of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided , That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA. (3) United states-china friendship volunteers program None of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for a United States-China Friendship Volunteers program may be made available for training or other pedagogical assistance for employees of the Government of the People’s Republic of China. (4) Hong kong (A) Democracy programs Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Democracy Fund for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, not less than $1,500,000 shall be made available for democracy programs for Hong Kong, including legal and other support for democracy activists. (B) Report Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall be made available to prepare and submit to Congress the report required by section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 5731 ), which shall also include a description of— (i) efforts by the Hong Kong authorities and the Government of the People’s Republic of China to prevent free assembly and communications by the people of Hong Kong