---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 5722"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "5722"
heading: "Presidential order"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/5722"
units:
  - "Chapter 66 — United States-Hong Kong Policy"
  - "Subchapter II — Status of Hong Kong in United States Law"
---

# §5722. Presidential order

- (a) **Presidential determination—** On or after July 1, 1997, whenever the President determines that [Hong Kong](/usc/22/5702.md?p=1) is not sufficiently autonomous to justify treatment under a particular law of the United States, or any provision thereof, different from that accorded the People’s Republic of China, the President may issue an Executive order suspending the application of [section 5721(a) of this title](/usc/22/5721.md?p=a) to such law or provision of law.
- (b) **Factor for consideration—** In making a determination under [subsection (a)](#a) with respect to the application of a law of the United States, or any provision thereof, to [Hong Kong](/usc/22/5702.md?p=1), the President should consider the terms, obligations, and expectations expressed in the [Joint Declaration](/usc/22/5702.md?p=2) with respect to [Hong Kong](/usc/22/5702.md?p=1).
- (c) **Publication in Federal Register—** Any Executive order issued under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be published in the Federal Register and shall specify the law or provision of law affected by the order.
- (d) **Termination of suspension—** An Executive order issued under [subsection (a)](#a) may be terminated by the President with respect to a particular law or provision of law whenever the President determines that [Hong Kong](/usc/22/5702.md?p=1) has regained sufficient autonomy to justify different treatment under the law or provision of law in question. Notice of any such termination shall be published in the Federal Register.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–383, title II, § 202, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1453.)