§ 5731. Reporting requirement

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1992

   United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–383 title III § 301 · 106 Stat. 1448

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5731

   Pub. L. 102–383, title III, § 301, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1453

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 102–383, title III, § 301, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1453

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 301. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. Not later than March 31, 1993, March 31, 1995, 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 the date of enactment of this Act 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 201(a) has been suspended pursuant to section 202(a) or with respect to which such a suspension has been terminated pursuant to section 202(d), 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 201(b), 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.

2. 1996

   Pub. L. 104–107 title V § 576(a) · 110 Stat. 704

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 5731(a)

   Pub. L. 104–107 inserted “March 31, 1996,” after “March 31, 1995,” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–107 inserted “March 31, 1996,” after “March 31, 1995,” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) is amended in the text above paragraph (1) by inserting “March 31, 1996,” after “March 31, 1995,”.

3. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–115 title V § 586(a) · 115 Stat. 2118

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 5731

   Pub. L. 107–115 substituted “March 31, 2000, March 31, 2001, March 31, 2002, March 31, 2003, March 31, 2004, March 31, 2005, and March 31, 2006” for “and March 31, 2000,” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 107–115 substituted “March 31, 2000, March 31, 2001, March 31, 2002, March 31, 2003, March 31, 2004, March 31, 2005, and March 31, 2006” for “and March 31, 2000,” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act (22 U.S.C. 5731) is amended by striking “and March 31, 2000,” and inserting: “March 31, 2000, March 31, 2001, March 31, 2002, March 31, 2003, March 31, 2004, March 31, 2005, and March 31, 2006”.

4. 2018

   John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

   Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title XII § 1256 · 132 Stat. 1636

   1. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 5731

      Pub. L. 115–232 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 5731

      Pub. L. 115–232 inserted heading, in introductory provisions substituted “Not later than March 31, 2019, and annually thereafter through 2024,” for “Not later than March 31, 1993, March 31, 1995, March 31, 1996, March 31, 1997, March 31, 1998, March 31, 1999, March 31, 2000, March 31, 2001, March 31, 2002, March 31, 2003, March 31, 2004, March 31, 2005, and March 31, 2006”

   3. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 5731

      Pub. L. 115–232 inserted heading, in introductory provisions substituted “submit to the appropriate congressional committees” for “transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate”

   4. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 5731

      Pub. L. 115–232 added subsecs. (b) and (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–232 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, in introductory provisions substituted “Not later than March 31, 2019, and annually thereafter through 2024,” for “Not later than March 31, 1993, March 31, 1995, March 31, 1996, March 31, 1997, March 31, 1998, March 31, 1999, March 31, 2000, March 31, 2001, March 31, 2002, March 31, 2003, March 31, 2004, March 31, 2005, and March 31, 2006” and “submit to the appropriate congressional committees” for “transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate”, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1256. REINSTATEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO UNITED STATES-HONG KONG RELATIONS.   Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking “Not later than” and inserting “(a) In General.— Not later than”; (B) by striking “March 31, 1993” and all that follows through “March 31, 2006” and inserting “March 31, 2019, and annually thereafter through 2024,”; and (C) by striking “transmit to the Speaker” and all that follows through “the Senate” and inserting “submit to the appropriate congressional committees”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(b) Form.— The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be published on a publicly available website of the Department of State. “(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.— In this section, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— “(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and “(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.” .

7 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision