Sec. 3. Limitation on contracting relating to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices
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On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, an entity of the United States Government may enter into an agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices to promote tourism, culture, business, or other matters relating to Hong Kong only if— the President has submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a certification under section 2(a)(1)(A) that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices merit extension and application of certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities; and a disapproval resolution under section 2(f) is not enacted during the 90-day period following the submission of that certification.
Not later than 100 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any entity of the United States Government or any entity that holds a current Federal contract with the United States Government that has in effect an agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, shall submit to the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the General Services Administration a certification described in paragraph
(3)with respect to each such agreement or partnership. Not later than 15 days after entering into an agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, an entity of the United States Government or an entity that holds a current Federal contract with the United States Government shall submit to the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the General Services Administration a certification described in paragraph
(3)with respect to that agreement or partnership. With respect to an agreement or partnership with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, a certification described in this paragraph is a certification that the agreement or partnership does not promote efforts by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Government of the People’s Republic of China— to justify the dismantling of the autonomy of Hong Kong and the freedoms and rule of law guaranteed by the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; or to portray within the United States the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Government of the People’s Republic of China as protecting the rule of law or the human rights and civil liberties of the people of Hong Kong. In this section, the term Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices has the meaning given that term in section 1(c) of the Act entitled An Act to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices , approved June 27, 1997 ( 22 U.S.C. 288k ).
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