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[S. 2710 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2710

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
To prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong 
                           Kong Police Force.

    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).
        (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.
    (a) In General.--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.--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) 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.
SEC. 3. SUNSET.
    The prohibition under section 2 shall expire one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.