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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 5454 (Introduced in Senate) — To update the United States policy towards Hong Kong, and for other purposes. · Sec. 6

Sec. 6. Application of United States law to Hong Kong

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The United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 5701 et seq. ) is amended— in section 201 ( 22 U.S.C. 5721 )— by striking the section heading and inserting the following: ; and Application of United States law to Hong Kong by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The laws of the United States shall apply with respect to Hong Kong in the same manner as the laws of the United States are applied to the People’s Republic of China, including with respect to the following statutes: the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq. ); section 721(m) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended ( 50 U.S.C. 4565(m) ); the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq. ); and section 1304 of title 19, United States Code. ; and in section 202 ( 22 U.S.C. 5722 )— by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: Notwithstanding section 201, the President may, on a case-by-case basis and after submitting to the appropriate congressional committees a certification that such action is in the national security interest of the United States, extend differential treatment to Hong Kong than that which is given to the People’s Republic of China under the laws of the United States ; and by striking subsections
(c)and (d). This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect on the date that is 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Application of United States law to Hong Kong
U.S.C.§ 5701
U.S.C.§ 5721
U.S.C.§ 2751
U.S.C.§ 4565
U.S.C.§ 4801
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