reports regarding hong kong

reports regarding hong kong Sec. 576. (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,”. (b) In light of the deficiencies in reports submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act (22 U.S.C. 5731), the Congress directs that the additional report required to be submitted under such section by subsection (a) of this section include detailed information on the status of, and other developments affecting, implementation of the SinoBritish Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, including— (1) the Basic Law and its consistency with the Joint Declaration; (2) the openness and fairness of elections to the legislature; (3) the openness and fairness of the election of the chief executive and the executive’s accountability to the legislature; (4) the treatment of political parties; (5) the independence of the iudiciary and its ability to exercise the power of final judgment over Hong Kong law; and (6) the Bill of Rights.