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[CITE: 22USC5702]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 66--UNITED STATES-HONG KONG POLICY
 
Sec. 5702. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter--
        (1) the term ``Hong Kong'' means, prior to July 1, 1997, the 
    British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong, and on and after July 1, 
    1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's 
    Republic of China;
        (2) the term ``Joint Declaration'' means the Joint Declaration 
    of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
    Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of 
    China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing on December 19, 
    1984; and
        (3) the term ``laws of the United States'' means provisions of 
    law enacted by the Congress.

(Pub. L. 102-383, Sec. 3, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1449.)
