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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 1635 (Engrossed in Senate) — To authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. · Sec. 103

Sec. 103. Reinstatement of Hong Kong report

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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2020, the Secretary shall submit the report required under section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 5731 ) to the appropriate congressional committees. The report submitted under subsection
(a)should be unclassified and made publicly available, including through the Department’s public website. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall certify to Congress whether Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is sufficiently autonomous to justify different treatment for its citizens from the treatment accorded to other citizens of the People’s Republic of China in any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements entered into between the United States and Hong Kong after the date of the enactment of this Act. In making a certification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary should consider the terms, obligations, and expectations expressed in the Joint Declaration with respect to Hong Kong. A certification shall not be required under this subsection with respect to any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements that support human rights, rule of law, or democracy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph
(1)if the Secretary— determines that such a waiver is in the national interests of the United States; and on or before the date on which such waiver would take effect, submits a notice of, and justification for, the waiver to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives .
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