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[CITE: 22USC5731]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 66--UNITED STATES-HONG KONG POLICY
 
                  SUBCHAPTER III--REPORTING PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 5731. Reporting requirement

    Not later than March 31, 1993, March 31, 1995, March 31, 1996, March 
31, 1997, March 31, 1998, March 31, 1999, and March 31, 2000, the 
Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a report on conditions in Hong Kong of interest to the 
United States. This report shall cover (in the case of the initial 
report) the period since October 5, 1992, or (in the case of subsequent 
reports) the period since the most recent report pursuant to this 
section and shall describe--
        (1) significant developments in United States relations with 
    Hong Kong, including a description of agreements that have entered 
    into force between the United States and Hong Kong;
        (2) other matters, including developments related to the change 
    in the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, affecting United 
    States interests in Hong Kong or United States relations with Hong 
    Kong;
        (3) the nature and extent of United States-Hong Kong cultural, 
    education, scientific, and academic exchanges, both official and 
    unofficial;
        (4) the laws of the United States with respect to which the 
    application of section 5721(a) of this title has been suspended 
    pursuant to section 5722(a) of this title or with respect to which 
    such a suspension has been terminated pursuant to section 5722(d) of 
    this title, and the reasons for the suspension or termination, as 
    the case may be;
        (5) treaties and other international agreements with respect to 
    which the President has made a determination described in the last 
    sentence of section 5721(b) of this title, and the reasons for each 
    such determination;
        (6) significant problems in cooperation between Hong Kong and 
    the United States in the area of export controls;
        (7) the development of democratic institutions in Hong Kong; and
        (8) the nature and extent of Hong Kong's participation in 
    multilateral forums.

(Pub. L. 102-383, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1453; 
Pub. L. 104-107, title V, Sec. 576(a), Feb. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 750.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-107 inserted ``March 31, 1996,'' 
after ``March 31, 1995,'' in introductory provisions.


    Report on Sino-British Joint Declaration on Question of Hong Kong

    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title V, Sec. 571], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-121, 3009-167, which directed that the 
additional report required to be submitted during 1997 under this 
section include detailed information on the status of, and other 
developments affecting, implementation of the Sino-British Joint 
Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, was from the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1997, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriations acts. Similar 
provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act:
    Pub. L. 104-107, title V, Sec. 576(b), Feb. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 750.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5721 of this title.
