Public Law 116-77. To prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force.Nov
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An Act To prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force.Nov. 27, 2019[[S. 2710](/us/bill/116/s/2710)] * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ## SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS ####
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ####
(2)Covered munitions items The term “**covered munitions items**” means tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, foam rounds, bean bag rounds, pepper balls, water cannons, handcuffs, shackles, stun guns, and tasers. ####
(3)Hong kong 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](/us/usc/t22/s5702)). ####
(4)Hong kong police force The term “**Hong Kong Police Force**” means— #####
(A)the Hong Kong Police Force; and #####
(B)the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force. ## SEC. 2 PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL EXPORT OF COVERED MUNITIONS ITEMS TO THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE President. ###
(a)In General Effective date.Time period. Except as provided in subsection (b), beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall prohibit the issuance of licenses to export covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force. ###
(b)Exceptions Deadline.Notice. The prohibition set forth in subsection
(a)shall not apply to the issuance of a license with respect to which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees, not fewer than 30 days before the date of such issuance, a written notice— ####
(1)Certification. certifying that the exports to be covered by such license are important to the national interests and foreign policy goals of the United States; and ####
(2)describing the manner in which such exports will promote such interests and goals.133 STAT. 1174 ## SEC. 3 SUNSET The prohibition under section 2 shall expire one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved November 27, 2019.
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- Public Law 116–77To prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Public Law 117–263To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–76To amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–283To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
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- Sec. 1263Extension of prohibition on commercial export of certain munitions to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Sec. 1252Extension and modification of prohibition on commercial export of certain covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Sec. 1263Extension of prohibition on commercial export of certain munitions to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Sec. 304Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police force
- Sec. 3211Sense of Congress on centrality of sanctions and other restrictions to strategic competition with China
- Sec. 304Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police force
- Sec. 3211Sense of Congress on centrality of sanctions and other restrictions to strategic competition with China
- Sec. 30304Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police force
- Sec. 30304Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police force
- Sec. 5589Extension and modification of certain export controls
- Sec. 5835Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police force
- Sec. 5835Export prohibition of munitions items to the Hong Kong police force
- Sec. 5589Extension and modification of certain export controls
- Sec. 1370Extension of export prohibition on munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Sec. 1370Extension of export prohibition on munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Sec. 1370Extension of export prohibition on munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force
- Sec. 1Extension of authorities to impose sanctions under certain laws relating to Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
- Sec. 544
- Sec. 19Extension of prohibition on commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong Kong Police Force
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