Sec. 1260E. Prohibition on commercial export of covered defense articles and services and covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police
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Except as provided in subsection (b), the President shall prohibit the issuance of licenses to export covered defense articles and services and covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police. The prohibition under subsection
(a)shall not apply to the issuance of a license with respect to which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees 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 States, including a description of the manner in which such exports will promote such interests and goals. The prohibition under subsection
(a)shall terminate on the date on which the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that— the Hong Kong Police have not engaged in gross violations of human rights during the 1-year period ending on the date of such certification; and 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 concerns. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The term covered defense articles and services means defense articles and defense services designated by the President under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1) ). The term covered munitions items means— items controlled under section 742.7 of part 742 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to crime control and detection instruments and equipment and related technology and software); and items listed under the 600 series of the Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. The term Hong Kong has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 5702 ). The term Hong Kong Police means— the Hong Kong Police Force; and the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force.
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Sec. 1260E
Prohibition on commercial export of covered defense articles and services and covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police
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