  7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign    
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives4  7#b7 ,covered        
munitions items ,the term covered       
munitions items means tear gas1 pepper  

spray1 rubber bullets1 foam rounds1 bean
 bag rounds1 pepper balls1 water        
cannons1 handcuffs1 shackles1 stun guns1
 and tasers4  7#c7 ,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#d7 ,hong
 kong police force ,the term ,hong ,kong
 ,police ,force means-- 7,a7 the ,hong  
,kong ,police ,force2 and  7,b7 the     
,hong ,kong ,auxiliary ,police ,force4  
#b4 ,prohibition on commercial export of
 covered munitions items to the ,hong   
,kong ,police ,force  7a7 ,in general   
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
beginning on the date that is #cj days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,president shall prohibit the 
issuance of licenses to export covered  
munitions items to the ,hong ,kong      
,police ,force4  7b7 ,exceptions ,the   
prohibition set forth in 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 notice--  7#a7      
certifying that the exports to be       
covered by such license are important to
 the national interests and foreign     
policy goals of the ,united ,states2 and
  7#b7 describing the manner in which   
such exports will promote such interests
 and goals4