for changes to the Hong Kong Police’s crowd control tactics and these requests have gone unheeded by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. (b) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to restrict the export of security assistance and crime control and detection instruments and equipment to any country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights as required by section 502B(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2304(a) )