which the Association considered a ‘‘low level’’ of 
press freedom. 
(16) Hong Kong ranked 61st among 180 coun-
tries in Reporters Without Borders’ 2014 World 
Press Freedom Index, down three places from the 
previous year and a significant decline from 2002 
when Hong Kong ranked 18th. 
(17) By providing timely, uncensored, accurate 
information in their native language, United States 
international broadcast services, through the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, help those living in 
countries with poor human rights records, such as 
China, to better defend their human rights and hold 
their government accountable. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to reaffirm the principles and objectives set 
forth in the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 
1992, namely that— 
(A) the United States has ‘‘a strong inter-
est in the continued vitality, prosperity, and 
stability of Hong Kong’’; 
(B) ‘‘support for democratization is a fun-
damental principle of United States foreign pol-
icy’’; 
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(C) ‘‘the human rights of the people of 
Hong Kong are of great importance to the 
United States and are directly relevant to 
United States interests in Hong Kong’’; 
(D) human rights ‘‘serve as a basis for 
Hong Kong’s continued economic prosperity’’; 
and 
(E) Hong Kong must remain sufficiently 
autonomous from the People’s Republic of 
China to justify a different treatment under a 
particular law of the United States, or any pro-
vision thereof, from that accorded the People’s 
Republic of China; 
(2) to support the democratic aspirations of the 
people of Hong Kong, as guaranteed to them by the 
Joint Declaration, the Basic Law, the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Rights; 
(3) to urge the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China to uphold its commitments to Hong 
Kong, including allowing the people of Hong Kong 
to rule Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy 
and without undue interference, and ensuring that 
Hong Kong voters freely enjoy the right to elect the 
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Chief Executive and all members of the Hong Kong 
Legislative Council by universal suffrage; 
(4) to support the establishment by 2017 of a 
genuine democratic option to freely and fairly nomi-
nate and elect the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, 
and the establishment by 2020 of open and direct 
democratic elections for all members of the Hong 
Kong Legislative Council; and 
(5) to support press freedom and journalistic 
independence, including the continuation of inter-
national broadcasting programming in Cantonese 
that is readily accessible to Cantonese speaking pop-
ulations in China and in Hong Kong. 
SEC. 4. REINSTATEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
RELATED 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) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the Secretary of State’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not later than March 31, 2015, and annually 
thereafter for 10 years or until such earlier date 
that the Secretary of State certifies that Hong Kong 
has held free and fair elections for two consecutive 
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Chief Executive and two consecutive Legislative 
Council periods, the Secretary of State’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ and inserting ‘‘chairman of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’; 
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(4) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) matters in which Hong Kong is given sep-
arate treatment under the laws of the United States 
from that accorded to the People’s Republic of 
China and in accordance with this Act.’’. 
SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF HONG KONG UNDER UNITED 
STATES LAW. 
Title II of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act 
of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5721 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 202 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 202a. TREATMENT OF HONG KONG UNDER UNITED 
STATES LAW. 
‘‘(a) 
PRESIDENTIAL
CERTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Hong Kong is ineligible for treatment different 
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from that accorded the People’s Republic of China under 
United States laws, agreements, or arrangements enacted 
or entered into after the date of the enactment of this 
Act unless the President certifies to Congress that Hong 
Kong is sufficiently autonomous to justify such different 
treatment. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The President may 
waive the application of subsection (a) if the President— 
‘‘(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) on or before the date on which the waiver 
takes effect, submits to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a notice 
of and justification for the waiver.’’. 
Æ 
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