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Calendar No. 488 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4428 

To support the security of Taiwan and its right of self-determination, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 16, 2022 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To support the security of Taiwan and its right of selfdetermination, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Taiwan Policy Act of 2022’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN 

Sec. 101. Declaration of policy. 

Sec. 102. Treatment of the Government of Taiwan. 

Sec. 103. Taiwan symbols of sovereignty. 

Sec. 104. Designation and references to Taiwan Representative Office. 

Sec. 105. Senate confirmation of the Director of the Taipei office of the American Institute in Taiwan. 

TITLE II—IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENHANCED DEFENSE 

PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

Sec. 201. Amendments to the Taiwan Relations Act. 

Sec. 202. Anticipatory planning and annual review of the United States strategy to defend Taiwan. 

Sec. 203. Joint assessment. 

Sec. 204. Taiwan Security Assistance Initiative. 

Sec. 205. Requirements regarding definition of counter intervention capabilities. 

Sec. 206. Comprehensive training program. 

Sec. 207. Military planning mechanism. 

Sec. 208. Assessment of Taiwan’s needs for civilian defense and resilience. 

Sec. 209. Prioritizing excess defense article transfers for Taiwan. 

Sec. 210. Fast-tracking sales to Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales program. 

Sec. 211. Whole-of-government deterrence measures to respond to the People’s 

Republic of China’s force against Taiwan. 

Sec. 212. Increase in annual war reserves stockpile additions and support for 

Taiwan. 

Sec. 213. Designation of Taiwan as a major non-NATO ally. 

TITLE III—COUNTERING PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S 

AGGRESSION AND INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS 

Sec. 301. Strategy to respond to influence and information operations targeting 

Taiwan. 

Sec. 302. Strategy to counter economic coercion by the People’s Republic of 

China targeting countries and entities that support Taiwan. 

TITLE IV—INCLUSION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL 

ORGANIZATIONS 

Sec. 401. Participation of Taiwan in international organizations. 

Sec. 402. Participation of Taiwan in the Inter-American Development Bank. 

Sec. 403. Plan for Taiwan’s participation in the Inter-American Development 

Bank. 

Sec. 404. Report concerning member state status for Taiwan at the InterAmerican Development Bank. 

Sec. 405. Clarification regarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 

2758 (XXVI). 

TITLE V—ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC 

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 


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Sec. 501. Findings. 

Sec. 502. Sense of Congress on a free trade agreement with Taiwan, the IndoPacific Economic Framework, and CBP Preclearance. 

TITLE VI—SUPPORTING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND 

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH TAIWAN 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Findings. 

Sec. 603. Purposes. 

Sec. 604. Definitions. 

Sec. 605. Taiwan Fellowship Program. 

Sec. 606. Reports and audits. 

Sec. 607. Taiwan fellows on detail from government service. 

Sec. 608. Funding. 

Sec. 609. Supporting United States educational and exchange programs with 

Taiwan. 

TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 701. Invitation of Taiwanese counterparts to high-level bilateral and multilateral forums and exercises. 

Sec. 702. Report on Taiwan Travel Act. 

Sec. 703. Prohibitions against undermining United States policy regarding Taiwan. 

TITLE VIII—SANCTIONS MEASURES FOR CROSS-STRAIT 

STABILITY 

Sec. 801. Definitions. 

Sec. 802. Determinations with respect to activities of the People’s Republic of 

China impacting Taiwan. 

Sec. 803. Imposition of sanctions on officials of the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China relating to operations in Taiwan. 

Sec. 804. Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions of the 

People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 805. Imposition of sanctions with respect to provision of specialized financial messaging services to sanctioned People’s Republic of 

China financial institutions. 

Sec. 806. Imposition of sanctions with respect to People’s Republic of China extractive industries. 

Sec. 807. Additional sanctions. 

Sec. 808. Sanctions described. 

Sec. 809. Implementation; regulations; penalties. 

Sec. 810. Exceptions; waiver. 

Sec. 811. Termination. 

TITLE IX—RULE OF CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 901. Rule of construction. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Since 1949, the close relationship between 

2 the United States and Taiwan has been of enormous 

3 benefit to both parties and to the Indo-Pacific region 

4 as a whole. 

5 (2) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

6 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) has enabled the people 

7 of the United States and the people of Taiwan to 

8 maintain a strong and important relationship that 

9 promotes regional security, prosperity, and shared 

10 democratic values. 

11 (3) The security of Taiwan and the ability for 

12 the people of Taiwan to determine their own future 

13 is fundamental to United States interests and val14 ues. 

15 (4) The Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep16 resentative Office in the United States and the 

17 American Institute in Taiwan facilitate critical con18 sular relations that— 

19 (A) protect the interests of the people of 

20 the United States and the people of Taiwan; 

21 and 

22 (B) strengthen people-to-people ties. 

23 (5) Increased engagement between public offi24 cials, commercial interests, civil society leaders, and 


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1 others enhances Taiwanese-American relations and 

2 its economic, security, and democratic dimensions. 

3 (6) Taiwan serves as a critical partner on re4 gional and transnational issues, such as public 

5 health, climate change, critical and emerging tech6 nologies, cybersecurity, trade, and freedom of navi7 gation. 

8 (7) Taiwan exemplifies a thriving democracy 

9 consisting of more than 23,000,000 people who 

10 value their suffrage, free markets, right to due proc11 ess, freedom of expression, and other individual lib12 erties. 

13 (8) President Xi Jinping of the People’s Repub14 lic of China (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PRC’’) 

15 continues to repeat his desire to stifle the freedom 

16 of Taiwan, as evidenced by his July 2021 proclama17 tion, in which he stated, ‘‘All sons and daughters of 

18 China, including compatriots on both sides of the 

19 Taiwan Strait, must work together and move for20 ward in solidarity, resolutely smashing any Taiwan 

21 independence plots.’’. 

22 (9) As President Xi Jinping concentrates his 

23 power in the Chinese Communist Party (referred to 

24 in this Act as the ‘‘CCP’’), he is escalating the 


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1 PRC’s campaign of coercion and intimidation 

2 against Taiwan, as evidenced by— 

3 (A) the accelerated preparations made by 

4 the PRC and its People’s Liberation Army (re5 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘PLA’’) for an of6 fensive attack against Taiwan, such as the 

7 PLA’s January 2022 incursion of nearly 40 

8 fighters, bombers, and other warplanes into 

9 Taiwan’s air defense identification zone; 

10 (B) the PLA’s growing offensive prepara11 tions in the Taiwan Strait, such as amphibious 

12 assault and live-fire exercises and record-scale 

13 incursions into Taiwanese air space; 

14 (C) the Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic ef15 forts to isolate Taiwan, such as abusing its po16 sition in international intuitions and multilat17 eral fora to exclude Taiwanese participation de18 spite Taiwan’s demonstrated expertise in rel19 evant subjects, such as public health; 

20 (D) threats and actions to compromise 

21 Taiwan’s economy and critical suppliers, such 

22 as draconian export controls and the ‘‘31 Meas23 ures’’ intended to lure Taiwanese talent to 

24 mainland China and away from Taiwan; 


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1 (E) persistent and targeted cyberattacks, 

2 numbering nearly 20,000,000 per month, which 

3 are intended to compromise Taiwan’s critical 

4 infrastructure and inflict civilian harm; and 

5 (F) political and economic pressure on 

6 other countries who seek closer ties with Tai7 wan, such as recent export controls related to 

8 Lithuania after Lithuania announced a perma9 nent Taiwanese Representative Office in Lith10 uania. 

11 (10) On multiple occasions, through both for12 mal and informal channels, the United States has 

13 expressed its concern for the PRC’s destabilizing ac14 tivities in the Taiwan Strait and on the international 

15 stage that aim to subvert Taiwan’s democratic intui16 tions. 

17 (11) The Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United 

18 States— 

19 (A) identifies Taiwan as an important 

20 leading regional partner; 

21 (B) seeks to bolster Taiwan’s self-defense 

22 capabilities; and 

23 (C) reaffirms that Taiwan’s future must be 

24 determined peacefully and in accordance with 


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1 the wishes and best interests of the people of 

2 Taiwan. 

3 (12) The PRC considers stifling the freedom of 

4 Taiwan as a critical and necessary step to displacing 

5 the United States as the preeminent military power 

6 in the Indo-Pacific and continues its modernization 

7 campaign to enhance the power-projection capabili8 ties of the PLA and its ability to conduct joint oper9 ations. 

10 (13) Taiwan maintains a modern, ready, self11 defense force that adheres to the highest democratic 

12 principles and benefits from continued state of the 

13 art security assistance. 

14 (14) It is a vital national security interest of 

15 the United States to defend Taiwan for the purposes 

16 of— 

17 (A) mitigating the PLA’s ability to project 

18 power and establish contested zones within the 

19 First and Second Island Chains and limiting 

20 the PLA’s freedom of maneuver to conduct un21 constrained power projection capabilities beyond 

22 the First Island Chain in order to protect 

23 United States territory, such as Hawaii and 

24 Guam; 


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1 (B) defending the territorial integrity of 

2 Indo-Pacific allies, such as Japan; 

3 (C) deterring other countries and competi4 tors from exercising force as a means to revise 

5 the established status quo; 

6 (D) championing democratic institutions 

7 and societies in the Indo-Pacific region and 

8 throughout the world; and 

9 (E) maintaining a rules-based international 

10 order that— 

11 (i) constrains authoritarian powers; 

12 (ii) enshrines collective security; 

13 (iii) promotes democracy and respect 

14 for human rights and fundamental free15 doms; and 

16 (iv) promotes peace and prosperity. 

17 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON20 GRESS.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

21 the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

22 means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

24 the Senate; 


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1 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of 

2 the Senate; 

3 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

4 the Senate; 

5 (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

6 the House of Representatives; 

7 (E) the Committee on Armed Services of 

8 the House of Representatives; and 

9 (F) the Committee on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives. 

11 (2) COUNTER INTERVENTION CAPABILITIES.— 

12 The term ‘‘counter intervention capabilities’’ in13 cludes, in such quantities as the Secretary of State, 

14 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, deter15 mines to be necessary to achieve the purpose de16 scribed in section 204(c)— 

17 (A) mobile, ground-based coastal defense 

18 cruise missiles and launchers; 

19 (B) mobile, ground-based short-range and 

20 medium-range air defense systems; 

21 (C) smart, self-propelled naval mines and 

22 coastal minelaying platforms; 

23 (D) missile boats and fast-attack craft 

24 equipped with anti-ship and anti-landing craft 

25 missiles; 


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1 (E) manned and unmanned aerial and 

2 other mobile, resilient surveillance systems to 

3 support coastal and air defense operations; 

4 (F) equipment to support target location, 

5 tracking, identification, and targeting, especially 

6 at the local level, in communications degraded 

7 or denied environments; 

8 (G) man-portable anti-armor weapons, 

9 mortars, and small arms for ground combat op10 erations; 

11 (H) equipment and technical assistance for 

12 the purpose of developing civil defense forces, 

13 composed of civilian volunteers and militia; 

14 (I) training and equipment, including ap15 propriate war reserves, required for Taiwan 

16 forces to independently maintain, sustain, and 

17 employ the capabilities described in subpara18 graphs (A) through (H); 

19 (J) concept development for coastal de20 fense, air defense, decentralized command and 

21 control, civil defense, logistics, planning, and 

22 other critical military functions, with an empha23 sis on operations in a communications degraded 

24 or denied environment; and 


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1 (K) any other capability that the Secretary 

2 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 

3 Defense, considers appropriate for the purpose 

4 described in section 204(d). 

5 (3) REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—The term ‘‘Republic 

6 of China’’ means the East Asia island country com7 monly known as ‘‘Taiwan’’. 

8 (4) SHARP POWER.—The term ‘‘sharp power’’ 

9 means the coordinated and often concealed applica10 tion of disinformation, media manipulation, eco11 nomic coercion, cyber-intrusions, targeted invest12 ments, and academic censorship that is intended— 

13 (A) to corrupt political and nongovern14 mental institutions and interfere in democratic 

15 elections and encourage self-censorship of views 

16 at odds with those of the Government of the 

17 People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Com18 munist Party; or 

19 (B) to foster attitudes, behavior, decisions, 

20 or outcomes in Taiwan and elsewhere that sup21 port the interests of the Government of the 

22 People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Com23 munist Party. 


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1 TITLE I—UNITED STATES 

2 POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN 

3 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

4 It is the policy of the United States— 

5 (1) to support the security of Taiwan, the sta6 bility of cross-Strait relations, and the freedom of 

7 the people of Taiwan to determine their own future 

8 and to strenuously oppose any action by the PRC to 

9 use force to change the status quo of Taiwan; 

10 (2) to cooperate with Taiwan as an important 

11 partner of the United States in promoting a free and 

12 open Indo-Pacific; 

13 (3) to deter the use of force by the PRC to 

14 change the status quo of Taiwan by coordinating 

15 with allies and partners to identify and develop sig16 nificant economic, diplomatic, and other measures 

17 that will deter and impose costs on any such use of 

18 force and support and cooperate with Taiwan to im19 plement, resource, and modernize its military capa20 bilities, including an asymmetric defense strategy, 

21 through security assistance and increases in defense 

22 spending; 

23 (4) to strengthen cooperation with the military 

24 of Taiwan under the framework of the Taiwan Rela25 tions Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) 


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1 and the Six Assurances, with consideration of the 

2 ongoing military buildup in China and the imbalance 

3 in the security environment in the Taiwan Strait, 

4 and to transfer defense articles to Taiwan to en5 hance its capabilities, including its efforts to under6 take defensive operations, such as undersea warfare 

7 and air defense capabilities, and maintain the ability 

8 to deny PRC coercion and invasion; 

9 (5) to urge Taiwan to increase its own invest10 ments in military capabilities, including those that 

11 support the implementation of an asymmetric de12 fense strategy; 

13 (6) to advance and finalize key provisions of the 

14 United States-Taiwan Trade and Investment Frame15 work Agreement and deepen economic ties between 

16 the United States and Taiwan and advance the in17 terests of the United States by negotiating a bilat18 eral free trade agreement as soon as possible that 

19 will include appropriate levels of labor rights and en20 vironmental protections; 

21 (7) to include Taiwan as a partner in the Indo22 Pacific Economic Framework; 

23 (8) to welcome Taiwan’s meaningful participa24 tion in important international organizations, includ25 ing organizations that address global health, civilian 


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1 air safety, and efforts to counter transnational crime 

2 and bilateral and multilateral security summits, mili3 tary exercises, and economic dialogues and forums; 

4 (9) to support the Government of Taiwan as a 

5 representative democratic government, constituted 

6 through free and fair elections that reflect the will 

7 of the people of Taiwan and promote dignity and re8 spect for the democratically elected leaders of Tai9 wan, who represent more than 23,000,000 citizens, 

10 by using the full range of diplomatic and financial 

11 tools available to promote Taiwan’s international 

12 space; 

13 (10) to ensure that distinctions in practice re14 garding relations with Taiwan are consistent with 

15 the longstanding, comprehensive, strategic, and val16 ues-based relationship the United States shares with 

17 Taiwan, and contribute to the peaceful resolution of 

18 cross-Strait issues; and 

19 (11) to create and execute a plan for enhancing 

20 our relationship with Taiwan by forming a robust 

21 partnership that— 

22 (A) meets the challenges of the 21st cen23 tury; 

24 (B) fully accounts for Taiwan’s democratic 

25 status; and 


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1 (C) remains faithful to United States prin2 ciples and values, consistent with the Taiwan 

3 Relations Act and the Six Assurances. 

4 SEC. 102. TREATMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and other 

6 Federal departments and agencies shall— 

7 (1) engage with the democratically elected gov8 ernment of Taiwan as the legitimate representative 

9 of the people of Taiwan; and 

10 (2) end the outdated practice of referring to the 

11 government in Taiwan as the ‘‘Taiwan authorities’’. 

12 (b) NO RESTRICTIONS ON BILATERAL INTER13 ACTIONS.—Notwithstanding the continued supporting role 

14 of the American Institute in Taiwan in carrying out 

15 United States foreign policy and protecting United States 

16 interests in Taiwan, the United States Government shall 

17 not place any undue restrictions on the ability of officials 

18 of the Department of State or other Federal departments 

19 and agencies to interact directly and routinely with their 

20 counterparts in the Government of Taiwan. 

21 SEC. 103. TAIWAN SYMBOLS OF SOVEREIGNTY. 

22 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘offi23 cial purposes’’ means— 

24 (1) the wearing of official uniforms; 


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1 (2) conducting government-hosted ceremonies 

2 or functions; and 

3 (3) appearances on Department of State social 

4 media accounts promoting engagements with Tai5 wan. 

6 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

8 shall rescind any contact guideline, internal restriction, 

9 section of the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign Af10 fairs Handbook, or related guidance or policies that, ex11 plicitly or implicitly, including through restrictions or limi12 tations on activities of United States Government per13 sonnel, limits the ability of members of the armed forces 

14 of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and government rep15 resentatives from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep16 resentative Office to display, for official purposes, symbols 

17 of Republic of China sovereignty, including— 

18 (1) the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan); 

19 and 

20 (2) the corresponding emblems or insignia of 

21 military units. 

22 SEC. 104. DESIGNATION AND REFERENCES TO TAIWAN REP23 RESENTATIVE OFFICE. 

24 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

25 of the United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations 


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1 Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and the 

2 Six Assurances— 

3 (1) to provide the people of Taiwan with de 

4 facto diplomatic treatment equivalent to foreign 

5 countries, nations, states, governments, or similar 

6 entities; and 

7 (2) to rename the ‘‘Taipei Economic and Cul8 tural Representative Office’’ in the United States as 

9 the ‘‘Taiwan Representative Office’’. 

10 (b) RENAMING.—The Secretary of State shall seek 

11 to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and 

12 Cultural Representative Office to rename its office in 

13 Washington, DC, the ‘‘Taiwan Representative Office’’. 

14 (c) REFERENCES.—If the negotiations under sub15 section (b) results in the renaming of the Taipei Economic 

16 and Cultural Representative Office as the Taiwan Rep17 resentative Office, any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

18 document, paper, or other record of the United States 

19 Government to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep20 resentative Office shall be deemed to be a reference to the 

21 Taiwan Representative Office, including for all official 

22 purposes of the United States Government, all courts of 

23 the United States, and any proceedings by such Govern24 ment or in such courts. 


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1 SEC. 105. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

2 THE TAIPEI OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN INSTI3 TUTE IN TAIWAN. 

4 The appointment of an individual to the position of 

5 Director of the American Institute in Taiwan’s Taipei of6 fice shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Sen7 ate. Upon Senate confirmation, such individual shall have 

8 the title of Representative. 

9 TITLE II—IMPLEMENTATION OF 

10 AN ENHANCED DEFENSE 

11 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE 

12 UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

13 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT. 

14 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2(b) of the 

15 Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301(b)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and arms 

17 conducive to deterring acts of aggression by the Peo18 ple’s Liberation Army’’ after ‘‘arms of a defensive 

19 character’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘to maintain 

21 the capacity of the United States’’. 

22 (b) PROVISION OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERV23 ICES.—Section 3(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 

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1 ment a strategy to deny and deter acts of coercion or ag2 gression by the People’s Liberation Army’’. 

3 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 4 of the Tai4 wan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3303) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, 

7 nor the President’s action in extending diplomatic recogni8 tion to the People’s Republic of China, nor the absence 

9 of diplomatic relations between the people of Taiwan and 

10 the United States, and nor the lack of formal recognition 

11 of Taiwan by the United States, and any related cir12 cumstances, may be construed to constitute a legal or 

13 practical obstacle to any otherwise lawful action of the 

14 President or of any United States Government agency 

15 that is needed to advance or protect United States inter16 ests pertaining to Taiwan, including actions intended to 

17 strengthen security cooperation between the United States 

18 and Taiwan or to otherwise deter the use of force against 

19 Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army.’’. 

20 SEC. 202. ANTICIPATORY PLANNING AND ANNUAL REVIEW 

21 OF THE UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO DE22 FEND TAIWAN. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

24 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

25 for 10 years, the Secretary of Defense shall— 


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1 (1) conduct a classified review of the United 

2 States strategy to defend Taiwan; and 

3 (2) share the results of such review with the 

4 Chairman and Ranking Member of the appropriate 

5 committees of Congress. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted pursuant to 

7 subsection (a) shall include— 

8 (1) an assessment of Taiwan’s current and 

9 near-term capabilities, United States force readiness, 

10 and the adequacy of the United States strategy to 

11 enable the defense of Taiwan; 

12 (2) a detailed strategy of denial to defend Tai13 wan against aggression by the People’s Liberation 

14 Army, including an effort to seize and hold the is15 land of Taiwan; 

16 (3) a comprehensive assessment of risks to the 

17 United States and United States interests, including 

18 readiness shortfalls that pose strategic risk; 

19 (4) a review of indicators of the near-term like20 lihood of the use of force by the People’s Liberation 

21 Army against Taiwan; and 

22 (5) a list of military capabilities, including ca23 pabilities that enable a strategy of denial, that— 

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1 riety of contingencies across all potential phases 

2 of conflict involving the People’s Liberation 

3 Army; and 

4 (B) would reduce the threat of conflict, 

5 thwart an invasion, and mitigate other risks to 

6 the United States and Taiwan. 

7 SEC. 203. JOINT ASSESSMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con9 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a 

10 mechanism with Taiwan— 

11 (1) to develop a joint assessment of the threats 

12 Taiwan faces from the People’s Republic of China 

13 across the spectrum of possible military action; and 

14 (2) to identify nonmaterial and material solu15 tions to deter and defeat such threats. 

16 (b) INTEGRATED PRIORITIES LIST.—In carrying out 

17 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

18 with the Secretary of State, shall develop with Taiwan— 

19 (1) an integrated priorities list; 

20 (2) relevant plans for acquisition and training 

21 for relevant nonmaterial and material solutions; and 

22 (3) other measures to appropriately prioritize 

23 the defense needs of Taiwan to maintain effective 

24 deterrence across the spectrum of possible military 

25 action by the People’s Republic of China. 


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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

3 in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit 

4 a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that 

5 describes the joint assessment developed pursuant to sub6 section (a)(1). 

7 SEC. 204. TAIWAN SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. 

8 (a) TAIWAN SECURITY PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 

9 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 

10 shall establish an initiative, to be known as the ‘‘Taiwan 

11 Security Assistance Initiative’’ (referred to in this section 

12 as the ‘‘Initiative’’), that provides a Foreign Military Fi13 nancing Program for Taiwan and other measures to 

14 strengthen the United States-Taiwan defense relationship, 

15 and to accelerate the modernization of Taiwan’s defense 

16 capabilities required to deter or, if necessary, to defeat an 

17 invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China. 

18 (b) ANNUAL REPORT ON ADVANCING THE DEFENSE

19 OF TAIWAN.— 

20 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap22 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 (2) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an5 nually thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State 

6 and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit a 

7 report to the appropriate congressional committees 

8 that describes Taiwan’s enhancement of its self-de9 fense capabilities. 

10 (3) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report 

11 required under paragraph (2) shall include— 

12 (A) an assessment of the commitment of 

13 Taiwan to implementing the tenets of the Over14 all Defense Concept, including the steps that 

15 Taiwan has taken and the steps that Taiwan 

16 has not taken to implement those tenets; 

17 (B) an assessment of the efforts of Taiwan 

18 to acquire and employ within its forces asym19 metric capabilities, including— 

20 (i) long-range precision fires; 

21 (ii) integrated air and missile defense 

22 systems; 

23 (iii) anti-ship cruise missiles; 

24 (iv) land-attack cruise missiles; 

25 (v) coastal defense; 


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1 (vi) anti-armor; 

2 (vii) undersea warfare; 

3 (viii) survivable swarming maritime 

4 assets; 

5 (ix) manned and unmanned aerial sys6 tems; 

7 (x) mining and countermining capa8 bilities; 

9 (xi) intelligence, surveillance, and re10 connaissance capabilities; 

11 (xii) command and control systems; 

12 and 

13 (xiii) any other defense capabilities 

14 that the United States and Taiwan jointly 

15 determine are crucial to the defense of Tai16 wan, in accordance with the process devel17 oped pursuant to section 203(a); 

18 (C) an evaluation of the balance between 

19 conventional and counter intervention capabili20 ties in the defense force of Taiwan as of the 

21 date on which the report is submitted; 

22 (D) an assessment of steps taken by Tai23 wan to enhance the overall readiness of its de24 fense forces, including— 


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1 (i) the extent to which Taiwan is re2 quiring and providing regular training to 

3 such forces; 

4 (ii) the extent to which such training 

5 is realistic to the security environment that 

6 Taiwan faces; and 

7 (iii) the sufficiency of the financial 

8 and budgetary resources Taiwan is putting 

9 toward readiness of such forces; 

10 (E) an assessment of steps taken by Tai11 wan to ensure that the Taiwan Reserve Com12 mand can recruit, train, and equip its forces; 

13 (F) an evaluation of— 

14 (i) the severity of manpower shortages 

15 in the military of Taiwan, including in the 

16 reserve forces; 

17 (ii) the impact of such shortages in 

18 the event of a conflict scenario; and 

19 (iii) the efforts made by Taiwan to 

20 address such shortages; 

21 (G) an assessment of the efforts made by 

22 Taiwan to boost its civilian defenses, including 

23 any informational campaigns to raise awareness 

24 among the population of Taiwan of the risks of 

25 Taiwan’s security environment; 


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1 (H) an assessment of the efforts made by 

2 Taiwan to secure its critical infrastructure, in3 cluding in transportation, telecommunications 

4 networks, and energy; 

5 (I) an assessment of the efforts made by 

6 Taiwan to enhance its cybersecurity, including 

7 the security of civilian government and military 

8 networks; 

9 (J) an assessment of any significant gaps 

10 in any of the matters described in subpara11 graphs (A) through (I) with respect to which 

12 the United States assesses that additional ac13 tion is needed; 

14 (K) a description of cooperative efforts be15 tween the United States and Taiwan on the 

16 matters described in subparagraphs (A) 

17 through (J); and 

18 (L) a description of any resistance within 

19 the Government of Taiwan to— 

20 (i) implementing the matters de21 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (I); 

22 or 

23 (ii) United States support or engage24 ment with regard to such matters. 


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1 (4) FORM.—The report required under para2 graph (2) shall be submitted in classified form, but 

3 shall include a detailed unclassified summary. 

4 (5) SHARING OF SUMMARY.—The Secretary of 

5 State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly 

6 share the unclassified summary required under para7 graph (4) with the government and military of Tai8 wan. 

9 (c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The Sec10 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De11 fense, shall use amounts appropriated pursuant to sub12 section (i) to provide assistance to the Government of Tai13 wan to achieve the purpose described in subsection (d). 

14 (d) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Foreign Military 

15 Financing Program shall be to provide assistance, includ16 ing equipment, training, and other support, to enable the 

17 Government of Taiwan— 

18 (1) to accelerate the modernization of its de19 fense capabilities, including for asymmetric oper20 ations, that will delay, degrade, and deny attempts 

21 by People’s Liberation Army forces— 

22 (A) to conduct coercive or grey zone activi23 ties; 

24 (B) to enter or transit the Taiwan Strait 

25 and adjoining seas; or 


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1 (C) to secure a lodgment on Taiwan and 

2 expand or otherwise use such lodgment to seize 

3 control of a population center or other key ter4 ritory in Taiwan; and 

5 (2) to prevent the People’s Republic of China 

6 from decapitating, seizing control of, or otherwise 

7 neutralizing or rendering ineffective the Government 

8 of Taiwan. 

9 (e) WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE.—Of the amounts ap10 propriated pursuant to subsection (i)(2), not more than 

11 $100,000,000 may be used during each of the fiscal years 

12 2023 through 2032 to maintain a stockpile (if established 

13 under section 213), in accordance with section 514 of the 

14 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), as 

15 amended by section 212. 

16 (f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

17 (1) ANNUAL SPENDING PLAN.—Not later than 

18 December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Sec19 retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 

20 Defense, shall submit a plan to the appropriate com21 mittees of Congress describing how funds appro22 priated pursuant to subsection (i)(2) will be used to 

23 achieve the purpose described in subsection (d). 

24 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Amounts appropriated 

25 for each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (i)(2) 


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1 shall be made available for the purpose described in 

2 such subsection after the Secretary of State certifies 

3 to the appropriate committees of Congress that Tai4 wan has increased its defense spending relative to 

5 Taiwan’s defense spending in its prior fiscal year, 

6 excepting accounts in Taiwan’s defense budget re7 lated to personnel expenditures (other than military 

8 training and education). 

9 (3) REMAINING FUNDS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara11 graph (B), amounts appropriated for a fiscal 

12 year pursuant to subsection (i)(2) that are not 

13 obligated and expended during such fiscal year 

14 shall be added to the amount that may be used 

15 for the Initiative in the subsequent fiscal year. 

16 (B) RESCISSION.—Amounts appropriated 

17 pursuant to subsection (i)(2) that remain unob18 ligated on September 30, 2027, shall be re19 scinded and deposited into the general fund of 

20 the Treasury. 

21 (g) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES FROM THE

22 UNITED STATES INVENTORY AND OTHER SOURCES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to assistance 

24 provided pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary of 

25 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 


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1 may make available to the Government of Taiwan, 

2 in such quantities as the Secretary of State con3 siders appropriate for the purpose described in sub4 section (d)— 

5 (A) weapons and other defense articles 

6 from the United States inventory and other 

7 sources; 

8 (B) excess defense articles from the United 

9 States inventory; and 

10 (C) defense services. 

11 (2) REPLACEMENT.—The Secretary of State 

12 may use amounts appropriated pursuant to sub13 section (i)(2) for the cost of replacing any item pro14 vided to the Government of Taiwan pursuant to 

15 paragraph (1)(A). 

16 (h) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING LOAN AND LOAN

17 GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.— 

18 (1) DIRECT LOANS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec20 tion 23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act 

21 (22 U.S.C. 2763), during fiscal years 2022 and 

22 2023, the Secretary of State may make direct 

23 loans available for Taiwan pursuant to section 

24 23 of such Act. 


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1 (B) MAXIMUM OBLIGATIONS.—Gross obli2 gations for the principal amounts of loans au3 thorized under subparagraph (A) may not ex4 ceed $2,000,000,000. 

5 (C) SOURCE OF FUNDS.— 

6 (i) DEFINED TERM.—In this subpara7 graph, the term ‘‘cost’’— 

8 (I) has the meaning given such 

9 term in section 502(5) of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

11 661a(5)); 

12 (II) shall include the cost of 

13 modifying a loan authorized under 

14 subparagraph (A); and 

15 (III) may include the costs of 

16 selling, reducing, or cancelling any 

17 amounts owed to the United States or 

18 to any agency of the United States. 

19 (ii) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appro20 priated pursuant to subsection (i)(1) may 

21 be made available to pay for the cost of 

22 loans authorized under subparagraph (A). 

23 (D) FEES AUTHORIZED.— 

24 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Government of 

25 the United States may charge fees for 


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1 loans made pursuant to subparagraph (A), 

2 which shall be collected from borrowers 

3 through a financing account (as defined in 

4 section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 

5 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a(7)). 

6 (ii) LIMITATION ON FEE PAYMENTS.— 

7 Amounts made available under any appro8 priations Act for any fiscal year may not 

9 be used to pay any fees associated with a 

10 loan authorized under subparagraph (A). 

11 (E) REPAYMENT.—Loans made pursuant 

12 to subparagraph (A) shall be repaid not later 

13 than 12 years after the loan is received by the 

14 borrower, including a grace period of not more 

15 than 1 year on repayment of principal. 

16 (F) INTEREST.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

18 section 23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Con19 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2763(c)(1)), interest 

20 for loans made pursuant to subparagraph 

21 (A) may be charged at a rate determined 

22 by the Secretary of State, except that such 

23 rate may not be less than the prevailing in24 terest rate on marketable Treasury securi25 ties of similar maturity. 


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1 (ii) TREATMENT OF LOAN AMOUNTS

2 USED TO PAY INTEREST.—Amounts made 

3 available under this paragraph for interest 

4 costs shall not be considered assistance for 

5 the purposes of any statutory limitation on 

6 assistance to a country. 

7 (2) LOAN GUARANTEES.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 

9 pursuant to subsection (i)(1) may be made 

10 available for the costs of loan guarantees for 

11 Taiwan under section 24 of the Arms Export 

12 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2764) for Taiwan to 

13 subsidize gross obligations for the principal 

14 amount of commercial loans and total loan 

15 principal, any part of which may be guaranteed, 

16 not to exceed $2,000,000,000. 

17 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—A loan guar18 antee authorized under subparagraph (A)— 

19 (i) may not guarantee a loan that ex20 ceeds $2,000,000,000; and 

21 (ii) may not exceed 80 percent of the 

22 loan principal with respect to any single 

23 borrower. 


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1 (C) SUBORDINATION.—Any loan guaran2 teed pursuant to subparagraph (A) may not be 

3 subordinated to— 

4 (i) another debt contracted by the 

5 borrower; or 

6 (ii) any other claims against the bor7 rower in the case of default. 

8 (D) REPAYMENT.—Repayment in United 

9 States dollars of any loan guaranteed under 

10 this paragraph shall be required not later than 

11 12 years after the loan agreement is signed. 

12 (E) FEES.—Notwithstanding section 24 of 

13 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2764), 

14 the Government of the United States may 

15 charge fees for loan guarantees authorized 

16 under subparagraph (A), which shall be col17 lected from borrowers, or from third parties on 

18 behalf of such borrowers, through a financing 

19 account (as defined in section 502(7) of the 

20 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

21 661a(7))). 

22 (F) TREATMENTS OF LOAN GUARAN23 TEES.—Amounts made available under this 

24 paragraph for the costs of loan guarantees au25 thorized under subparagraph (A) shall not be 


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1 considered assistance for the purposes of any 

2 statutory limitation on assistance to a country. 

3 (3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Amounts 

4 appropriated to carry out this subsection may not be 

5 expended without prior notification of the appro6 priate committees of Congress. 

7 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 (1) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO9 GRAM.—There is authorized to be appropriated, 

10 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro11 gram’’, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

12 the program authorized under subsection (c). 

13 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

14 addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to para15 graph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated to 

16 the Department of State to carry out the Initia17 tive— 

18 (A) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

19 (B) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

20 (C) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

21 and 

22 (D) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 

23 (j) SUNSET PROVISION.—Assistance may not be pro24 vided under this section after September 30, 2032. 


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1 SEC. 205. REQUIREMENTS REGARDING DEFINITION OF 

2 COUNTER INTERVENTION CAPABILITIES. 

3 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

4 United States— 

5 (1) to ensure that requests by Taiwan to pur6 chase arms from the United States are not pre7 maturely rejected or dismissed before Taiwan sub8 mits a letter of request or other formal documenta9 tion, particularly when such requests are for capa10 bilities that are not included on any United States 

11 Government priority lists of necessary capabilities 

12 for the defense of Taiwan; and 

13 (2) to ensure close consultation among rep14 resentatives of Taiwan, Congress, industry, and the 

15 Executive branch about requests referred to in para16 graph (1) and the needs of Taiwan before Taiwan 

17 submits formal requests for such purchases. 

18 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 45 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

20 and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the 

21 appropriate committees of Congress— 

22 (1) a list of categories of counter intervention 

23 capabilities and a justification for each such cat24 egory; and 

25 (2) a description of the degree to which the 

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1 for the consideration of capabilities that may not fall 

2 within the scope of counter intervention capabilities 

3 included in the list required under paragraph (1), 

4 due to potential changes, such as— 

5 (A) the evolution of defense technologies; 

6 (B) the identification of new concepts of 

7 operation or ways to employ certain capabilities; 

8 and 

9 (C) other factors that might change assess10 ments by the United States and Taiwan of 

11 what constitutes counter intervention capabili12 ties. 

13 SEC. 206. COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con15 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a 

16 comprehensive training program with the Government of 

17 Taiwan that is designed— 

18 (1) to achieve interoperability; 

19 (2) to familiarize the militaries of the United 

20 States and Taiwan with each other; and 

21 (3) to improve Taiwan’s defense capabilities. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The training program established 

23 pursuant to subsection (a) shall include joint United 

24 States-Taiwan— 

25 (1) contingency tabletop exercises; 


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1 (2) war games; and 

2 (3) robust, operationally relevant, or full-scale 

3 military exercises. 

4 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there6 after for the following 10 years, the Secretary of State, 

7 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 

8 a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that 

9 describes the establishment and implementation of the 

10 training program established pursuant to subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 207. MILITARY PLANNING MECHANISM. 

12 The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 

13 Secretary of State, shall establish a high-level military 

14 planning mechanism between the United States and Tai15 wan that— 

16 (1) is designed to oversee a Joint and Com17 bined Exercise Program and to coordinate Inter18 national Military Education and Training assistance 

19 and professional exchanges aimed at determining 

20 and coordinating the acquisition of capabilities for 

21 United States and Taiwan military forces to address 

22 the needs of currently anticipated and future contin23 gencies; and 

24 (2) may be modeled after the Joint United 

25 States Military Advisory Group Thailand, or any 


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1 such similar existing arrangement, as determined by 

2 the Secretary of Defense. 

3 SEC. 208. ASSESSMENT OF TAIWAN’S NEEDS FOR CIVILIAN 

4 DEFENSE AND RESILIENCE. 

5 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

6 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

7 of State and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 

8 heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

9 shall submit a written, classified assessment of Taiwan’s 

10 needs in the areas of civilian defense and resilience to the 

11 appropriate committees of Congress, the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Ap13 propriations of the House of Representatives. 

14 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment 

15 required under subsection (a) shall— 

16 (1) analyze the potential role of Taiwan’s public 

17 and civilian assets in defending against various sce18 narios to coerce or conduct military aggression 

19 against Taiwan; 

20 (2) carefully analyze Taiwan’s needs for en21 hancing its defensive capabilities through the sup22 port of civilians and civilian sectors, including— 

23 (A) greater utilization of Taiwan’s high 

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1 (B) the creation of clear structures and lo2 gistics support for civilian defense role alloca3 tion; 

4 (C) recruitment and skills training for Tai5 wan’s defense and civilian sectors; and 

6 (D) other defense needs and considerations 

7 at the provincial, city, and neighborhood levels; 

8 (3) analyze Taiwan’s needs for enhancing resil9 iency among its people and in key economic sectors; 

10 and 

11 (4) identify the areas and means through which 

12 the United States could provide training and assist13 ance to support the needs discovered through the as14 sessment and fill any critical gaps where capacity 

15 falls short of such needs. 

16 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—Notwithstanding the classi17 fied nature of the assessment required under subsection 

18 (a), the assessment shall be shared with appropriate offi19 cials of the Government of Taiwan to facilitate coopera20 tion. 

21 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

23 appropriated to complete the assessment required 

24 under subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) $500,000 for the Department of State; 

2 and 

3 (B) $500,000 for the Department of De4 fense. 

5 (2) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 

6 State and the Secretary of Defense are authorized to 

7 transfer any funds appropriated to their respective 

8 departments pursuant to paragraph (1) to other 

9 Federal departments and agencies for the purposes 

10 of facilitating the contributions of such departments 

11 and agencies to the assessment required under sub12 section (a). 

13 SEC. 209. PRIORITIZING EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLE TRANS14 FERS FOR TAIWAN. 

15 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that the United States Government should appro17 priately prioritize the review of excess defense article 

18 transfers to Taiwan. 

19 (b) FIVE-YEAR PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

21 shall— 

22 (1) develop a 5-year plan to appropriately 

23 prioritize excess defense article transfers to Taiwan; 

24 and 


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1 (2) submit a report to the appropriate commit2 tees of Congress that describes such plan. 

3 (c) REQUIRED COORDINATION.—The United States 

4 Government shall coordinate and align excess defense arti5 cle transfers with capacity building efforts of Taiwan. 

6 (d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 516(c)(2) of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

9 2321j(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and to the 

10 Philippines’’ and inserting ‘‘, to the Philippines, and 

11 to Taiwan’’. 

12 (2) TREATMENT OF TAIWAN.—With respect to 

13 the transfer of excess defense articles under section 

14 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

15 amended by paragraph (1), Taiwan shall receive the 

16 same benefits as the other countries referred to in 

17 such section. 

18 SEC. 210. FAST-TRACKING SALES TO TAIWAN UNDER THE 

19 FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM. 

20 (a) PRIORITIZED PROCESSING OF FOREIGN MILI21 TARY SALES REQUESTS FROM TAIWAN.—The Secretary 

22 of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense 

23 shall appropriately prioritize and expedite the processing 

24 of requests from Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales 


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1 program and may not delay the processing of such re2 quests for bundling purposes. 

3 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there5 after for the following 10 years, the Secretary of State, 

6 in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 

7 a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that 

8 describes the steps that have been taken to carry out sub9 section (a). 

10 SEC. 211. WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT DETERRENCE MEAS11 URES TO RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUB12 LIC OF CHINA’S FORCE AGAINST TAIWAN. 

13 (a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

15 thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, 

16 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, 

17 the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of National Intel18 ligence, and any other relevant heads of Federal depart19 ments and agencies shall provide a detailed briefing to the 

20 appropriate committees of Congress regarding— 

21 (1) all available economic, diplomatic, and other 

22 strategic measures to deter the use of force by the 

23 People’s Republic of China, including coercion, grey24 zone tactics, assertions, shows of force, quarantines, 


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1 embargoes, or other measures to change the status 

2 quo of Taiwan; 

3 (2) efforts by the United States Government to 

4 deter the use of force by the People’s Republic of 

5 China to change the status quo of Taiwan; and 

6 (3) progress to date of all coordination efforts 

7 between the United States Government and its allies 

8 and partners with respect to deterring the use of 

9 force to change the status quo of Taiwan. 

10 (b) COORDINATED CONSEQUENCES WITH ALLIES

11 AND PARTNERS.—The Secretary of State shall coordinate 

12 with United States allies and partners to identify and de13 velop significant economic, diplomatic, and other measures 

14 to deter the use of force by the People’s Republic of China 

15 to change the status quo of Taiwan. 

16 SEC. 212. INCREASE IN ANNUAL WAR RESERVES STOCK17 PILE ADDITIONS AND SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(b)(2)(A)) 

20 is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and all that fol21 lows and inserting ‘‘$500,000,000 for any of the fiscal 

22 years 2023, 2024, or 2025.’’. 

23 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to section 514 of the 

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1 President may establish a war reserve stockpile for Tai2 wan that consists primarily of munitions. 

3 (c) INCLUSION OF TAIWAN AMONG OTHER ALLIES

4 ELIGIBLE FOR DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Chapter 2 of part 

5 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 

6 et seq.) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 514(c)(2) (22 U.S.C. 

8 2321h(c)(2)), by inserting ‘‘Taiwan,’’ after ‘‘Thai9 land,’’; and 

10 (2) in section 516(c)(2) (22 U.S.C. 

11 2321j(c)(2)), by inserting ‘‘to Taiwan,’’ after ‘‘major 

12 non-NATO allies on such southern and southeastern 

13 flank,’’. 

14 (d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

16 for 7 years, the President shall provide a briefing to the 

17 appropriate committees of Congress regarding the status 

18 of a war reserve stockpile established under subsection (b). 

19 SEC. 213. DESIGNATION OF TAIWAN AS A MAJOR NON-NATO 

20 ALLY. 

21 Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

22 (22 U.S.C. 2321k) is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Taiwan is designated as a 

2 major non-NATO ally for purposes of this Act, the 

3 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), 

4 and section 2350a of title 10, United States Code. 

5 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF DESIGNA6 TION.—The President shall notify Congress in ac7 cordance with subsection (a)(2) before terminating 

8 the designation specified in paragraph (1).’’. 

9 TITLE III—COUNTERING PEO10 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S 

11 AGGRESSION AND INFLU12 ENCE CAMPAIGNS 

13 SEC. 301. STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO INFLUENCE AND IN14 FORMATION OPERATIONS TARGETING TAI15 WAN. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

18 shall develop and implement a strategy to respond to— 

19 (1) the Chinese Communist Party’s United 

20 Front; and 

21 (2) information and disinformation campaigns, 

22 cyber attacks, and nontraditional propaganda meas23 ures supported by the Government of the People’s 

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1 Party that are directed toward persons or entities in 

2 Taiwan. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub4 section (a) shall include— 

5 (1) the development of a response to propa6 ganda and disinformation campaigns by the People’s 

7 Republic of China and cyber-intrusions targeting 

8 Taiwan, including— 

9 (A) assistance in building the capacity of 

10 the Government of Taiwan and private-sector 

11 entities to document and expose propaganda 

12 and disinformation supported by the Govern13 ment of the People’s Republic of China, the 

14 Chinese Communist Party, or affiliated entities; 

15 (B) assistance to enhance the Government 

16 of Taiwan’s ability to develop a whole-of-govern17 ment strategy to respond to sharp power oper18 ations, including election interference; and 

19 (C) media training for Taiwan officials and 

20 other Taiwan entities targeted by 

21 disinformation campaigns; 

22 (2) the development of a response to political 

23 influence operations that includes an assessment of 

24 the extent of influence exerted by the Government of 

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1 Communist Party in Taiwan on local political par2 ties, financial institutions, media organizations, and 

3 other entities; 

4 (3) support for exchanges and other technical 

5 assistance to strengthen the Taiwan legal system’s 

6 ability to respond to sharp power operations; and 

7 (4) the establishment of a coordinated partner8 ship, through the American Institute in Taiwan’s 

9 Global Cooperation and Training Framework, with 

10 like-minded governments to share data and best 

11 practices with the Government of Taiwan regarding 

12 ways to address sharp power operations supported 

13 by the Government of the People’s Republic of 

14 China and the Chinese Communist Party. 

15 SEC. 302. STRATEGY TO COUNTER ECONOMIC COERCION 

16 BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAR17 GETING COUNTRIES AND ENTITIES THAT 

18 SUPPORT TAIWAN. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

21 thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State 

22 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

23 a description of the strategy being used by the Depart24 ment of State to respond to the Government of the Peo25 ple’s Republic of China’s increased economic coercion 


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1 against countries which have strengthened their ties with, 

2 or support for, Taiwan. 

3 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES AND ENTITIES

4 TARGETED BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR

5 ECONOMIC COERCION.—The Department of State, the 

6 United States Agency for International Development, the 

7 United States International Development Finance Cor8 poration, the Department of Commerce and the Depart9 ment of the Treasury shall provide appropriate assistance 

10 to countries and entities that are subject to trade restric11 tions and other forms of economic coercion by the People’s 

12 Republic of China to support its supply chain resilience 

13 and other economic measures in response to the trade re14 strictions imposed by China. 

15 TITLE IV—INCLUSION OF TAI16 WAN IN INTERNATIONAL OR17 GANIZATIONS 

18 SEC. 401. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL 

19 ORGANIZATIONS. 

20 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

21 United States to promote Taiwan’s inclusion and mean22 ingful participation in meetings held by international orga23 nizations. 

24 (b) SUPPORT FOR MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION.— 

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1 United Nations and other relevant United States officials 

2 should actively support Taiwan’s meaningful participation 

3 in all appropriate international organizations. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

6 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit7 tees that— 

8 (1) describes the People’s Republic of China’s 

9 efforts at the United Nations and other international 

10 bodies to block Taiwan’s meaningful participation 

11 and inclusion; and 

12 (2) recommends appropriate responses that 

13 should be taken by the United States to carry out 

14 the policy described in subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 402. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE INTER-AMER16 ICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that— 

18 (1) the United States fully supports Taiwan’s 

19 participation in, and contribution to, international 

20 organizations and understands the importance of the 

21 relationship between Taiwan and the United States; 

22 (2) diversifying the donor base of the Inter23 American Development Bank (referred to in this 

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1 in the Western Hemisphere reinforces United States 

2 national interests; 

3 (3) Taiwan’s significant contribution to the de4 velopment and economies of Latin America and the 

5 Caribbean demonstrate that Taiwan’s membership 

6 in the IDB as a non-borrowing member would ben7 efit the IDB and the entire Latin American and 

8 Caribbean region; and 

9 (4) non-borrowing membership in the IDB 

10 would allow Taiwan to substantially leverage and 

11 channel the immense resources Taiwan already pro12 vides to Latin America and the Caribbean to reach 

13 a larger number of beneficiaries. 

14 SEC. 403. PLAN FOR TAIWAN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE 

15 INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. 

16 The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec17 retary of the Treasury, is authorized— 

18 (1) to initiate a United States plan to endorse 

19 non-borrowing IDB membership for Taiwan; and 

20 (2) to instruct the United States Governor of 

21 the IDB to work with the IDB Board of Governors 

22 to admit Taiwan as a non-borrowing member of the 

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1 SEC. 404. REPORT CONCERNING MEMBER STATE STATUS 

2 FOR TAIWAN AT THE INTER-AMERICAN DE3 VELOPMENT BANK. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, and not later than April 1 of each year 

6 thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 

7 Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit an unclassified re8 port to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

9 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

10 Representatives that— 

11 (1) describes the United States plan to endorse 

12 and obtain non-borrowing membership status for 

13 Taiwan at the IDB; 

14 (2) includes an account of the efforts made by 

15 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

16 Treasury to encourage IDB member states to pro17 mote Taiwan’s bid to obtain non-borrowing member18 ship at the IDB; and 

19 (3) identifies the steps that the Secretary of 

20 State and the Secretary of the Treasury will take to 

21 endorse and obtain non-borrowing membership sta22 tus for Taiwan at the IDB in the following year. 


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1 SEC. 405. CLARIFICATION REGARDING UNITED NATIONS 

2 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2758 

3 (XXVI). 

4 Section 2(a) of the Taiwan Allies International Pro5 tection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 

6 (Public Law 116–135) (relating to diplomatic relations 

7 with Taiwan) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(10) United Nations General Assembly Reso10 lution 2758 (1971)— 

11 ‘‘(A) established the representatives of the 

12 Government of the People’s Republic of China 

13 as the only lawful representatives of China to 

14 the United Nations; 

15 ‘‘(B) did not address the issue of represen16 tation of Taiwan and its people in the United 

17 Nations or in any related organizations; and 

18 ‘‘(C) did not take a position on the rela19 tionship between the People’s Republic of China 

20 and Taiwan or include any statement pertaining 

21 to Taiwan’s sovereignty. 

22 ‘‘(11) The United States opposes any initiative 

23 that seeks to change Taiwan’s status without the 

24 consent of the people of Taiwan.’’. 


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1 TITLE V—ENHANCED DEVELOP2 MENT AND ECONOMIC CO3 OPERATION BETWEEN THE 

4 UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

5 SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress makes the following findings: 

7 (1) Taiwan has been an important trading part8 ner of the United States for many years, accounting 

9 for $114,000,000,000 in two-way trade in 2021. 

10 (2) Taiwan has demonstrated the capacity to 

11 hold a strong economic partnership with the United 

12 States. Along with a robust trading profile of goods 

13 and services, Taiwan supports an estimated 208,000 

14 American jobs, a number that will only increase with 

15 a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement. 

16 (3) In addition to supplementing United States 

17 goods and services, Taiwan is a reliable partner in 

18 many of our Nation’s industries, which is not only 

19 critical for diversifying our Nation’s supply chains, 

20 but is also essential to reducing our Nation’s reli21 ance on other countries, such as China, who seek to 

22 leverage supply chain inefficiencies in their path to 

23 regional and global dominance. Such diversification 

24 of our Nation’s supply chain is critical to United 

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1 (4) The challenges to establishing an agreement 

2 with Taiwan, such as reaching an agreement on ag3 ricultural standards, will not prevent the completion 

4 of a bilateral trade agreement. Taiwan has already 

5 taken steps to further the progress towards such an 

6 agreement by announcing its intent to lift their re7 strictions on United States pork and beef products, 

8 which will greatly increase the accessibility of Amer9 ican farmers and ranchers to Taiwan markets. In 

10 light of this important development, the United 

11 States should immediately move forward with sub12 stantial negotiations for a comprehensive bilateral 

13 trade agreement with Taiwan. 

14 (5) A free and open Indo-Pacific is a goal that 

15 needs to be actively pursued to counter China’s use 

16 of unfair trading practices and other policies to ad17 vance its economic dominance in the Indo-Pacific re18 gion. An agreement with Taiwan would— 

19 (A) help the United States accomplish this 

20 goal by building a network of like-minded gov21 ernments dedicated to fair competition and 

22 open markets that are free from government 

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1 (B) serve as a signal to other nations that 

2 Taiwan is a viable partner that is open for busi3 ness. 

4 (6) Since November 2020, Taiwan and the 

5 United States have engaged in the U.S.-Taiwan Eco6 nomic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue, covering a 

7 broad range of economic issues including— 

8 (A) 5G networks and telecommunications 

9 security; 

10 (B) supply chains resiliency; 

11 (C) infrastructure cooperation; 

12 (D) renewable energy; 

13 (E) global heath; and 

14 (F) science and technology. 

15 (7) A trade agreement between the United 

16 States and Taiwan would promote security and eco17 nomic growth for the United States, Taiwan, and 

18 the entire Indo-Pacific region. 

19 (8) Leaving Taiwan out of the conversation on 

20 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework would— 

21 (A) create significant distortions for the 

22 structure of the regional and global economic 

23 architecture; and 

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1 SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A FREE TRADE AGREE2 MENT WITH TAIWAN, THE INDO-PACIFIC ECO3 NOMIC FRAMEWORK, AND CBP 

4 PRECLEARANCE. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the United States Trade Representative 

7 should resume meetings under the United States 

8 and Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework 

9 Agreement with the goal of reaching a bilateral free 

10 trade agreement with Taiwan; 

11 (2) the United States Trade Representative and 

12 the Secretary of Commerce should undertake efforts 

13 to assure Taiwan’s engagement and participation in 

14 the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework; and 

15 (3) the United States should utilize and expand 

16 Preclearance programs to meet the needs of the 

17 United States travel and tourism industry, including 

18 by prioritizing the establishment of Preclearance fa19 cilities with Indo-Pacific allies and partners, includ20 ing Taiwan. 


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1 TITLE VI—SUPPORTING UNITED 

2 STATES EDUCATIONAL AND 

3 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH 

4 TAIWAN 

5 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Fellowship 

7 Act’’. 

8 SEC. 602. FINDINGS. 

9 Congress makes the following findings: 

10 (1) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

11 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) affirmed United States 

12 policy ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, close, and 

13 friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations be14 tween the people of the United States and the people 

15 on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China main16 land and all other peoples of the Western Pacific 

17 area’’. 

18 (2) Consistent with the Asia Reassurance Ini19 tiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409), the 

20 United States has grown its strategic partnership 

21 with Taiwan’s vibrant democracy of 23,000,000 peo22 ple. 

23 (3) Despite a concerted campaign by the Peo24 ple’s Republic of China to isolate Taiwan from its 

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1 tions, including the World Health Organization, Tai2 wan has emerged as a global leader in the 

3 coronavirus global pandemic response, including by 

4 donating more than 2,000,000 surgical masks and 

5 other medical equipment to the United States. 

6 (4) The creation of a United States fellowship 

7 program with Taiwan would support a key priority 

8 of expanding people-to-people exchanges, which was 

9 outlined in the President’s 2017 National Security 

10 Strategy. 

11 SEC. 603. PURPOSES. 

12 The purposes of this title are— 

13 (1) to further strengthen the United States-Tai14 wan strategic partnership and broaden under15 standing of the Indo-Pacific region by temporarily 

16 assigning officials of any branch of the United 

17 States Government to Taiwan for intensive study in 

18 Mandarin and placement as Fellows with the gov19 erning authorities on Taiwan or a Taiwanese civic 

20 institution; 

21 (2) to provide for eligible United States per22 sonnel— 

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1 (B) to expand their understanding of the 

2 political economy of Taiwan and the Indo-Pa3 cific region; and 

4 (3) to better position the United States to ad5 vance its economic, security, and human rights in6 terests and values in the Indo-Pacific region. 

7 SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this title: 

9 (1) AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘‘agency head’’ 

10 means— 

11 (A) with respect to the executive branch of 

12 United States Government or an agency of the 

13 legislative branch other than the Senate or the 

14 House of Representatives, the head of the re15 spective agency; 

16 (B) with respect to the judicial branch of 

17 United States Government, the chief judge of 

18 the respective court; 

19 (C) with respect to the Senate, the Presi20 dent pro tempore, in consultation with the ma21 jority leader and the minority leader of the Sen22 ate; and 

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1 sultation with the majority leader and the mi2 nority leader of the House of Representatives. 

3 (2) AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERN4 MENT.—The term ‘‘agency of the United States 

5 Government’’ includes— 

6 (A) any agency of the legislative branch; 

7 (B) any court of the judicial branch; and 

8 (C) any agency of the executive branch. 

9 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

13 the Senate; 

14 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

15 the Senate; 

16 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

17 the House of Representatives; and 

18 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives. 

20 (4) DETAILEE.—The term ‘‘detailee’’— 

21 (A) means an employee of a branch of the 

22 United States Government who is on loan to 

23 the American Institute in Taiwan, without a 

24 change of position from the agency at which he 

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1 (B) does not include employees of the leg2 islative branch, who may separate from their 

3 branch in order to fulfill the terms of their fel4 lowship pursuant to section 607(g). 

5 (5) IMPLEMENTING PARTNER.—The term ‘‘im6 plementing partner’’ means any United States orga7 nization described in 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev8 enue Code of 1986 that— 

9 (A) performs logistical, administrative, and 

10 other functions, as determined by the Depart11 ment of State and the American Institute of 

12 Taiwan in support of the Taiwan Fellowship 

13 Program; and 

14 (B) enters into a cooperative agreement 

15 with the American Institute in Taiwan to ad16 minister the Taiwan Fellowship Program. 

17 (6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

18 the Taiwan Fellowship Program established pursu19 ant to section 605. 

20 SEC. 605. TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State— 

22 (1) shall establish the Taiwan Fellowship Pro23 gram to provide eligible United States citizens with 

24 fellowship opportunities in Taiwan lasting up to 2 

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1 (2) may modify the name of the Program, in 

2 consultation with the American Institute in Taiwan 

3 and the implementing partner. 

4 (b) GRANTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The American Institute in 

6 Taiwan should use amounts appropriated pursuant 

7 to section 608(a) to provide annual or multi-year 

8 grants to an appropriate implementing partner. 

9 (2) FELLOWSHIPS.—The Secretary of State, in 

10 consultation with the American Institute in Taiwan 

11 and, as appropriate, the implementing partner, sub12 ject to available funding, should award to eligible 

13 United States citizens— 

14 (A) not fewer than 5 fellowships during 

15 each of the first 2 years of the Program; and 

16 (B) not fewer than 10 fellowships during 

17 each of the remaining years of the Program. 

18 (c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; IMPLEMENTING

19 PARTNER.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act, the American Institute in Taiwan, 

21 in consultation with the Secretary of State, should— 

22 (1) begin negotiations with the Taipei Economic 

23 and Cultural Representative Office, or with another 

24 appropriate entity, for the purpose of entering into 

25 an agreement to facilitate the placement of fellows 


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1 in an agency of the governing authorities on Taiwan; 

2 and 

3 (2) begin the process of selecting an imple4 menting partner, which— 

5 (A) shall agree to meet all of the legal re6 quirements required to operate in Taiwan; and 

7 (B) shall be composed of staff who dem8 onstrate significant experience managing ex9 change programs in the Indo-Pacific region. 

10 (d) CURRICULUM.— 

11 (1) FIRST YEAR.—During the first year of each 

12 fellowship under this section, each fellow should 

13 study— 

14 (A) the Mandarin Chinese language; 

15 (B) the people, history, and political cli16 mate on Taiwan; and 

17 (C) the issues affecting the relationship be18 tween the United States and the Indo-Pacific 

19 region. 

20 (2) SECOND YEAR.—During the second year of 

21 each fellowship under this section, each fellow, sub22 ject to the approval of the Secretary of State, the 

23 American Institute in Taiwan, and the implementing 

24 partner, and in accordance with the purposes of this 

25 title, shall work in— 


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1 (A) a parliamentary office, ministry, or 

2 other agency of the governing authorities on 

3 Taiwan; or 

4 (B) an organization outside of the gov5 erning authorities on Taiwan, whose interests 

6 are associated with the interests of the fellow 

7 and the agency of the United States Govern8 ment from which the fellow had been employed. 

9 (e) FLEXIBLE FELLOWSHIP DURATION.—Notwith10 standing any requirement under this section, the Sec11 retary of State, in consultation with the American Insti12 tute in Taiwan and, as appropriate, the implementing 

13 partner, may alter the curriculum requirements under 

14 subsection (d) for fellows whose placement in a parliamen15 tary office, ministry, or other agency of the governing au16 thorities on Taiwan is for a period shorter than 2 years. 

17 (f) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

18 (1) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—A United 

19 States citizen is eligible for a fellowship under this 

20 section if he or she— 

21 (A) is an employee of the United States 

22 Government; 

23 (B) has at least 2 years of experience in 

24 any branch of the United States Government; 


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1 (C) has a demonstrated professional or 

2 educational background in the relationship be3 tween the United States and countries in the 

4 Indo-Pacific region; and 

5 (D) has demonstrated his or her commit6 ment to further service in the United States 

7 Government. 

8 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF FELLOWS.—Each re9 cipient of a fellowship under this section shall agree, 

10 as a condition of such fellowship— 

11 (A) to maintain satisfactory progress in 

12 language training and appropriate behavior in 

13 Taiwan, as determined by the Department of 

14 State, the American Institute in Taiwan and, as 

15 appropriate, its implementing partner; 

16 (B) to refrain from engaging in any intel17 ligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf 

18 of the United States Government; and 

19 (C) to continue Federal Government em20 ployment for a period of not shorter than 4 

21 years after the conclusion of the fellowship or 

22 for not shorter than 2 years for a fellowship 

23 that is 1 year or shorter. 

24 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF IMPLEMENTING

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1 (A) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—The imple2 menting partner, in close coordination with the 

3 Department of State and the American Insti4 tute in Taiwan, shall— 

5 (i) make efforts to recruit fellowship 

6 candidates who reflect the diversity of the 

7 United States; 

8 (ii) select fellows for the Taiwan Fel9 lowship Program based solely on merit, 

10 with appropriate supervision from the De11 partment of State and the American Insti12 tute in Taiwan; and 

13 (iii) prioritize the selection of can14 didates willing to serve a fellowship lasting 

15 1 year or longer. 

16 (B) FIRST YEAR.—The implementing part17 ner should provide each fellow in the first year 

18 (or shorter duration, as jointly determined by 

19 the Department of State and the American In20 stitute in Taiwan for those who are not serving 

21 a 2-year fellowship) with— 

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1 (ii) courses in the political economy of 

2 Taiwan, China, and the broader Indo-Pa3 cific. 

4 (C) WAIVER OF REQUIRED TRAINING.— 

5 The Department of State, in coordination with 

6 the American Institute in Taiwan and, as ap7 propriate, the implementing partner, may waive 

8 any of the training required under paragraph 

9 (2) to the extent that a fellow has Mandarin 

10 language skills, knowledge of the topic de11 scribed in paragraph (2)(B), or for other re12 lated reasons approved by the Department of 

13 State and the American Institute in Taiwan. If 

14 any of the training requirements are waived for 

15 a fellow serving a 2-year fellowship, the training 

16 portion of his or her fellowship may be short17 ened to the extent appropriate. 

18 (D) OFFICE; STAFFING.—The imple19 menting partner, in consultation with the De20 partment of State and the American Institute 

21 in Taiwan, shall maintain an office and at least 

22 1 full-time staff member in Taiwan— 

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1 (ii) to serve as the primary in-country 

2 point of contact for the recipients of fellow3 ships under this Act and their dependents. 

4 (E) OTHER FUNCTIONS.—The imple5 menting partner shall perform other functions 

6 in association in support of the Taiwan Fellow7 ship Program, including logistical and adminis8 trative functions, as prescribed by the Depart9 ment of State and the American Institute in 

10 Taiwan. 

11 (4) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any fellow who fails to 

13 comply with the requirements under this section 

14 shall reimburse the American Institute in Tai15 wan for— 

16 (i) the Federal funds expended for the 

17 fellow’s participation in the fellowship, as 

18 set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3); and 

19 (ii) interest accrued on such funds 

20 (calculated at the prevailing rate). 

21 (B) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fellow 

22 who violates paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

23 (b) shall reimburse the American Institute in 

24 Taiwan in an amount equal to the sum of— 


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1 (i) all of the Federal funds expended 

2 for the fellow’s participation in the fellow3 ship; and 

4 (ii) interest on the amount specified in 

5 subparagraph (A), which shall be cal6 culated at the prevailing rate. 

7 (C) PRO RATA REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fel8 low who violates subsection (b)(3) shall reim9 burse the American Institute in Taiwan in an 

10 amount equal to the difference between— 

11 (i) the amount specified in paragraph 

12 (2); and 

13 (ii) the product of— 

14 (I) the amount the fellow re15 ceived in compensation during the 

16 final year of the fellowship, including 

17 the value of any allowances and bene18 fits received by the fellow; multiplied 

19 by 

20 (II) the percentage of the period 

21 specified in subsection (b)(3) during 

22 which the fellow did not remain em23 ployed by the Federal Government. 


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1 SEC. 606. REPORTS AND AUDITS. 

2 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

3 the selection of the first class of fellows under this title, 

4 and annually thereafter, the Department of State shall 

5 offer to brief the appropriate congressional committees re6 garding the following issues: 

7 (1) An assessment of the performance of the 

8 implementing partner in fulfilling the purposes of 

9 this Act. 

10 (2) The names and sponsoring agencies of the 

11 fellows selected by the implementing partner and the 

12 extent to which such fellows represent the diversity 

13 of the United States. 

14 (3) The names of the parliamentary offices, 

15 ministries, other agencies of the governing authori16 ties on Taiwan, and nongovernmental institutions to 

17 which each fellow was assigned during the second 

18 year of the fellowship. 

19 (4) Any recommendations, as appropriate, to 

20 improve the implementation of the Taiwan Fellows 

21 Program, including added flexibilities in the admin22 istration of the program. 

23 (5) An assessment of the Taiwan Fellows Pro24 gram’s value upon the relationship between the 

25 United States and Taiwan or the United States and 

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1 (b) ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The financial records of any 

3 implementing partner shall be audited annually in 

4 accordance with generally accepted auditing stand5 ards by independent certified public accountants or 

6 independent licensed public accountants who are cer7 tified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State 

8 or another political subdivision of the United States. 

9 (2) LOCATION.—Each audit under paragraph 

10 (1) shall be conducted at the place or places where 

11 the financial records of the implementing partner 

12 are normally kept. 

13 (3) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.—The imple14 menting partner shall make available to the account15 ants conducting an audit under paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) all books, financial records, files, other 

17 papers, things, and property belonging to, or in 

18 use by, the implementing partner that are nec19 essary to facilitate the audit; and 

20 (B) full facilities for verifying transactions 

21 with the balances or securities held by deposi22 tories, fiscal agents, and custodians. 

23 (4) REPORT.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 

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1 implementing partner shall provide a report 

2 containing the findings of the audit conducted 

3 for such fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1) 

4 to the Secretary of State and the American In5 stitute in Taiwan. 

6 (B) CONTENTS.—Each audit report under 

7 subparagraph (A) shall— 

8 (i) set forth the scope of the audit; 

9 (ii) include such statements, along 

10 with the auditor’s opinion of those state11 ments, as may be necessary to present fair12 ly the implementing partner’s assets and 

13 liabilities, surplus or deficit, with reason14 able detail; 

15 (iii) include a statement of the imple16 menting partner’s income and expenses 

17 during the year; and 

18 (iv) include a schedule of— 

19 (I) all contracts and grants re20 quiring payments greater than 

21 $5,000; and 

22 (II) any payments of compensa23 tion, salaries, or fees at a rate greater 

24 than $5,000 per year. 


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1 (C) COPIES.—Each audit report under 

2 subparagraph (A) shall be produced in suffi3 cient copies for distribution to the public. 

4 SEC. 607. TAIWAN FELLOWS ON DETAIL FROM GOVERN5 MENT SERVICE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 (1) DETAIL AUTHORIZED.—With the approval 

8 of the Secretary of State, an agency head may de9 tail, for a period of not more than 2 years, an em10 ployee of the agency of the United States Govern11 ment who has been awarded a fellowship under this 

12 title, to the American Institute in Taiwan for the 

13 purpose of assignment to the governing authorities 

14 on Taiwan or an organization described in section 

15 605(d)(2)(B). 

16 (2) AGREEMENT.—Each detailee or legislative 

17 branch employee who separates from service of the 

18 sponsoring agency shall enter into a written agree19 ment with the Federal Government before receiving 

20 a fellowship, in which the fellow shall agree— 

21 (A) to continue in the service of the spon22 soring agency at the end of fellowship for a pe23 riod of at least 4 years (or at least 2 years if 

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1 less the detailee is involuntarily separated from 

2 the service of such agency; and 

3 (B) to pay to the American Institute in 

4 Taiwan any additional expenses incurred by the 

5 Federal Government in connection with the fel6 lowship if the detailee voluntarily separates 

7 from service with the sponsoring agency before 

8 the end of the period for which the detailee has 

9 agreed to continue in the service of such agen10 cy. 

11 (3) EXCEPTION.—The payment agreed to under 

12 paragraph (2)(B) may not be required from— 

13 (A) a detailee who leaves the service of the 

14 sponsoring agency to enter into the service of 

15 another agency of the United States Govern16 ment unless the head of the sponsoring agency 

17 notifies the detailee before the effective date of 

18 entry into the service of the other agency that 

19 payment will be required under this subsection; 

20 or 

21 (B) a legislative branch employee who sep22 arates from service of such agency to partici23 pate in the fellowship. 

24 (b) STATUS AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.—A 

25 detailee— 


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1 (1) is deemed, for the purpose of preserving al2 lowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other ben3 efits, to be an employee of the sponsoring agency; 

4 (2) is entitled to pay, allowances, and benefits 

5 from funds available to such agency, which is 

6 deemed to comply with section 5536 of title 5, 

7 United States Code; and 

8 (3) may be assigned to a position with an entity 

9 described in section 605(d)(2)(A) if acceptance of 

10 such position does not involve— 

11 (A) the taking of an oath of allegiance to 

12 another government; or 

13 (B) the acceptance of compensation or 

14 other benefits from any foreign government by 

15 such detailee. 

16 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPONSORING AGENCY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal agency from 

18 which a detailee is detailed should provide the fellow 

19 allowances and benefits that are consistent with De20 partment of State Standardized Regulations or other 

21 applicable rules and regulations, including— 

22 (A) a living quarters allowance to cover the 

23 cost of housing in Taiwan; 

24 (B) a cost of living allowance to cover any 

25 possible higher costs of living in Taiwan; 


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1 (C) a temporary quarters subsistence al2 lowance for up to 7 days if the fellow is unable 

3 to find housing immediately upon arriving in 

4 Taiwan; 

5 (D) an education allowance to assist par6 ents in providing the fellow’s minor children 

7 with educational services ordinarily provided 

8 without charge by public schools in the United 

9 States; 

10 (E) moving expenses to transport personal 

11 belongings of the fellow and his or her family 

12 in their move to Taiwan, which is comparable 

13 to the allowance given for American Institute in 

14 Taiwan employees assigned to Taiwan; and 

15 (F) an economy-class airline ticket to and 

16 from Taiwan for each fellow and the fellow’s 

17 immediate family. 

18 (2) MODIFICATION OF BENEFITS.—The Amer19 ican Institute in Taiwan and its implementing part20 ner, with the approval of the Secretary of State, may 

21 modify the benefits set forth in paragraph (1) if 

22 such modification is warranted by fiscal cir23 cumstances. 

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1 erning authorities on Taiwan or nongovernmental entities 

2 in Taiwan at which a fellow is detailed during the second 

3 year of the fellowship may not be held responsible for the 

4 pay, allowances, or any other benefit normally provided 

5 to the detailee. 

6 (e) REIMBURSEMENT.—Fellows may be detailed 

7 under subsection (a)(1) without reimbursement to the 

8 United States by the American Institute in Taiwan. 

9 (f) ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS.—Detailees and 

10 legislative branch fellows who separate from service to par11 ticipate in the fellowship may be paid by the American 

12 Institute in Taiwan for the allowances and benefits listed 

13 in subsection (c). 

14 (g) SEPARATION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH PER15 SONNEL DURING THE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under such terms and con17 ditions as the agency head may direct, a legislative 

18 branch agency of the United States Government 

19 may separate from Government service for a speci20 fied period any officer or employee of such agency 

21 who accepts a fellowship under the Taiwan Fellow22 ship Program and is not a detailee under subsection 

23 (a). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec2 tion 8347(o), 8713, or 8914 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, and in accordance with regulations 

4 of the Office of Personnel Management, a legis5 lative branch employee, while serving as a fellow 

6 who is not a detailee under subsection (a), is 

7 entitled to the rights and benefits described in 

8 subsections (a) and (d) of section 3582 of title 

9 5, United States Code. 

10 (B) REIMBURSEMENT.—The American In11 stitute in Taiwan shall reimburse the employing 

12 agency for any costs incurred for fellows under 

13 subsections (a) and (d) of section 3582 of title 

14 5, United States Code, during a fellowship 

15 under this title and may provide any other pay 

16 or allowances to such fellows. 

17 SEC. 608. FUNDING. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated to the American Insti20 tute in Taiwan— 

21 (1) for fiscal year 2023, $2,900,000, of which— 

22 (A) $500,000 shall be used to launch the 

23 Taiwan Fellowship Program through the 

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1 (B) $2,300,000 shall be used for a grant 

2 to the appropriate implementing partner; and 

3 (C) $100,000 shall be used for manage4 ment expenses of the American Institute in Tai5 wan related to the management of the Taiwan 

6 Fellowship Program; and 

7 (2) for fiscal year 2023, and each succeeding 

8 fiscal year, $2,400,000, of which— 

9 (A) $2,300,000 shall be used for a grant 

10 to the appropriate implementing partner; and 

11 (B) $100,000 shall be used for manage12 ment expenses of the American Institute in Tai13 wan related to the management of the Taiwan 

14 Fellowship Program. 

15 (b) PRIVATE SOURCES.—The implementing partner 

16 selected to implement the Taiwan Fellowship Program 

17 may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of serv18 ices or property in carrying out such program, subject to 

19 the review and approval of the American Institute in Tai20 wan. 

21 SEC. 609. SUPPORTING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND 

22 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH TAIWAN. 

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1 retary of State should consider establishing an inde2 pendent nonprofit entity that— 

3 (1) is dedicated to deepening ties between the 

4 future leaders of Taiwan and the future leaders of 

5 the United States; and 

6 (2) works with State and local school districts 

7 and educational institutions to send high school and 

8 university students to Taiwan to study the Chinese 

9 language, culture, history, politics, and other rel10 evant subjects. 

11 (b) PARTNER.—State and local school districts and 

12 educational institutions, including public universities, are 

13 encouraged to partner with the Taipei Economic and Cul14 tural Representative Office in the United States to estab15 lish programs to promote more educational and cultural 

16 exchanges. 

17 TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 701. INVITATION OF TAIWANESE COUNTERPARTS TO 

20 HIGH-LEVEL BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL 

21 FORUMS AND EXERCISES. 

22 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

23 United States to invite Taiwanese counterparts to partici24 pate in high-level bilateral and multilateral summits, mili25 tary exercises, and economic dialogues and forums. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that— 

3 (1) the United States Government should invite 

4 Taiwan to regional dialogues on issues of mutual 

5 concern; 

6 (2) the United States Government and Tai7 wanese counterparts should resume meetings under 

8 the United States-Taiwan Trade and Investment 

9 Framework Agreement and reach a bilateral free 

10 trade agreement; 

11 (3) the United States Government should invite 

12 Taiwan to participate in bilateral and multilateral 

13 military training exercises; 

14 (4) the United States Government and Tai15 wanese counterparts should engage in a regular and 

16 routine strategic bilateral dialogue on arms sales in 

17 accordance with Foreign Military Sales mechanisms; 

18 and 

19 (5) the United States Government should sup20 port export licenses for direct commercial sales sup21 porting Taiwan’s indigenous defensive capabilities. 

22 SEC. 702. REPORT ON TAIWAN TRAVEL ACT. 

23 (a) LIST OF HIGH-LEVEL VISITS.—Not later than 

24 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

25 annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in accordance 


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1 with the Taiwan Travel Act (Public Law 115–135), shall 

2 submit to the appropriate congressional committees— 

3 (1) a list of high-level officials from the United 

4 States Government who have traveled to Taiwan; 

5 and 

6 (2) a list of high-level officials of Taiwan who 

7 have entered the United States. 

8 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there10 after, the Secretary of State shall submit a report on the 

11 implementation of the Taiwan Travel Act to the appro12 priate congressional committees. 

13 SEC. 703. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNDERMINING UNITED 

14 STATES POLICY REGARDING TAIWAN. 

15 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the efforts by the 

16 Government of the People’s Republic of China and the 

17 Chinese Communist Party to compel private United States 

18 businesses, corporations, and nongovernmental entities to 

19 use language mandated by the People’s Republic of China 

20 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘PRC’’) to describe the 

21 relationship between Taiwan and the PRC are an illegit22 imate attempt to enforce political censorship globally. 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con24 gress that the United States Government, in coordination 

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1 ties, should formulate a code of conduct for, and otherwise 

2 coordinate on, interacting with the Government of the 

3 PRC and the Chinese Communist Party and their affili4 ated entities, the aim of which is— 

5 (1) to counter PRC operations that threaten 

6 free speech, academic freedom, and the normal oper7 ations of United States businesses and nongovern8 mental entities; and 

9 (2) to counter PRC efforts to censor the way 

10 the world refers to issues deemed sensitive to the 

11 PRC Government and Chinese Communist Party 

12 leaders, including issues related to Taiwan, Tibet, 

13 the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and the mass in14 ternment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, 

15 among many other issues. 

16 (c) PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOGNIZING THE PEO17 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S CLAIMS TO SOVEREIGNTY

18 OVER TAIWAN.— 

19 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

20 Congress that— 

21 (A) issues related to the sovereignty of 

22 Taiwan are for the people of Taiwan to decide 

23 through the democratic process they have estab24 lished; 


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1 (B) the dispute between the PRC and Tai2 wan must be resolved peacefully and with the 

3 assent of the people of Taiwan; 

4 (C) the 2 key obstacles to peaceful resolu5 tion are— 

6 (i) the authoritarian nature of the 

7 PRC political system under one-party rule 

8 of the Chinese Communist Party, which is 

9 fundamentally incompatible with Taiwan’s 

10 democracy; and 

11 (ii) the PRC’s pursuit of coercion and 

12 aggression towards Taiwan, in potential 

13 violation of the third United States-PRC 

14 Joint Communiqu ́e, which was completed 

15 on August 17, 1982; and 

16 (D) any attempt to coerce or force the peo17 ple of Taiwan to accept a political arrangement 

18 that would subject them to direct or indirect 

19 rule by the PRC, including a ‘‘one country, two 

20 systems’’ framework, would constitute a grave 

21 challenge to United States security interests in 

22 the region. 

23 (2) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 

24 the United States to oppose any attempt by the 


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1 PRC authorities to unilaterally impose a timetable 

2 or deadline for unification on Taiwan. 

3 (3) PROHIBITION ON RECOGNITION OF PRC

4 CLAIMS WITHOUT THE ASSENT OF PEOPLE OF TAI5 WAN.—No department or agency of the United 

6 States Government may formally or informally rec7 ognize PRC claims to sovereignty over Taiwan with8 out the assent of the people of Taiwan, as expressed 

9 directly through the democratic process. 

10 (4) TREATMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF TAI11 WAN.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Department of 

13 State and other United States Government 

14 agencies shall— 

15 (i) treat the democratically elected 

16 government of Taiwan as the legitimate 

17 representative of the people of Taiwan; and 

18 (ii) end the outdated practice of refer19 ring to the Government in Taiwan as the 

20 ‘‘authorities’’. 

21 (B) NO RESTRICTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

22 the continued supporting role of the American 

23 Institute in Taiwan in carrying out United 

24 States foreign policy and protecting United 

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1 Government may not place any undue restric2 tions on the ability of officials of the Depart3 ment of State and other United States Govern4 ment agencies from interacting directly and 

5 routinely with counterparts in the Taiwan gov6 ernment. 

7 (C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

8 this paragraph may be construed as— 

9 (i) restoring diplomatic relations with 

10 the Republic of China (Taiwan), which 

11 were terminated on January 1, 1979; or 

12 (ii) altering the United States Govern13 ment’s position on Taiwan’s international 

14 status. 

15 (d) STRATEGY TO PROTECT UNITED STATES BUSI16 NESSES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FROM COER17 CION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Com21 merce, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads 

22 of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit an 

23 unclassified report, with a classified annex, if nec24 essary, on how to protect United States businesses 

25 and nongovernmental entities from PRC operations, 


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1 including coercion and threats that lead to censor2 ship or self-censorship, or which compel compliance 

3 with political or foreign policy positions of the Gov4 ernment of the People’s Republic of China and the 

5 Chinese Communist Party. 

6 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall include— 

7 (A) information regarding efforts by the 

8 PRC Government to censor the websites of 

9 United States airlines, hotels, and other busi10 nesses regarding the relationship between Tai11 wan and the PRC; 

12 (B) information regarding efforts by the 

13 PRC Government to target United States non14 governmental entities through operations in15 tended to weaken support for Taiwan; 

16 (C) information regarding United States 

17 Government efforts to counter the threats posed 

18 by Chinese state-sponsored propaganda and 

19 disinformation, including information on best 

20 practices, current successes, and existing bar21 riers to responding to such threat; and 

22 (D) details of any actions undertaken to 

23 create the code of conduct described in sub24 section (b), including a timetable for the imple25 mentation of such code of conduct. 


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1 TITLE VIII—SANCTIONS MEAS2 URES FOR CROSS-STRAIT 

3 STABILITY 

4 SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this title: 

6 (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 

7 ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 

8 meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Im9 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

10 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON11 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con12 gress’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

14 the Senate; 

15 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

16 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

17 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

18 the House of Representatives; and 

19 (D) the Committee on Financial Services 

20 of the House of Representatives. 

21 (3) CCP.—The term ‘‘CCP’’ means the Chinese 

22 Communist Party. 

23 (4) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi24 nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 

25 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 


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1 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 

2 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

3 (5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

4 term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 

5 given such term in regulations prescribed by the 

6 Secretary of the Treasury. 

7 (6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per8 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

9 United States person. 

10 (7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

11 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

12 means that a person had actual knowledge, or 

13 should have known, of the conduct, the cir14 cumstance, or the result. 

15 (8) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

16 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

17 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law18 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

19 United States; or 

20 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

21 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

22 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

23 such an entity. 


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1 SEC. 802. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITIES 

2 OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IM3 PACTING TAIWAN. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall determine, in 

5 accordance with subsection (b), whether— 

6 (1) the Government of the People’s Republic of 

7 China, including through any of its proxies, is know8 ingly engaged in a significant escalation in hostile 

9 action in or against Taiwan, compared to the level 

10 of hostile action in or against Taiwan before Decem11 ber 1, 2021; and 

12 (2) if such engagement exists, whether such es13 calation has the significant effect of— 

14 (A) undermining, overthrowing, or disman15 tling the governing institutions in Taiwan; 

16 (B) occupying the territory of Taiwan; or 

17 (C) interfering with the territorial integrity 

18 of Taiwan. 

19 (b) TIMING OF DETERMINATIONS.—The President 

20 shall make the determination described in subsection (a)— 

21 (1) not later than 15 days after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act; 

23 (2) after the first determination under para24 graph (1), not less frequently than once every 90 

25 days (or more frequently, if warranted) during the 


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1 1-year period beginning on such date of enactment; 

2 and 

3 (3) after the end of such 1-year period, not less 

4 frequently than once every 120 days. 

5 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Upon making a determina6 tion described in subsection (a), the President shall submit 

7 a report describing the factors influencing such determina8 tion to— 

9 (1) the appropriate committees of Congress; 

10 (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

11 Senate; and 

12 (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 SEC. 803. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON OFFICIALS OF 

15 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB16 LIC OF CHINA RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN 

17 TAIWAN. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after mak19 ing an affirmative determination under section 802, the 

20 President shall, to the extent they can be identified, im21 pose the sanctions described in section 808 with respect 

22 to each of the officials specified in subsection (b). 

23 (b) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 

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1 (1) the President of the People’s Republic of 

2 China; 

3 (2) the Premier of the People’s Republic of 

4 China; 

5 (3) the Foreign Minister of the People’s Repub6 lic of China; 

7 (4) members of the CCP Politburo Standing 

8 Committee; 

9 (5) members of the CCP Party Central Military 

10 Commission; 

11 (6) members of the CCP Politburo; 

12 (7) members of the CCP Central Committee; 

13 (8) members of the CCP National Congress; 

14 (9) members of the State Council of the Peo15 ple’s Republic of China; and 

16 (10) members of the State Central Military 

17 Commission of the CCP. 

18 (c) ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS.— 

19 (1) LIST REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

20 after making an affirmative determination under 

21 section 802 and every 90 days thereafter, the Presi22 dent shall submit a list to the appropriate commit23 tees of Congress that identifies any foreign persons 

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1 (A) are— 

2 (i) senior officials of any branch of 

3 the armed forces of the People’s Republic 

4 of China leading any of the operations de5 scribed in section 802; or 

6 (ii) senior officials of the Government 

7 of the People’s Republic of China, includ8 ing any intelligence agencies or security 

9 services of the People’s Republic of China, 

10 who have significant roles in planning or 

11 implementing such operations; and 

12 (B) with respect to which sanctions should 

13 be imposed in the interest of the national secu14 rity of the United States. 

15 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Upon the sub16 mission of each list required under paragraph (1), 

17 the President shall impose the sanctions described in 

18 section 808 with respect to each foreign person in19 cluded on the list. 

20 SEC. 804. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FI21 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S 

22 REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

23 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

25 making an affirmative determination under section 


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1 802, the President shall impose the sanctions de2 scribed in section 808(a) with respect to 3 or more 

3 of the following financial institutions: 

4 (A) Industrial and Commercial Bank of 

5 China (ICBC). 

6 (B) China Construction Bank. 

7 (C) Bank of China. 

8 (D) Agricultural Bank of China. 

9 (E) Bank of Communications. 

10 (F) China Development Bank. 

11 (G) Postal Savings Bank of China 

12 (PSBC). 

13 (H) Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. 

14 (I) China CITIC Bank Corporation. 

15 (J) China Merchants Bank. 

16 (K) Export-Import Bank of China. 

17 (L) Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 

18 Co., Ltd. 

19 (M) China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd. 

20 (N) Hua Xia Bank. 

21 (O) Ping An Bank Co., Ltd. 

22 (2) SUBSIDIARIES AND SUCCESSOR ENTITIES.— 

23 The President may impose the sanctions described 

24 in section 808(a) with respect to any subsidiary of, 


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1 or successor entity to, a financial institution speci2 fied in paragraph (1). 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FI4 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

5 (1) LIST REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

6 after making an affirmative determination under 

7 section 802, and every 90 days thereafter, the Presi8 dent shall submit a list to the appropriate commit9 tees of Congress that identifies any foreign persons 

10 that the President determines— 

11 (A) are significant financial institutions 

12 owned or operated by the Government of the 

13 People’s Republic of China; and 

14 (B) should be sanctioned in the interest of 

15 United States national security. 

16 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Upon the sub17 mission of each list required under paragraph (1), 

18 the President shall impose the sanctions described in 

19 section 808(a) with respect to each foreign person 

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1 SEC. 805. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL MES3 SAGING SERVICES TO SANCTIONED PEOPLE’S 

4 REPUBLIC OF CHINA FINANCIAL INSTITU5 TIONS. 

6 (a) LIST OF PROVIDERS OF SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL

7 MESSAGING SERVICES TO PRC FINANCIAL INSTITU8 TIONS.—Not later than 60 days after making an affirma9 tive determination under section 802, and not later than 

10 30 days after the submission of any list of People’s Repub11 lic of China financial institutions under section 804(b)(1), 

12 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 

13 of the Treasury, shall submit a list to the appropriate com14 mittees of Congress that identifies all known persons that 

15 provide specialized financial messaging services to, or that 

16 enable or facilitate access to such services for, any finan17 cial institution specified in section 804(a) or that is on 

18 the list required under section 804(b). 

19 (b) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO TERMINATE THE PRO20 VISION OF SPECIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERV21 ICES FOR SANCTIONED PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

22 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 

23 the imposition of any sanctions authorized under section 

24 804, and every 30 days thereafter, as necessary, the Sec25 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 


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1 Treasury, shall submit a report to the appropriate com2 mittees of Congress that— 

3 (1) describes the status of efforts to ensure that 

4 the termination of the provision of specialized finan5 cial messaging services to, and the enabling and fa6 cilitation of access to such services for, any financial 

7 institution against which sanctions are imposed pur8 suant to section 804; and 

9 (2) identifies any other provider of specialized 

10 financial messaging services that continues to pro11 vide messaging services to, or enables or facilitates 

12 access to such services for, any such financial insti13 tution. 

14 (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SANC15 TIONS.—If, on or after the date that is 90 days after the 

16 imposition of any sanctions authorized under section 804, 

17 a provider of financial specialized financial messaging 

18 services continues to knowingly provide specialized finan19 cial messaging services to, or knowingly enable or facilitate 

20 direct or indirect access to such messaging services for, 

21 any financial institution with respect to which sanctions 

22 are imposed pursuant to section 804, the President may 

23 impose sanctions pursuant to that section or the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

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1 (d) ENABLING OR FACILITATION OF ACCESS TO SPE2 CIALIZED FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES THROUGH

3 INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—For purposes 

4 of this section, enabling or facilitating direct or indirect 

5 access to specialized financial messaging services includes 

6 doing so by serving as an intermediary financial institu7 tion with access to such messaging services. 

8 (e) FORM OF LISTS AND REPORTS.—Each list re9 quired under subsection (a) and each report required 

10 under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified 

11 form, but may include a classified annex. 

12 SEC. 806. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

13 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA EXTRACTIVE 

14 INDUSTRIES. 

15 (a) IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after 

16 making an affirmative determination under section 802, 

17 the President shall identify foreign persons involved in any 

18 of the sectors or industries described in subsection (b) that 

19 the President determines should be sanctioned in the in20 terest of United States national security. 

21 (b) SECTORS AND INDUSTRIES DESCRIBED.—The 

22 sectors and industries described in this subsection are— 

23 (1) oil and gas extraction and production; 

24 (2) coal extraction, mining, and production; 

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1 (4) any other sector or industry with respect to 

2 which the President determines the imposition of 

3 sanctions is in the United States national security 

4 interest. 

5 (c) LIST; IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Not later 

6 than 90 days after making an affirmative determination 

7 under section 802, the President shall— 

8 (1) submit a list of the persons identified under 

9 subsection (a) to the appropriate committees of Con10 gress; and 

11 (2) impose the sanctions described in section 

12 808 with respect to each such person. 

13 SEC. 807. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi16 dent shall impose the sanctions described in section 808 

17 on any foreign person that the President determines, while 

18 acting for or on behalf of the Government of the People’s 

19 Republic of China, knowingly— 

20 (1) ordered or engaged directly in activities 

21 interfering significantly in a democratic process in 

22 Taiwan; or 

23 (2) with the objective of destabilizing Taiwan, 

24 engaged directly in, or ordered— 

25 (A) malicious cyber-enabled activities; or 


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1 (B) any military exercise that crossed that 

2 ‘‘middle line’’ in the Taiwan Strait. 

3 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica4 tion of sanctions under this section if the President sub5 mits to the appropriate committees of Congress a written 

6 determination that such waiver is in the national interests 

7 of the United States. 

8 SEC. 808. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 

9 (a) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—Except as provided in 

10 section 810, the President shall exercise all of the powers 

11 granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers 

12 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 

13 block and prohibit all transactions in all property and in14 terests in property of the foreign person if such property 

15 and interests in property are in the United States, come 

16 within the United States, or are or come within the posses17 sion or control of a United States person. 

18 (b) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

19 OR PAROLE.— 

20 (1) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In the 

21 case of an alien, the alien is— 

22 (A) inadmissible to the United States; 

23 (B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc24 umentation to enter the United States; and 


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1 (C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 

2 paroled into the United States or to receive any 

3 other benefit under the Immigration and Na4 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

5 (2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other entry 

7 documentation of an alien described in para8 graph (1) shall be revoked, regardless of when 

9 such visa or other entry documentation was 

10 issued. 

11 (B) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation 

12 under subparagraph (A) shall— 

13 (i) take effect immediately; and 

14 (ii) automatically cancel any other 

15 valid visa or entry documentation that is in 

16 the alien’s possession. 

17 SEC. 809. IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS; PENALTIES. 

18 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

19 all authorities provided to the President under sections 

20 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

21 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this 

22 title. 

23 (b) RULEMAKING.—The President shall issue such 

24 regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry 

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1 (c) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, attempts 

2 to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 

3 title, or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 

4 out this title, shall be subject to the penalties set forth 

5 in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter6 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

7 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an 

8 unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

9 SEC. 810. EXCEPTIONS; WAIVER. 

10 (a) EXCEPTIONS.— 

11 (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI12 TIES.—This title shall not apply with respect to— 

13 (A) activities subject to the reporting re14 quirements under title V of the National Secu15 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); or 

16 (B) authorized intelligence activities of the 

17 United States. 

18 (2) EXCEPTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH INTER19 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

20 ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under this title shall not 

21 apply with respect to an alien if admitting or parol22 ing such alien into the United States is necessary— 

23 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

24 with the Agreement regarding the Head25 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 


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1 Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into 

2 force November 21, 1947, between the United 

3 Nations and the United States, or other appli4 cable international obligations of the United 

5 States; or 

6 (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 

7 activity in the United States. 

8 (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

9 GOODS.— 

10 (A) DEFINED TERM.—In this paragraph, 

11 the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 

12 manmade substance, material, supply, or manu13 factured product, including inspection and test 

14 equipment, and excluding technical data. 

15 (B) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of this title, the authority or a 

17 requirement to impose sanctions under this title 

18 shall not include the authority or a requirement 

19 to impose sanctions on the importation of 

20 goods. 

21 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

22 may waive the imposition of sanctions based on a deter23 mination under section 802 with respect to a person if 

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1 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na2 tional security interests of the United States; and 

3 (2) submits a notification of the waiver and the 

4 reasons for the waiver to the appropriate committees 

5 of Congress. 

6 SEC. 811. TERMINATION. 

7 The President may terminate the sanctions imposed 

8 under this title based on a determination under section 

9 802, after determining and certifying to the appropriate 

10 committees of Congress that the Government of the Peo11 ple’s Republic of China— 

12 (1) has verifiably ceased the activities described 

13 in section 802(a) with respect to operations against 

14 Taiwan; and 

15 (2) to the extent applicable, has entered into an 

16 agreed settlement with a legitimate democratic Gov17 ernment of Taiwan. 

18 TITLE IX—RULE OF 

19 CONSTRUCTION 

20 SEC. 901. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

21 Nothing in this Act may be construed— 

22 (1) to restore diplomatic relations with the Re23 public of China; or 


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1 (2) to alter the United States Government’s po2 sition with respect to the international status of the 

3 Republic of China. 

4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tai6 wan Policy Act of 2022’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN 

Sec. 101. Declaration of policy. 

Sec. 102. Treatment of the government in Taiwan. 

Sec. 103. Taiwan symbols of sovereignty. 

Sec. 104. Sense of Congress on designation and references to Taiwan Representative Office. 

TITLE II—IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENHANCED DEFENSE 

PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

Sec. 201. Amendments to the Taiwan Relations Act. 

Sec. 202. Anticipatory planning and annual review of the United States’ strategy 

to deter the use of force by the People’s Republic of China to 

change the status quo of Taiwan. 

Sec. 203. Joint assessment. 

Sec. 204. Modernizing Taiwan’s security capabilities to deter and, if necessary, 

defeat aggression by the People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 205. Requirements regarding definition of counter intervention capabilities. 

Sec. 206. Comprehensive training program. 

Sec. 207. Assessment of Taiwan’s needs for civilian defense and resilience. 

Sec. 208. Prioritizing excess defense article transfers for Taiwan. 

Sec. 209. Fast-tracking sales to Taiwan under foreign military sales program. 

Sec. 210. Whole-of-government deterrence measures to respond to the People’s Republic of China’s force against Taiwan. 

Sec. 211. Increase in annual regional contingency stockpile additions and support for Taiwan. 

Sec. 212. Treatment of Taiwan as a major non-NATO ally. 

Sec. 213. Use of presidential drawdown authority to provide security assistance 

to Taiwan. 

Sec. 214. International military education and training cooperation with Taiwan. 

Sec. 215. Expediting delivery of arms exports to Taiwan and United States allies 

in the Indo-Pacific. 


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TITLE III—COUNTERING PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S 

COERCION AND INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS 

Sec. 301. Strategy to respond to influence and information operations targeting 

Taiwan. 

Sec. 302. Strategy to counter economic coercion by the People’s Republic of China 

targeting countries and entities that support Taiwan. 

Sec. 303. China censorship monitor and action group. 

TITLE IV—INCLUSION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL 

ORGANIZATIONS 

Sec. 401. Participation of Taiwan in international organizations. 

Sec. 402. Participation of Taiwan in the Inter-American Development Bank. 

Sec. 403. Plan for Taiwan’s participation in the Inter-American Development 

Bank. 

Sec. 404. Report concerning member state status for Taiwan at the Inter-American Development Bank. 

Sec. 405. Clarification regarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 

2758 (XXVI). 

Sec. 406. Meaningful participation of Taiwan in the international civil aviation 

organization. 

TITLE V—ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION 

BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

Sec. 501. Findings. 

Sec. 502. Sense of Congress on a free trade agreement and bilateral tax agreement 

with Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, and CBP 

Preclearance. 

Sec. 503. Sense of Congress on United States-Taiwan development cooperation. 

TITLE VI—SUPPORTING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND 

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH TAIWAN 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Findings. 

Sec. 603. Purposes. 

Sec. 604. Definitions. 

Sec. 605. Taiwan Fellowship Program. 

Sec. 606. Reports and audits. 

Sec. 607. Taiwan fellows on detail from government service. 

Sec. 608. Funding. 

Sec. 609. Study and report. 

Sec. 610. Supporting United States educational and exchange programs with 

Taiwan. 

TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 701. Invitation of Taiwanese counterparts to high-level bilateral and multilateral forums and exercises. 

Sec. 702. Report on Taiwan Travel Act. 

Sec. 703. Prohibitions against undermining United States policy regarding Taiwan. 

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Sec. 705. Report on role of People’s Republic of China’s nuclear threat in escalation dynamics. 

Sec. 706. Report analyzing the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the 

objectives of the People’s Republic of China with respect to Taiwan. 

Sec. 707. Stability across the Taiwan Strait. 

TITLE VIII—DETERRENCE MEASURES FOR CROSS-STRAIT STABILITY AND TO IMPOSE COSTS ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

CHINA FOR UNILATERALLY CHANGING OR ATTEMPTING TO 

CHANGE THE STATUS QUO OF TAIWAN 

Sec. 801. Definitions. 

Sec. 802. Determinations with respect to activities of the People’s Republic of 

China against Taiwan. 

Sec. 803. Imposition of sanctions on officials of the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China relating to operations in Taiwan. 

Sec. 804. Imposition of sanctions with respect to financial institutions of the People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 805. Reporting requirement. 

Sec. 806. Additional sanctions. 

Sec. 807. Sanctions described. 

Sec. 808. Implementation; regulations; penalties. 

Sec. 809. Exceptions; waiver. 

Sec. 810. Termination. 

TITLE IX—UNITED STATES-TAIWAN PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION 

Sec. 901. Short title. 

Sec. 902. Definitions. 

Sec. 903. Study. 

Sec. 904. Infectious Disease Monitoring Center. 

TITLE X—SOUTH CHINA SEA AND EAST CHINA SEA SANCTIONS 

ACT 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

Sec. 1002. Sanctions with respect to Chinese persons responsible for China’s activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. 

Sec. 1003. Sense of Congress regarding portrayals of the South China Sea or the 

East China Sea as part of China. 

Sec. 1004. Sense of Congress on 2016 permanent court of arbitration’s tribunal 

ruling on arbitration case between Philippines and People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 1005. Report on countries that recognize Chinese sovereignty over the South 

China Sea or the East China Sea. 

TITLE XI—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 1101. Rule of construction. 

Sec. 1102. Rule of construction regarding the use of military force. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Since 1949, the close relationship between the 

2 United States and Taiwan has been of enormous ben3 efit to both parties and to the Indo-Pacific region as 

4 a whole. 

5 (2) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

6 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) has enabled the people of 

7 the United States and the people of Taiwan to main8 tain a strong and important relationship that pro9 motes regional security, prosperity, and shared demo10 cratic values. 

11 (3) The security of Taiwan and the ability for 

12 the people of Taiwan to determine their own future 

13 are fundamental to United States interests and val14 ues. 

15 (4) The Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep16 resentative Office in the United States and the Amer17 ican Institute in Taiwan facilitate critical consular 

18 relations that— 

19 (A) protect the interests of the people of the 

20 United States and the people of Taiwan; and 

21 (B) strengthen people-to-people ties. 

22 (5) Increased engagement between public offi23 cials, commercial interests, civil society leaders, and 

24 others enhances United States-Taiwan relations and 

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1 (6) Taiwan serves as a critical partner on re2 gional and transnational issues, such as public 

3 health, climate change, critical and emerging tech4 nologies, cybersecurity, trade, and freedom of naviga5 tion. 

6 (7) Taiwan exemplifies a thriving democracy 

7 consisting of more than 23,000,000 people who value 

8 their suffrage, free markets, right to due process, free9 dom of expression, and other individual liberties. 

10 (8) President Xi Jinping of the People’s Repub11 lic of China (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PRC’’) 

12 continues to repeat his desire to stifle the freedom of 

13 Taiwan, as evidenced by his July 2021 proclamation, 

14 in which he stated, ‘‘All sons and daughters of China, 

15 including compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan 

16 Strait, must work together and move forward in soli17 darity, resolutely smashing any Taiwan independence 

18 plots.’’. 

19 (9) As President Xi Jinping concentrates his 

20 power in the Chinese Communist Party (referred to 

21 in this Act as the ‘‘CCP’’), he is escalating the PRC’s 

22 campaign of coercion and intimidation against Tai23 wan, as evidenced by— 

24 (A) the accelerated preparations made by 

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1 ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘PLA’’) for an offen2 sive attack against Taiwan, such as the PLA’s 

3 January 2022 incursion of nearly 40 fighters, 

4 bombers, and other warplanes into Taiwan’s air 

5 defense identification zone; 

6 (B) the PLA’s growing offensive prepara7 tions in the Taiwan Strait, such as amphibious 

8 assault and live-fire exercises and record-scale 

9 incursions into Taiwanese air space; 

10 (C) the Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic ef11 forts to isolate Taiwan, such as abusing its posi12 tion in international institutions and multilat13 eral fora to exclude Taiwanese participation de14 spite Taiwan’s demonstrated expertise in rel15 evant subjects, such as public health; 

16 (D) threats and actions to compromise Tai17 wan’s economy and critical suppliers, such as 

18 draconian export controls and the ‘‘31 Measures’’ 

19 intended to lure Taiwanese talent to mainland 

20 China and away from Taiwan; 

21 (E) persistent and targeted cyberattacks, 

22 numbering nearly 20,000,000 per month, which 

23 are intended to compromise Taiwan’s critical in24 frastructure and inflict civilian harm; 


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1 (F) political and economic pressure on other 

2 countries who seek closer ties with Taiwan, such 

3 as recent export controls related to Lithuania 

4 after Lithuania announced a permanent Tai5 wanese Representative Office in Lithuania. 

6 (10) On multiple occasions, through both formal 

7 and informal channels, the United States has ex8 pressed its concern for the PRC’s destabilizing activi9 ties in the Taiwan Strait and on the international 

10 stage that aim to subvert Taiwan’s democratic insti11 tutions. 

12 (11) The Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United 

13 States— 

14 (A) identifies Taiwan as an important 

15 leading regional partner; 

16 (B) seeks to bolster Taiwan’s self-defense ca17 pabilities; and 

18 (C) reaffirms that Taiwan’s future must be 

19 determined peacefully and in accordance with 

20 the wishes and best interests of the people of Tai21 wan. 

22 (12) The PRC considers stifling the freedom of 

23 Taiwan as a critical and necessary step to displacing 

24 the United States as the preeminent military power 

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1 campaign to enhance the power-projection capabilities 

2 of the PLA and its ability to conduct joint operations. 

3 (13) Taiwan maintains a modern, ready, self-de4 fense force that adheres to the highest democratic 

5 principles and benefits from continued state of the art 

6 security assistance. 

7 (14) The defense of Taiwan is critical to— 

8 (A) mitigating the PLA’s ability to project 

9 power and establish contested zones within the 

10 First and Second Island Chains and limiting the 

11 PLA’s freedom of maneuver to engage in uncon12 strained power projection beyond the First Is13 land Chain in order to protect United States ter14 ritory, such as Hawaii and Guam; 

15 (B) defending the territorial integrity of 

16 Indo-Pacific allies, such as Japan; 

17 (C) deterring other countries and competi18 tors from exercising force as a means to revise 

19 the established status quo; 

20 (D) championing democratic institutions 

21 and societies in the Indo-Pacific region and 

22 throughout the world; and 

23 (E) maintaining a rules-based inter24 national order that— 

25 (i) constrains authoritarian powers; 


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1 (ii) enshrines collective security; 

2 (iii) promotes democracy and respect 

3 for human rights and fundamental free4 doms; and 

5 (iv) promotes peace and prosperity. 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

9 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the term 

10 ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

12 the Senate; 

13 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

14 Senate; 

15 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate; 

17 (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

18 House of Representatives; 

19 (E) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

20 House of Representatives; and 

21 (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives. 

23 (2) GOVERNMENT IN TAIWAN.—The term ‘‘gov24 ernment in Taiwan’’ means the national-level govern25 ment and its administrative units at the municipal, 


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1 county, and local levels in Taiwan, including its rep2 resentatives overseas. 

3 (3) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY; PLA.—The 

4 terms ‘‘People’s Liberation Army’’ and ‘‘PLA’’ mean 

5 the armed forces of the People’s Republic of China. 

6 (4) REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—The term ‘‘Republic 

7 of China’’ means ‘‘Taiwan’’. 

8 (5) SHARP POWER.—The term ‘‘sharp power’’ 

9 means the coordinated and often concealed applica10 tion of disinformation, media manipulation, eco11 nomic coercion, cyber-intrusions, targeted invest12 ments, and academic censorship that is intended— 

13 (A) to corrupt political and nongovern14 mental institutions and interfere in democratic 

15 elections and encourage self-censorship of views 

16 at odds with those of the Government of the Peo17 ple’s Republic of China or the Chinese Com18 munist Party; or 

19 (B) to foster attitudes, behavior, decisions, 

20 or outcomes in Taiwan and elsewhere that sup21 port the interests of the Government of the Peo22 ple’s Republic of China or the Chinese Com23 munist Party. 


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1 TITLE I—UNITED STATES 

2 POLICY TOWARD TAIWAN 

3 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

4 It is the policy of the United States— 

5 (1) to support the security of Taiwan, the sta6 bility of cross-Strait relations, and the freedom of the 

7 people of Taiwan to determine their own future, and 

8 to strenuously oppose any action by the PRC to use 

9 force to change the status quo of Taiwan; 

10 (2) to cooperate with Taiwan as an important 

11 partner of the United States in promoting a free and 

12 open Indo-Pacific; 

13 (3) to deter the use of force by the PRC to change 

14 the status quo of Taiwan by coordinating with allies 

15 and partners— 

16 (A) to identify and develop significant eco17 nomic, diplomatic, and other measures that will 

18 deter and impose costs on any such use of force; 

19 (B) to convey, in advance, severe con20 sequences that would take effect immediately 

21 after the PRC engaged in any such use of force; 

22 and 

23 (C) to support and cooperate with Taiwan 

24 to implement, resource, and modernize its mili25 tary capabilities, including an effective defense 


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1 strategy, through security assistance and in2 creases in defense spending; 

3 (4) to strengthen cooperation with the military 

4 of Taiwan under the framework of the Taiwan Rela5 tions Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) 

6 and the Six Assurances, with consideration of the on7 going military buildup in China and the military 

8 balance in the Taiwan Strait, and to transfer defense 

9 articles to Taiwan to enhance its capabilities, includ10 ing its efforts to undertake defensive operations and 

11 maintain the ability to deny PRC coercion and inva12 sion; 

13 (5) to urge Taiwan to increase its own invest14 ments in military capabilities, including those that 

15 support the implementation of an effective defense 

16 strategy; 

17 (6) to advance and finalize key provisions of the 

18 United States-Taiwan Trade and Investment Frame19 work Agreement and deepen economic ties between the 

20 United States and Taiwan and advance the interests 

21 of the United States by negotiating a bilateral free 

22 trade agreement as soon as possible, which will in23 clude appropriate levels of labor rights and environ24 mental protections; 


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1 (7) to include Taiwan as a partner in the Indo2 Pacific Economic Framework; 

3 (8) to collaborate with Taiwan to strengthen 

4 health systems, reinforce critical infrastructure, pro5 mote disaster resilience, protect marine resources, and 

6 otherwise support socioeconomic development in Pa7 cific Island countries; 

8 (9) to promote Taiwan’s meaningful participa9 tion in important international organizations, in10 cluding organizations that address global health, ci11 vilian air safety, and transnational crime, and bilat12 eral and multilateral security summits, military exer13 cises, and economic dialogues and forums; 

14 (10) to support the Government in Taiwan as a 

15 representative democratic government, constituted 

16 through free and fair elections that reflect the will of 

17 the people of Taiwan and promote dignity and re18 spect for the democratically-elected leaders of Taiwan, 

19 who represent more than 23,000,000 citizens, by using 

20 the full range of diplomatic and other appropriate 

21 tools available to promote Taiwan’s international 

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1 tegic, and values-based relationship the United States 

2 shares with Taiwan, and contribute to the peaceful 

3 resolution of cross-Strait issues; and 

4 (12) to create and execute a plan for enhancing 

5 our relationship with Taiwan by forming a robust 

6 partnership that— 

7 (A) meets current geopolitical challenges; 

8 (B) fully accounts for Taiwan’s democratic 

9 status; and 

10 (C) remains faithful to United States prin11 ciples and values, consistent with the Taiwan 

12 Relations Act and the Six Assurances. 

13 SEC. 102. TREATMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN TAIWAN. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and other 

15 Federal departments and agencies shall— 

16 (1) engage with the democratically-elected gov17 ernment in Taiwan as the legitimate representative of 

18 the people of Taiwan; and 

19 (2) end the outdated practice of referring to the 

20 government in Taiwan as the ‘‘Taiwan authorities’’. 

21 (b) NO RESTRICTIONS ON BILATERAL INTER22 ACTIONS.—Notwithstanding the continued supporting role 

23 of the American Institute in Taiwan in carrying out 

24 United States foreign policy and protecting United States 

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1 not place any undue restrictions on the ability of officials 

2 of the Department of State or other Federal departments 

3 and agencies to interact directly and routinely with their 

4 counterparts in the government in Taiwan. 

5 SEC. 103. TAIWAN SYMBOLS OF SOVEREIGNTY. 

6 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘offi7 cial purposes’’ means— 

8 (1) the wearing of official uniforms; 

9 (2) conducting government-hosted ceremonies or 

10 functions; and 

11 (3) appearances on Department of State social 

12 media accounts promoting engagements with Taiwan. 

13 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

15 shall rescind any contact guideline, internal restriction, sec16 tion of the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs 

17 Handbook, or related guidance or policies that, explicitly 

18 or implicitly, including through restrictions or limitations 

19 on activities of United States Government personnel, limits 

20 the ability of members of the armed forces of the Republic 

21 of China (Taiwan) and government representatives from the 

22 Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to dis23 play, for official purposes, symbols of Republic of China 

24 sovereignty, including— 


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1 (1) the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan); 

2 and 

3 (2) the corresponding emblems or insignia of 

4 military units. 

5 SEC. 104. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESIGNATION AND REF6 ERENCES TO TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE OF7 FICE. 

8 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

9 that the United States, consistent with the Taiwan Rela10 tions Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and 

11 the Six Assurances should— 

12 (1) provide the people of Taiwan with de facto 

13 diplomatic treatment equivalent to foreign countries, 

14 nations, states, governments, or similar entities; and 

15 (2) seek to enter into negotiations with the Tai16 pei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to 

17 rename the ‘‘Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep18 resentative Office’’ in the United States as the ‘‘Tai19 wan Representative Office’’. 

20 (b) REFERENCES.—If the negotiations referred to in 

21 subsection (a)(2) are undertaken and result in the renaming 

22 of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office 

23 as the Taiwan Representative Office, any reference in a 

24 law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 

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1 Cultural Representative Office shall be deemed to be a ref2 erence to the Taiwan Representative Office, including for 

3 all official purposes of the United States Government, all 

4 courts of the United States, and any proceedings by such 

5 Government or in such courts. 

6 TITLE II—IMPLEMENTATION OF 

7 AN ENHANCED DEFENSE 

8 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE 

9 UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

10 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT. 

11 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2(b)(5) of the 

12 Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301(b)(5)) is amended 

13 by inserting ‘‘and to implement a strategy to deny and 

14 deter acts of coercion or aggression by the People’s Libera15 tion Army’’ after ‘‘to maintain a sufficient self-defense ca16 pability’’. 

17 (b) PROVISION OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERV18 ICES.—Section 3(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 

19 3302(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and to implement a 

20 strategy to deny and deter acts of coercion or aggression 

21 by the People’s Liberation Army’’ after ‘‘to maintain a suf22 ficient self-defense capability’’. 

23 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 4 of the Tai24 wan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3303) is amended by adding 

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1 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, 

2 nor the President’s action in extending diplomatic recogni3 tion to the People’s Republic of China, nor the absence of 

4 diplomatic relations between the people of Taiwan and the 

5 United States, and nor the lack of formal recognition of 

6 Taiwan by the United States, and any related cir7 cumstances, may be construed to constitute a legal or prac8 tical obstacle to any otherwise lawful action of the President 

9 or of any United States Government agency that is needed 

10 to advance or protect United States interests pertaining to 

11 Taiwan, including actions intended to strengthen security 

12 cooperation between the United States and Taiwan or to 

13 otherwise deter the use of force against Taiwan by the Peo14 ple’s Liberation Army.’’. 

15 SEC. 202. ANTICIPATORY PLANNING AND ANNUAL REVIEW 

16 OF THE UNITED STATES’ STRATEGY TO 

17 DETER THE USE OF FORCE BY THE PEOPLE’S 

18 REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO CHANGE THE STA19 TUS QUO OF TAIWAN. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

22 for 10 years, the Secretary of Defense shall— 

23 (1) conduct a classified review of the United 

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1 Republic of China to change the status quo of Tai2 wan; and 

3 (2) share the results of such review with the 

4 Chairman and Ranking Member of the appropriate 

5 committees of Congress. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted pursuant to 

7 subsection (a) shall include— 

8 (1) an assessment of Taiwan’s current and near9 term capabilities, United States force readiness, and 

10 the adequacy of the United States’ strategy to deter 

11 the use of force by the People’s Republic of China to 

12 change the status quo of Taiwan; 

13 (2) a detailed strategy of deterrence and denial 

14 to defend Taiwan against aggression by the People’s 

15 Liberation Army, including an effort to seize and 

16 hold the island of Taiwan; 

17 (3) a comprehensive assessment of risks to the 

18 United States and United States’ interests, including 

19 readiness shortfalls that pose strategic risk; 

20 (4) a review of indicators of the near-term likeli21 hood of the use of force by the People’s Liberation 

22 Army against Taiwan; and 

23 (5) a list of military capabilities, including ca24 pabilities that enable a strategy of deterrence and de25 nial, that— 


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1 (A) would suit the operational environment 

2 and allow Taiwan to respond effectively to a va3 riety of contingencies across all potential phases 

4 of conflict involving the People’s Liberation 

5 Army; and 

6 (B) would reduce the threat of conflict, deter 

7 the use of force by the People’s Republic of 

8 China, thwart an invasion, and mitigate other 

9 risks to the United States and Taiwan. 

10 SEC. 203. JOINT ASSESSMENT. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consulta12 tion with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish and main13 tain a joint consultative mechanism with Taiwan that con14 venes on a recurring basis— 

15 (1) to develop a joint assessment of, and coordi16 nate planning with respect to, the threats Taiwan 

17 faces from the People’s Republic of China across the 

18 spectrum of possible military action; and 

19 (2) to identify nonmaterial and material solu20 tions to deter and, if necessary, defeat such threats. 

21 (b) INTEGRATED PRIORITIES LIST.—In carrying out 

22 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

23 with the Secretary of State, shall develop with Taiwan— 

24 (1) an integrated priorities list; 


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1 (2) relevant plans for acquisition and training 

2 for relevant nonmaterial and material solutions; and 

3 (3) other measures to appropriately prioritize 

4 the defense needs of Taiwan to maintain effective de5 terrence across the spectrum of possible military ac6 tion by the People’s Republic of China. 

7 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 

9 the following 5 years, the Secretary of Defense, in consulta10 tion with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to 

11 the appropriate committees of Congress that describes the 

12 joint assessment developed pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 

13 SEC. 204. MODERNIZING TAIWAN’S SECURITY CAPABILITIES 

14 TO DETER AND, IF NECESSARY, DEFEAT AG15 GRESSION BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

16 CHINA. 

17 (a) TAIWAN SECURITY PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of 

18 State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 

19 use the authorities under this section to strengthen the 

20 United States-Taiwan defense relationship, and to support 

21 the acceleration of the modernization of Taiwan’s defense 

22 capabilities. 

23 (b) ANNUAL REPORT ON ADVANCING THE DEFENSE OF

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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

3 congressional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

5 the Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

7 House of Representatives. 

8 (2) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

10 thereafter for 7 years, the Secretary of State and the 

11 Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit a report to 

12 the appropriate congressional committees that de13 scribes steps taken to enhance the United States-Tai14 wan defense relationship and Taiwan’s modernization 

15 of its-defense capabilities. 

16 (3) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re17 quired under paragraph (2) shall include— 

18 (A) an assessment of the commitment of 

19 Taiwan to implement a military strategy that 

20 will deter and, if necessary, defeat military ag21 gression by the People’s Republic of China, in22 cluding the steps that Taiwan has taken and the 

23 steps that Taiwan has not taken towards such 

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1 (B) an assessment of the efforts of Taiwan 

2 to acquire and employ within its forces counter3 intervention capabilities, including— 

4 (i) long-range precision fires; 

5 (ii) integrated air and missile defense 

6 systems; 

7 (iii) anti-ship cruise missiles; 

8 (iv) land-attack cruise missiles; 

9 (v) coastal defense; 

10 (vi) anti-armor; 

11 (vii) undersea warfare; 

12 (viii) survivable swarming maritime 

13 assets; 

14 (ix) manned and unmanned aerial sys15 tems; 

16 (x) mining and countermining capa17 bilities; 

18 (xi) intelligence, surveillance, and re19 connaissance capabilities; 

20 (xii) command and control systems; 

21 and 

22 (xiii) any other defense capabilities 

23 that the United States and Taiwan jointly 

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1 wan, in accordance with the process devel2 oped pursuant to section 203(a); 

3 (C) an evaluation of the balance between 

4 conventional and counter intervention capabili5 ties in the defense force of Taiwan as of the date 

6 on which the report is submitted; 

7 (D) an assessment of steps taken by Taiwan 

8 to enhance the overall readiness of its defense 

9 forces, including— 

10 (i) the extent to which Taiwan is re11 quiring and providing regular and relevant 

12 training to such forces; 

13 (ii) the extent to which such training 

14 is realistic to the security environment that 

15 Taiwan faces; and 

16 (iii) the sufficiency of the financial 

17 and budgetary resources Taiwan is putting 

18 toward readiness of such forces; 

19 (E) an assessment of steps taken by Taiwan 

20 to ensure that the Taiwan Reserve Command 

21 can recruit, train, and equip its forces; 

22 (F) an evaluation of— 

23 (i) the severity of manpower shortages 

24 in the military of Taiwan, including in the 

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1 (ii) the impact of such shortages in the 

2 event of a conflict scenario; and 

3 (iii) the efforts made by the govern4 ment in Taiwan to address such shortages; 

5 (G) an assessment of the efforts made by 

6 Taiwan to boost its civilian defenses, including 

7 any informational campaigns to raise awareness 

8 among the population of Taiwan of the risks 

9 Taiwan faces; 

10 (H) an assessment of the efforts made by 

11 Taiwan to secure its critical infrastructure, in12 cluding in transportation, telecommunications 

13 networks, and energy; 

14 (I) an assessment of the efforts made by 

15 Taiwan to enhance its cybersecurity, including 

16 the security of civilian government and military 

17 networks; 

18 (J) an assessment of any significant gaps 

19 in any of the matters described in subparagraphs 

20 (A) through (I) with respect to which the United 

21 States assesses that additional action is needed; 

22 (K) a description of cooperative efforts be23 tween the United States and Taiwan on the mat24 ters described in subparagraphs (A) through (J); 

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1 (L) a description of any resistance within 

2 the government in Taiwan and the military 

3 leadership of Taiwan to— 

4 (i) implementing the matters described 

5 in subparagraphs (A) through (I); or 

6 (ii) United States’ support or engage7 ment with regard to such matters. 

8 (4) FORM.—The report required under para9 graph (2) shall be submitted in classified form, but 

10 shall include a detailed unclassified summary. 

11 (5) SHARING OF SUMMARY.—The Secretary of 

12 State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly share 

13 the unclassified summary required under paragraph 

14 (4) with the government and military of Taiwan. 

15 (c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The Sec16 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De17 fense, shall use amounts authorized pursuant to subsection 

18 (i) to provide assistance to the government in Taiwan to 

19 achieve the purpose described in subsection (d). 

20 (d) PURPOSE.—In addition to the purposes otherwise 

21 authorized for Foreign Military Financing programs under 

22 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the 

23 purpose of the Foreign Military Financing Program shall 

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1 and other support, to enable the Government and military 

2 of Taiwan— 

3 (1) to accelerate the modernization of defense ca4 pabilities that will enable Taiwan to delay, degrade, 

5 and deny attempts by People’s Liberation Army 

6 forces— 

7 (A) to conduct coercive or grey zone activi8 ties; 

9 (B) to achieve maritime control over the 

10 Taiwan Strait and adjoining seas; 

11 (C) to secure a lodgment on any Taiwanese 

12 islands and expand or otherwise use such 

13 lodgment to seize control of a population center 

14 or other key territory in Taiwan; and 

15 (2) to prevent the People’s Republic of China 

16 from decapitating, seizing control of, or otherwise 

17 neutralizing or rendering ineffective the government 

18 in Taiwan. 

19 (e) REGIONAL CONTINGENCY STOCKPILE.—Of the 

20 amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to sub21 section (i), not more than $100,000,000 may be used during 

22 each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2032 to maintain a 

23 stockpile (if established under section 211), in accordance 

24 with section 514 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

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1 (f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

2 (1) ANNUAL SPENDING PLAN.—Not later than 

3 December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Sec4 retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 

5 Defense, shall submit a plan to the appropriate com6 mittees of Congress describing how amounts author7 ized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection (i) 

8 will be used to achieve the purpose described in sub9 section (d). 

10 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Amounts authorized to be 

11 appropriated for each fiscal year pursuant to sub12 section (i) shall be made available for the purpose de13 scribed in such subsection after the Secretary of State 

14 certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress 

15 that Taiwan has increased its defense spending rel16 ative to Taiwan’s defense spending in its prior fiscal 

17 year, excepting accounts in Taiwan’s defense budget 

18 related to personnel expenditures, (other than mili19 tary training and education and any funding related 

20 to the All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency). 

21 (3) REMAINING FUNDS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 

23 (B), amounts authorized to be appropriated for 

24 a fiscal year pursuant to subsection (i) that are 

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1 year shall be added to the amount that may be 

2 used for Foreign Military Financing to Taiwan 

3 in the subsequent fiscal year. 

4 (B) RESCISSION.—Amounts appropriated 

5 pursuant to subsection (i) that remain unobli6 gated on September 30, 2027 shall be rescinded 

7 and deposited into the general fund of the Treas8 ury. 

9 (g) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES FROM THE

10 UNITED STATES INVENTORY AND OTHER SOURCES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to assistance pro12 vided pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary of 

13 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 

14 may make available to the government in Taiwan, in 

15 such quantities as the Secretary of State considers ap16 propriate for the purpose described in subsection 

17 (d)— 

18 (A) weapons and other defense articles from 

19 the United States inventory and other sources; 

20 and 

21 (B) defense services. 

22 (2) REPLACEMENT.—The Secretary of State may 

23 use amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant 

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1 provided to the government in Taiwan pursuant to 

2 paragraph (1)(A). 

3 (h) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING LOAN AND LOAN

4 GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.— 

5 (1) DIRECT LOANS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

7 23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

8 U.S.C. 2763), during fiscal years 2023 through 

9 2027, the Secretary of State may make direct 

10 loans available for Taiwan pursuant to section 

11 23 of such Act. 

12 (B) MAXIMUM OBLIGATIONS.—Gross obliga13 tions for the principal amounts of loans author14 ized under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 

15 $2,000,000,000. 

16 (C) SOURCE OF FUNDS.— 

17 (i) DEFINED TERM.—In this subpara18 graph, the term ‘‘cost’’— 

19 (I) has the meaning given such 

20 term in section 502(5) of the Congres21 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

22 661a(5)); 

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1 (III) may include the costs of sell2 ing, reducing, or cancelling any 

3 amounts owed to the United States or 

4 to any agency of the United States. 

5 (ii) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized 

6 to be appropriated pursuant to subsection 

7 (i) may be made available to pay for the 

8 cost of loans authorized under subparagraph 

9 (A). 

10 (D) FEES AUTHORIZED.— 

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Government of 

12 the United States may charge fees for loans 

13 made pursuant to subparagraph (A), which 

14 shall be collected from borrowers through a 

15 financing account (as defined in section 

16 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

17 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a(7)). 

18 (ii) LIMITATION ON FEE PAYMENTS.— 

19 Amounts made available under any appro20 priations Act for any fiscal year may not 

21 be used to pay any fees associated with a 

22 loan authorized under subparagraph (A). 

23 (E) REPAYMENT.—Loans made pursuant to 

24 subparagraph (A) shall be repaid not later than 

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1 rower, including a grace period of not more than 

2 1 year on repayment of principal. 

3 (F) INTEREST.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec5 tion 23(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control 

6 Act (22 U.S.C. 2763(c)(1), interest for loans 

7 made pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be 

8 charged at a rate determined by the Sec9 retary of State, except that such rate may 

10 not be less than the prevailing interest rate 

11 on marketable Treasury securities of similar 

12 maturity. 

13 (ii) TREATMENT OF LOAN AMOUNTS

14 USED TO PAY INTEREST.—Amounts made 

15 available under this paragraph for interest 

16 costs shall not be considered assistance for 

17 the purposes of any statutory limitation on 

18 assistance to a country. 

19 (2) LOAN GUARANTEES.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to 

21 be appropriated pursuant to subsection (i) may 

22 be made available for the costs of loan guarantees 

23 for Taiwan under section 24 of the Arms Export 

24 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2764) for Taiwan to sub25 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount 


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1 of commercial loans and total loan principal, 

2 any part of which may be guaranteed, not to ex3 ceed $2,000,000,000. 

4 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—A loan guarantee 

5 authorized under subparagraph (A)— 

6 (i) may not guarantee a loan that ex7 ceeds $2,000,000,000; and 

8 (ii) may not exceed 80 percent of the 

9 loan principal with respect to any single 

10 borrower. 

11 (C) SUBORDINATION.—Any loan guaranteed 

12 pursuant to subparagraph (A) may not be subor13 dinated to— 

14 (i) another debt contracted by the bor15 rower; or 

16 (ii) any other claims against the bor17 rower in the case of default. 

18 (D) REPAYMENT.—Repayment in United 

19 States dollars of any loan guaranteed under this 

20 paragraph shall be required not later than 12 

21 years after the loan agreement is signed. 

22 (E) FEES.—Notwithstanding section 24 of 

23 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2764), 

24 the Government of the United States may charge 

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1 paragraph (A), which shall be collected from bor2 rowers, or from third parties on behalf of such 

3 borrowers, through a financing account (as de4 fined in section 502(7) of the Congressional 

5 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a(7)). 

6 (F) TREATMENTS OF LOAN GUARANTEES.— 

7 Amounts made available under this paragraph 

8 for the costs of loan guarantees authorized under 

9 subparagraph (A) shall not be considered assist10 ance for the purposes of any statutory limitation 

11 on assistance to a country. 

12 (3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Amounts ap13 propriated to carry out this subsection may not be ex14 pended without prior notification of the appropriate 

15 committees of Congress. 

16 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

18 addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap19 propriated for Foreign Military Financing, there is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

21 State for Taiwan Foreign Military Finance grant as22 sistance— 

23 (A) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

24 (B) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

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1 (D) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

2 and 

3 (E) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 

4 (2) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—Of the amounts 

5 authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 

6 the Secretary of State shall use not less than 

7 $2,000,000 per fiscal year for 1 or more blanket order 

8 Foreign Military Financing training programs re9 lated to the defense needs of Taiwan. 

10 (j) SUNSET PROVISION.—Assistance may not be pro11 vided under this section after September 30, 2032. 

12 SEC. 205. REQUIREMENTS REGARDING DEFINITION OF 

13 COUNTER INTERVENTION CAPABILITIES. 

14 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

15 United States— 

16 (1) to ensure that requests by Taiwan to pur17 chase arms from the United States are not pre18 maturely rejected or dismissed before Taiwan submits 

19 a letter of request or other formal documentation, par20 ticularly when such requests are for capabilities that 

21 are not included on any United States Government 

22 priority lists of necessary capabilities for the defense 

23 of Taiwan; and 

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1 tive branch about requests referred to in paragraph 

2 (1) and the needs of Taiwan before Taiwan submits 

3 formal requests for such purchases. 

4 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 45 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly 

7 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— 

8 (1) a list of categories of counter intervention ca9 pabilities and a justification for each such category; 

10 and 

11 (2) a description of the degree to which the 

12 United States has a policy of openness or flexibility 

13 for the consideration of capabilities that may not fall 

14 within the scope of counter intervention capabilities 

15 included in the list required under paragraph (1), 

16 due to potential changes, such as— 

17 (A) the evolution of defense technologies; 

18 (B) the identification of new concepts of op19 eration or ways to employ certain capabilities; 

20 and 

21 (C) other factors that might change assess22 ments by the United States and Taiwan of what 

23 constitutes counter intervention capabilities. 

24 (c) FORM.—The report required in this section shall 

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1 SEC. 206. COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the Sec3 retary of Defense shall establish or expand a comprehensive 

4 training program with Taiwan designed to— 

5 (1) achieve interoperability; 

6 (2) familiarize the militaries of the United 

7 States and Taiwan with each other; and 

8 (3) improve Taiwan’s defense capabilities. 

9 (b) ELEMENTS.—The training program should 

10 prioritize relevant and realistic training, including as nec11 essary joint United States-Taiwan contingency tabletop ex12 ercises, war games, full-scale military exercises, and an en13 during rotational United States military presence that as14 sists Taiwan in maintaining force readiness and utilizing 

15 United States defense articles and services transferred from 

16 the United States to Taiwan. 

17 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there19 after for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, in 

20 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 

21 the appropriate committees of Congress a classified report 

22 that describes all training provided to the armed forces of 

23 Taiwan in the prior fiscal year, including a description 

24 of how such training— 

25 (1) achieved greater interoperability; 


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1 (2) familiarized the militaries of the United 

2 States and Taiwan with each other; and 

3 (3) improved Taiwan’s defense capabilities. 

4 SEC. 207. ASSESSMENT OF TAIWAN’S NEEDS FOR CIVILIAN 

5 DEFENSE AND RESILIENCE. 

6 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 of State and the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

9 the Director of National Intelligence and other cabinet Sec10 retaries, as appropriate, shall submit a written assessment, 

11 with a classified annex, of Taiwan’s needs in the areas of 

12 civilian defense and resilience to the appropriate commit13 tees of Congress, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

14 Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel15 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

16 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment re17 quired under subsection (a) shall— 

18 (1) analyze the potential role of Taiwan’s public 

19 and civilian assets in defending against various sce20 narios for foreign militaries to coerce or conduct mili21 tary aggression against Taiwan; 

22 (2) carefully analyze Taiwan’s needs for enhanc23 ing its defensive capabilities through the support of 

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1 (A) greater utilization of Taiwan’s high 

2 tech labor force; 

3 (B) the creation of clear structures and lo4 gistics support for civilian defense role alloca5 tion; 

6 (C) recruitment and skills training for Tai7 wan’s defense and civilian sectors; 

8 (D) strategic stockpiling of resources related 

9 to critical food security and medical supplies; 

10 and 

11 (E) other defense and resilience needs and 

12 considerations at the provincial, city, and neigh13 borhood levels; 

14 (3) analyze Taiwan’s needs for enhancing resil15 iency among its people and in key economic sectors; 

16 (4) identify opportunities for Taiwan to enhance 

17 communications at all levels to strengthen trust and 

18 understanding between the military, other government 

19 departments, civilian agencies and the general public, 

20 including— 

21 (A) communications infrastructure nec22 essary to ensure reliable communications in re23 sponse to a conflict or crisis; and 


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1 (B) a plan to effectively communicate to the 

2 general public in response to a conflict or crisis; 

3 and 

4 (5) identify the areas and means through which 

5 the United States could provide training, exercises, 

6 and assistance at all levels to support the needs dis7 covered through the assessment and fill any critical 

8 gaps where capacity falls short of such needs. 

9 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—Notwithstanding the classified 

10 nature of the assessment required under subsection (a), the 

11 assessment shall be shared with appropriate officials of the 

12 government in Taiwan to facilitate cooperation. 

13 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap15 propriated to complete the assessment required under 

16 subsection (a) — 

17 (A) $500,000 for the Department of State; 

18 and 

19 (B) $500,000 for the Department of Defense. 

20 (2) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 

21 State and the Secretary of Defense are authorized to 

22 transfer any funds appropriated to their respective 

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1 tating the contributions of the intelligence community 

2 to the assessment required under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 208. PRIORITIZING EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLE TRANS4 FERS FOR TAIWAN. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that the United States Government should appropriately 

7 prioritize the review of excess defense article transfers to 

8 Taiwan. 

9 (b) FIVE-YEAR PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 

11 (1) develop a 5-year plan to appropriately 

12 prioritize excess defense article transfers to Taiwan; 

13 and 

14 (2) submit a report to the appropriate commit15 tees of Congress that describes such plan. 

16 (c) REQUIRED COORDINATION.—The United States 

17 Government shall coordinate and align excess defense article 

18 transfers with capacity building efforts of Taiwan. 

19 (d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 516(c)(2) of the For21 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)) is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘and to the Philippines’’ and in23 serting ‘‘, to the Philippines, and to Taiwan’’. 

24 (2) TREATMENT OF TAIWAN.—With respect to the 

25 transfer of excess defense articles under section 


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1 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

2 amended by paragraph (1), Taiwan shall receive the 

3 same benefits as the other countries referred to in such 

4 section. 

5 SEC. 209. FAST-TRACKING SALES TO TAIWAN UNDER FOR6 EIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM. 

7 (a) PRECLEARANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN MILITARY

8 SALES ITEMS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

11 thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination 

12 with the Secretary of Defense and in conjunction with 

13 coordinating entities such as the National Disclosure 

14 Policy Committee and the Arms Transfer and Tech15 nology Release Senior Steering Group, shall compile 

16 a list of available and emerging military platforms, 

17 technologies, and equipment that are pre-cleared and 

18 prioritized for sale and release to Taiwan through the 

19 Foreign Military Sales program. 

20 (2) SELECTION OF ITEMS.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The items pre-cleared for 

22 sale pursuant to paragraph (1) shall represent a 

23 full range of capabilities required to implement 

24 a strategy of denial informed by United States 

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1 by Taiwan to be required for various wartime 

2 scenarios and peacetime duties. 

3 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The list 

4 compiled pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be 

5 construed as limiting the type, timing, or quan6 tity of items that may be requested by, or sold 

7 to, Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales 

8 program. 

9 (C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

10 this Act shall be construed to supersede congres11 sional notification requirements as required by 

12 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et. 

13 seq.) or any informal tiered review process for 

14 congressional notifications pertaining to Foreign 

15 Military Sales. 

16 (b) PRIORITIZED PROCESSING OF FOREIGN MILITARY

17 SALES REQUESTS FROM TAIWAN.— 

18 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State and 

19 the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize and expedite 

20 the processing of requests from Taiwan under the For21 eign Military Sales program, and may not delay the 

22 processing of requests for bundling purposes. 

23 (2) DURATION.—The requirement under para24 graph (1) shall continue until the Secretary of State 

25 determines and certifies to the Committee on Foreign 


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1 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

2 Affairs of the House of Representatives that the threat 

3 to Taiwan has significantly abated. 

4 (c) PRIORITY PRODUCTION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Contractors awarded Depart6 ment of Defense contracts to provide items for sale to 

7 Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales program 

8 should expedite and prioritize the production of such 

9 items above the production of other items. 

10 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu12 ally thereafter for 10 years, the Secretary of State and 

13 the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the 

14 Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 

15 on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 

16 on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed 

17 Services of the House of Representatives a report de18 scribing what actions the Department of State and 

19 the Department of Defense have taken or are planning 

20 to take to prioritize Taiwan’s Foreign Military Sales 

21 cases, and current procedures or mechanisms for de22 termining that a Foreign Military Sales case for Tai23 wan should be prioritized above a sale to another 

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1 (d) INTERAGENCY POLICY.—The Secretary of State 

2 and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and update 

3 interagency policies and implementation guidance related 

4 to Foreign Military Sales requests from Taiwan, including 

5 incorporating the preclearance provisions of this section. 

6 SEC. 210. WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT DETERRENCE MEAS7 URES TO RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUB8 LIC OF CHINA’S FORCE AGAINST TAIWAN. 

9 (a) WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT REVIEW.—Not later than 

10 14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 President shall convene the heads of all relevant Federal de12 partments and agencies to conduct a whole-of-government 

13 review of all available economic, diplomatic, and other stra14 tegic measures to deter the use of force by the People’s Re15 public of China to change the status quo of Taiwan. 

16 (b) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

18 thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, 

19 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the 

20 Secretary of Commerce, the Director of National Intel21 ligence, and any other relevant heads of Federal depart22 ments and agencies shall provide a detailed briefing to the 

23 appropriate committees of Congress regarding— 

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1 ple’s Republic of China, including coercion, grey-zone 

2 tactics, assertions, shows of force, quarantines, embar3 goes, or other measures to change the status quo of 

4 Taiwan; 

5 (2) efforts by the United States Government to 

6 deter the use of force by the People’s Republic of 

7 China to change the status quo of Taiwan; and 

8 (3) progress to date of all coordination efforts be9 tween the United States Government and its allies 

10 and partners with respect to deterring the use of force 

11 to change the status quo of Taiwan. 

12 (c) COORDINATED CONSEQUENCES WITH ALLIES AND

13 PARTNERS.—The Secretary of State shall— 

14 (1) coordinate with United States allies and 

15 partners to identify and develop significant economic, 

16 diplomatic, and other measures to deter the use of 

17 force by the People’s Republic of China to change the 

18 status quo of Taiwan; and 

19 (2) announce, in advance, the severe con20 sequences that would take effect immediately after the 

21 People’s Republic of China engaged in any such use 

22 of force. 

23 (d) ASSIGNMENTS FOR DEFENSE ATTACHE ́S.—The 

24 Secretary of State shall work with the Secretary of Defense 

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1 particularly in locations where the People’s Republic of 

2 China has a resident military attache ́ and the United 

3 States does not have a comparable position. 

4 (e) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—The briefings required 

5 under this section shall take place in a classified setting. 

6 SEC. 211. INCREASE IN ANNUAL REGIONAL CONTINGENCY 

7 STOCKPILE ADDITIONS AND SUPPORT FOR 

8 TAIWAN. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 

10 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(b)(2)(A)) is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and all that follows 

12 and inserting ‘‘$500,000,000 for any of the fiscal years 

13 2023, 2024, or 2025.’’. 

14 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to section 514 of the 

15 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the 

16 President may establish a regional contingency stockpile for 

17 Taiwan that consists primarily of munitions. 

18 (c) INCLUSION OF TAIWAN AMONG OTHER ALLIES EL19 IGIBLE FOR DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Chapter 2 of part II of 

20 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in section 514(c)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2321h(c)(2)), 

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1 (2) in section 516(c)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)), 

2 by inserting ‘‘to Taiwan,’’ after ‘‘major non-NATO 

3 allies on such southern and southeastern flank,’’. 

4 (d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

6 for 7 years, the President shall provide a briefing to the 

7 appropriate committees of Congress regarding the status of 

8 a regional contingency stockpile established under sub9 section (b). 

10 SEC. 212. TREATMENT OF TAIWAN AS A MAJOR NON-NATO 

11 ALLY. 

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Taiwan 

13 shall be treated as though it were designated a major non14 NATO ally, as defined in section 644(q) of the Foreign As15 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(q) et seq.), for the pur16 poses of the transfer or possible transfer of defense articles 

17 or defense services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

18 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), section 2350a of title 10, United States 

19 Code, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 

20 et seq.), or any other provision of law. 

21 SEC. 213. USE OF PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY 

22 TO PROVIDE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO TAI23 WAN. 

24 It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

25 use the presidential drawdown authority under sections 


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1 506(a) and 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

2 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a) and 2348a(c)) to provide security as3 sistance and other necessary commodities and services to 

4 Taiwan in support of Taiwan’s self-defense. 

5 SEC. 214. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 

6 TRAINING COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN. 

7 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

8 that— 

9 (1) International Military Education and 

10 Training (IMET) is a critical component of United 

11 States security assistance that promotes improved ca12 pabilities of the military forces of allied and friendly 

13 countries and closer cooperation between the United 

14 States Armed Forces and such military forces; 

15 (2) it is in the national interest of the United 

16 States and consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act 

17 (Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) to further 

18 strengthen the military forces of Taiwan, particu19 larly— 

20 (A) to enhance the defensive capabilities of 

21 such forces; and 

22 (B) to improve interoperability of such 

23 forces with the United States Armed Forces; and 

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1 (A) should be authorized to participate in 

2 the International Military Education and 

3 Training program; and 

4 (B) should encourage eligible officers and ci5 vilian leaders of Taiwan to participate in such 

6 training program and promote successful grad7 uates to positions of prominence in the military 

8 forces of Taiwan. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN

10 THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

11 PROGRAM.—Taiwan is authorized to participate in the 

12 International Military Education and Training program 

13 for the following purposes: 

14 (1) To train future leaders of Taiwan. 

15 (2) To establish a rapport between the United 

16 States Armed Forces and the military forces of Tai17 wan to build partnerships for the future. 

18 (3) To enhance interoperability and capabilities 

19 for joint operations between the United States and 

20 Taiwan. 

21 (4) To promote professional military education, 

22 civilian control of the military, and protection of 

23 human rights in Taiwan. 

24 (5) To foster a better understanding of the 

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1 SEC. 215. EXPEDITING DELIVERY OF ARMS EXPORTS TO 

2 TAIWAN AND UNITED STATES ALLIES IN THE 

3 INDO-PACIFIC. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that— 

6 (1) prioritizing the defense needs of United 

7 States allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific is a na8 tional security priority; and 

9 (2) sustained support to key Indo-Pacific part10 ners for interoperable defense systems is critical to 

11 preserve— 

12 (A) the safety and security of American per13 sons; 

14 (B) the free flow of commerce through inter15 national trade routes; 

16 (C) the United States commitment to collec17 tive security agreements, territorial integrity, 

18 and recognized maritime boundaries; 

19 (D) United States values regarding democ20 racy and commitment to maintaining a free and 

21 open Indo-Pacific; and 

22 (E) Taiwan’s defense capability. 

23 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 

24 2023, and annually thereafter for a period of five years, 

25 the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

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1 Congress a report with respect to the transfer of all defense 

2 articles or defense services that have yet to be completed 

3 pursuant to the authorities provided by— 

4 (1) section 3, 21, or 36 of the Arms Export Con5 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2753, 2761, or 2776); or 

6 (2) section 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance 

7 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)). 

8 (c) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 

9 (b) shall include the following elements: 

10 (1) A list of all approved transfers of defense ar11 ticles and services authorized by Congress pursuant to 

12 sections 25 and 36 of the Arms Export Control Act 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2765, 2776) with a total value of 

14 $25,000,000 or more, to Taiwan, Japan, South 

15 Korea, Australia, or New Zealand, that have not been 

16 fully delivered by the start of the fiscal year in which 

17 the report is being submitted. 

18 (2) The estimated start and end dates of delivery 

19 for each approved and incomplete transfer listed pur20 suant to paragraph (1), including additional details 

21 and dates for any transfers that involve multiple 

22 tranches of deliveries. 

23 (3) With respect to each approved and incom24 plete transfer listed pursuant to paragraph (1), a de25 tailed description of— 


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1 (A) any changes in the delivery dates of de2 fense articles or services relative to the dates an3 ticipated at the time of congressional approval of 

4 the transfer, including specific reasons for any 

5 delays related to the United States Government, 

6 defense suppliers, or a foreign partner; 

7 (B) the feasibility and advisability of pro8 viding the partner subject to such delayed deliv9 ery with an interim capability or solution, in10 cluding drawing from United States stocks, and 

11 the mechanisms under consideration for doing so 

12 as well as any challenges to implementing such 

13 a capability or solution; 

14 (C) authorities, appropriations, or waiver 

15 requests that Congress could provide to improve 

16 delivery timelines or authorize the provision of 

17 interim capabilities or solutions identified pur18 suant to subparagraph (B); and 

19 (D) a description of which countries are 

20 ahead of Taiwan for delivery of each item listed 

21 pursuant to paragraph (1). 

22 (4) A description of ongoing interagency efforts 

23 to support attainment of operational capability of the 

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1 or armed forces of partner countries on the systems to 

2 be received. The description of any such training shall 

3 also include an identification of the training imple4 menter. 

5 (5) If a transfer listed pursuant to paragraph 

6 (1) has been terminated prior to the date of the sub7 mission of the report for any reason— 

8 (A) the case information for such transfer, 

9 including the date of congressional notification, 

10 delivery date of the Letter of Offer and Accept11 ance (LOA), final signature of the LOA, and in12 formation pertaining to delays in delivering 

13 LOAs for signature; 

14 (B) a description of the reasons for which 

15 the transfer is no longer in effect; and 

16 (C) the impact this termination will have 

17 on the intended end-user and the consequent im18 plications for regional security, including the 

19 impact on deterrence of military action by coun20 tries hostile to the United States, the military 

21 balance in the Taiwan Strait, and other factors. 

22 (6) A separate description of the actions the 

23 United States is taking to expedite deliveries of de24 fense articles and services to Taiwan, including in 

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1 vert defense articles from United States stocks to pro2 vide an interim capability or solution with respect to 

3 any delayed deliveries to Taiwan and the plan, if ap4 plicable, to replenish any such diverted stocks. 

5 (7) A description of other potential actions al6 ready undertaken by or currently under consideration 

7 by the Department of State and the Department of 

8 Defense to improve delivery timelines for the transfers 

9 listed pursuant to paragraph (1). 

10 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

12 of Congress’’ means— 

13 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

14 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

16 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 (e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 

19 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 

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1 TITLE III—COUNTERING PEO2 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S 

3 COERCION AND INFLUENCE 

4 CAMPAIGNS 

5 SEC. 301. STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO INFLUENCE AND IN6 FORMATION OPERATIONS TARGETING TAI7 WAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 

10 for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State shall develop 

11 and implement a strategy to respond to— 

12 (1) covert, coercive, and corrupting activities 

13 carried out to advance the Chinese Communist Par14 ty’s ‘‘United Front’’ work, including activities di15 rected, coordinated, or otherwise supported by the 

16 United Front Work Department or its subordinate or 

17 affiliated entities; and 

18 (2) information and disinformation campaigns, 

19 cyber attacks, and nontraditional propaganda meas20 ures supported by the Government of the People’s Re21 public of China and the Chinese Communist Party 

22 that are directed toward persons or entities in Tai23 wan. 

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1 (1) the proposed response to propaganda and 

2 disinformation campaigns by the People’s Republic of 

3 China and cyber-intrusions targeting Taiwan, includ4 ing— 

5 (A) assistance in building the capacity of 

6 the government in Taiwan and private-sector en7 tities to document and expose propaganda and 

8 disinformation supported by the Government of 

9 the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Com10 munist Party, or affiliated entities; 

11 (B) assistance to enhance the government in 

12 Taiwan’s ability to develop a whole-of-govern13 ment strategy to respond to sharp power oper14 ations, including election interference; and 

15 (C) media training for Taiwan officials and 

16 other Taiwan entities targeted by disinformation 

17 campaigns; 

18 (2) the proposed response to political influence 

19 operations that includes an assessment of the extent 

20 of influence exerted by the Government of the People’s 

21 Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party 

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1 (3) support for exchanges and other technical as2 sistance to strengthen the Taiwan legal system’s abil3 ity to respond to sharp power operations; 

4 (4) the establishment of a coordinated partner5 ship, through the American Institute in Taiwan’s 

6 Global Cooperation and Training Framework, with 

7 like-minded governments to share data and best prac8 tices with the government in Taiwan regarding ways 

9 to address sharp power operations supported by the 

10 Government of the People’s Republic of China and the 

11 Chinese Communist Party; and 

12 (5) programs carried out by the Global Engage13 ment Center to expose misinformation and 

14 disinformation in the Chinese Communist Party’s 

15 propaganda. 

16 SEC. 302. STRATEGY TO COUNTER ECONOMIC COERCION BY 

17 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAR18 GETING COUNTRIES AND ENTITIES THAT 

19 SUPPORT TAIWAN. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there22 after for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State shall 

23 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a descrip24 tion of the strategy being used by the Department of State 

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1 China’s increased economic coercion against countries 

2 which have strengthened their ties with, or support for, Tai3 wan. 

4 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES AND ENTITIES TAR5 GETED BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR ECO6 NOMIC COERCION.—The Department of State, the United 

7 States Agency for International Development, the United 

8 States International Development Finance Corporation, the 

9 Department of Commerce and the Department of the Treas10 ury shall provide appropriate assistance to countries and 

11 entities that are subject to coercive economic practices by 

12 the People’s Republic of China. 

13 SEC. 303. CHINA CENSORSHIP MONITOR AND ACTION 

14 GROUP. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit18 tees’’ means— 

19 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

20 the Senate; and 

21 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

22 House of Representatives. 

23 (2) QUALIFIED RESEARCH ENTITY.—The term 

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1 (A) is a nonpartisan research organization 

2 or a Federally funded research and development 

3 center; 

4 (B) has appropriate expertise and analyt5 ical capability to write the report required under 

6 subsection (c); and 

7 (C) is free from any financial, commercial, 

8 or other entanglements, which could undermine 

9 the independence of such report or create a con10 flict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of 

11 interest, with— 

12 (i) the Government of the People’s Re13 public of China; 

14 (ii) the Chinese Communist Party; 

15 (iii) any company incorporated in the 

16 People’s Republic of China or a subsidiary 

17 of such company; or 

18 (iv) any company or entity incor19 porated outside of the People’s Republic of 

20 China that is believed to have a substantial 

21 financial or commercial interest in the Peo22 ple’s Republic of China. 

23 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

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1 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law2 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

3 United States; or 

4 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

5 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

6 United States, including a foreign branch of 

7 such an entity. 

8 (b) CHINA CENSORSHIP MONITOR AND ACTION

9 GROUP.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 

11 an interagency task force, which shall be known as the 

12 ‘‘China Censorship Monitor and Action Group’’ (re13 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

14 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The President shall take the 

15 following actions with respect to the membership of, 

16 and participation in, the Task Force: 

17 (A) Appoint the chair of the Task Force 

18 from among the staff of the National Security 

19 Council. 

20 (B) Appoint the vice chair of the Task 

21 Force from among the staff of the National Eco22 nomic Council. 

23 (C) Direct the head of each of the following 

24 executive branch agencies to appoint personnel to 

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1 (i) The Department of State. 

2 (ii) The Department of Commerce. 

3 (iii) The Department of the Treasury. 

4 (iv) The Department of Justice. 

5 (v) The Office of the United States 

6 Trade Representative. 

7 (vi) The Office of the Director of Na8 tional Intelligence, and other appropriate 

9 elements of the intelligence community (as 

10 defined in section 3 of the National Secu11 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)). 

12 (vii) The Federal Communications 

13 Commission. 

14 (viii) The United States Agency for 

15 Global Media. 

16 (ix) Other agencies designated by the 

17 President. 

18 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Task Force shall— 

19 (A) oversee the development and execution of 

20 an integrated Federal Government strategy to 

21 monitor and address the impacts of efforts di22 rected, or directly supported, by the Government 

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1 son, including United States companies that 

2 conduct business in the People’s Republic of 

3 China, which are exercising their right to free4 dom of speech; and 

5 (B) submit the strategy developed pursuant 

6 to subparagraph (A) to the appropriate congres7 sional committees not later than 120 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (4) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall meet not 

10 less frequently than twice per year. 

11 (5) CONSULTATIONS.—The Task Force should 

12 regularly consult, to the extent necessary and appro13 priate, with— 

14 (A) Federal agencies that are not rep15 resented on the Task Force; 

16 (B) independent agencies of the United 

17 States Government that are not represented on 

18 the Task Force; 

19 (C) relevant stakeholders in the private sec20 tor and the media; and 

21 (D) relevant stakeholders among United 

22 States allies and partners facing similar chal23 lenges related to censorship or intimidation by 

24 the Government of the People’s Republic of 

25 China. 


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1 (6) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 (A) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Task Force 

3 shall submit an annual report to the appropriate 

4 congressional committees that describes, with re5 spect to the reporting period— 

6 (i) the strategic objectives and policies 

7 pursued by the Task Force to address the 

8 challenges of censorship and intimidation of 

9 United States persons while in the United 

10 States or any of its possessions or terri11 tories, which is directed or directly sup12 ported by the Government of the People’s 

13 Republic of China; 

14 (ii) the activities conducted by the 

15 Task Force in support of the strategic objec16 tives and policies referred to in clause (i); 

17 and 

18 (iii) the results of the activities referred 

19 to in clause (ii) and the impact of such ac20 tivities on the national interests of the 

21 United States. 

22 (B) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report sub23 mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be 

24 unclassified, but may include a classified annex. 


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1 (C) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later 

2 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, and annually thereafter, the Task Force 

4 shall provide briefings to the appropriate con5 gressional committees regarding the activities of 

6 the Task Force to execute the strategy developed 

7 pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 

8 (c) REPORT ON CENSORSHIP AND INTIMIDATION OF

9 UNITED STATES PERSONS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

10 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

11 (1) REPORT.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

14 Secretary of State shall select and seek to enter 

15 into an agreement with a qualified research enti16 ty that is independent of the Department of 

17 State to write a report on censorship and in18 timidation in the United States and its posses19 sions and territories of United States persons, 

20 including United States companies that conduct 

21 business in the People’s Republic of China, which 

22 is directed or directly supported by the Govern23 ment of the People’s Republic of China. 

24 (B) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The re25 port required under subparagraph (A) shall— 


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1 (i) assess major trends, patterns, and 

2 methods of the Government of the People’s 

3 Republic of China’s efforts to direct or di4 rectly support censorship and intimidation 

5 of United States persons, including United 

6 States companies that conduct business in 

7 the People’s Republic of China, which are 

8 exercising their right to freedom of speech; 

9 (ii) assess, including through the use of 

10 illustrative examples, as appropriate, the 

11 impact on and consequences for United 

12 States persons, including United States 

13 companies that conduct business in the Peo14 ple’s Republic of China, that criticize— 

15 (I) the Chinese Communist Party; 

16 (II) the Government of the Peo17 ple’s Republic of China; 

18 (III) the authoritarian model of 

19 government of the People’s Republic of 

20 China; or 

21 (IV) a particular policy advanced 

22 by the Chinese Communist Party or 

23 the Government of the People’s Repub24 lic of China; 


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1 (iii) identify the implications for the 

2 United States of the matters described in 

3 clauses (i) and (ii); 

4 (iv) assess the methods and evaluate 

5 the efficacy of the efforts by the Government 

6 of the People’s Republic of China to limit 

7 freedom of expression in the private sector, 

8 including media, social media, film, edu9 cation, travel, financial services, sports and 

10 entertainment, technology, telecommuni11 cation, and internet infrastructure interests; 

12 (v) include policy recommendations for 

13 the United States Government, including 

14 recommendations regarding collaboration 

15 with United States allies and partners, to 

16 address censorship and intimidation by the 

17 Government of the People’s Republic of 

18 China; and 

19 (vi) include policy recommendations 

20 for United States persons, including United 

21 States companies that conduct business in 

22 China, to address censorship and intimida23 tion by the Government of the People’s Re24 public of China. 


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1 (C) APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES AL2 LIES AND PARTNERS.—To the extent practicable, 

3 the report required under subparagraph (A) 

4 should identify implications and policy rec5 ommendations that are relevant to United States 

6 allies and partners facing censorship and intimi7 dation directed or directly supported by the Gov8 ernment of the People’s Republic of China. 

9 (2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

12 Secretary of State shall submit the report writ13 ten by the qualified research entity selected pur14 suant to paragraph (1)(A) to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees. 

16 (B) PUBLICATION.—The report referred to 

17 in subparagraph (A) shall be made accessible to 

18 the public online through relevant United States 

19 Government websites. 


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1 TITLE IV—INCLUSION OF TAI2 WAN IN INTERNATIONAL OR3 GANIZATIONS 

4 SEC. 401. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL 

5 ORGANIZATIONS. 

6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

7 United States to promote Taiwan’s inclusion and meaning8 ful participation in international organizations. 

9 (b) SUPPORT FOR MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION.—The 

10 Permanent Representative of the United States to the 

11 United Nations and other relevant United States officials 

12 shall actively support Taiwan’s meaningful participation 

13 in all appropriate international organizations. 

14 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

16 submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 

17 that— 

18 (1) describes the People’s Republic of China’s ef19 forts at the United Nations and other international 

20 bodies to block Taiwan’s meaningful participation 

21 and inclusion; and 

22 (2) recommends appropriate responses that 

23 should be taken by the United States to carry out the 

24 policy described in subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 402. PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE INTER-AMER2 ICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) the United States fully supports Taiwan’s 

5 participation in, and contribution to, international 

6 organizations and underscores the importance of the 

7 relationship between Taiwan and the United States; 

8 (2) diversifying the donor base of the Inter9 American Development Bank (referred to in this title 

10 as the ‘‘IDB’’) and increasing allied engagement in 

11 the Western Hemisphere reinforces United States na12 tional interests; 

13 (3) Taiwan’s significant contribution to the de14 velopment and economies of Latin America and the 

15 Caribbean demonstrate that Taiwan’s membership in 

16 the IDB as a non-borrowing member would benefit 

17 the IDB and the entire Latin American and Carib18 bean region; and 

19 (4) non-borrowing membership in the IDB would 

20 allow Taiwan to substantially leverage and channel 

21 the immense resources Taiwan already provides to 

22 Latin America and the Caribbean to reach a larger 

23 number of beneficiaries. 


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1 SEC. 403. PLAN FOR TAIWAN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE 

2 INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. 

3 The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec4 retary of the Treasury, is authorized— 

5 (1) to initiate a United States plan to endorse 

6 non-borrowing IDB membership for Taiwan; and 

7 (2) to instruct the United States Governor of the 

8 IDB to work with the IDB Board of Governors to 

9 admit Taiwan as a non-borrowing member of the 

10 IDB. 

11 SEC. 404. REPORT CONCERNING MEMBER STATE STATUS 

12 FOR TAIWAN AT THE INTER-AMERICAN DE13 VELOPMENT BANK. 

14 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act, and not later than April 1 of each year there16 after for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, in 

17 coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall sub18 mit an unclassified report to the Committee on Foreign Re19 lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

20 of the House of Representatives that— 

21 (1) describes the United States plan to endorse 

22 and obtain non-borrowing membership status for Tai23 wan at the IDB; 

24 (2) includes an account of the efforts made by the 

25 Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury 

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1 bid to obtain non-borrowing membership at the IDB; 

2 and 

3 (3) identifies the steps that the Secretary of State 

4 and the Secretary of the Treasury will take to endorse 

5 and obtain non-borrowing membership status for Tai6 wan at the IDB in the following year. 

7 SEC. 405. CLARIFICATION REGARDING UNITED NATIONS 

8 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2758 

9 (XXVI). 

10 Section 2(a) of the Taiwan Allies International Protec11 tion and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 

12 (Public Law 116–135) is amended by adding at the end 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(10) United Nations General Assembly Resolu15 tion 2758 (1971)— 

16 ‘‘(A) established the representatives of the 

17 Government of the People’s Republic of China as 

18 the only lawful representatives of China to the 

19 United Nations; 

20 ‘‘(B) did not address the issue of representa21 tion and meaningful participation of Taiwan 

22 and its people in the United Nations or in any 

23 related organizations; and 

24 ‘‘(C) did not take a position on the relation25 ship between the People’s Republic of China and 


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1 Taiwan or include any statement pertaining to 

2 Taiwan’s sovereignty. 

3 ‘‘(11) The United States opposes any initiative 

4 that seeks to change Taiwan’s status without the con5 sent of the people of Taiwan.’’. 

6 SEC. 406. MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE 

7 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZA8 TION. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that— 

11 (1) the International Civil Aviation Organiza12 tion (ICAO) should allow Taiwan to meaningfully 

13 participate in the organization, including in ICAO 

14 triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical 

15 working groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; 

16 (2) Taiwan is a global leader and hub for inter17 national aviation, with a range of expertise, informa18 tion, and resources and the fifth busiest airport in 

19 Asia (Taoyuan International Airport), and its mean20 ingful participation in ICAO would significantly en21 hance the ability of ICAO to ensure the safety and se22 curity of global aviation; and 

23 (3) coercion by the Chinese Communist Party 

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1 ticipation in ICAO, significantly undermining the 

2 ability of ICAO to ensure the safety and security of 

3 global aviation. 

4 (b) PLAN FOR TAIWAN’S MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION

5 IN THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION.— 

6 The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary 

7 of Commerce, is authorized— 

8 (1) to initiate a United States plan to secure 

9 Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, includ10 ing in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, 

11 technical working groups, meetings, activities, and 

12 mechanisms; and 

13 (2) to instruct the United States representative 

14 to the ICAO to— 

15 (A) use the voice and vote of the United 

16 States to ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participa17 tion in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial as18 sembly sessions, conferences, technical working 

19 groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; 

20 and 

21 (B) seek to secure a vote at the next ICAO 

22 triennial assembly session on the question of Tai23 wan’s participation in that session. 

24 (c) REPORT CONCERNING TAIWAN’S MEANINGFUL

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1 ORGANIZATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

2 the enactment of this Act, and not later than April 1 of 

3 each year thereafter for the following 6 years, the Secretary 

4 of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, 

5 shall submit an unclassified report to the Committee on 

6 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For7 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives that— 

8 (1) describes the United States plan to ensure 

9 Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, includ10 ing in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, conferences, 

11 technical working groups, meetings, activities, and 

12 mechanisms; 

13 (2) includes an account of the efforts made by the 

14 Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to 

15 ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in ICAO, 

16 including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, con17 ferences, technical working groups, meetings, activi18 ties, and mechanisms; and 

19 (3) identifies the steps the Secretary of State and 

20 the Secretary of Commerce will take in the next year 

21 to ensure Taiwan’s meaningful participation in 

22 ICAO, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, 

23 conferences, technical working groups, meetings, ac24 tivities, and mechanisms. 


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1 TITLE V—ENHANCED DEVELOP2 MENT AND ECONOMIC CO3 OPERATION BETWEEN THE 

4 UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN 

5 SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress makes the following findings: 

7 (1) Taiwan has been an important trading part8 ner of the United States for many years, accounting 

9 for $114,000,000,000 in two-way trade in 2021. 

10 (2) Taiwan has demonstrated the capacity to 

11 hold a strong economic partnership with the United 

12 States. Along with a robust trading profile of goods 

13 and services, Taiwan supports an estimated 208,000 

14 American jobs and its cumulative investment in the 

15 United States is at least $13,700,000,000, numbers 

16 that will only increase with a comprehensive bilateral 

17 trade agreement. 

18 (3) In addition to supplementing United States 

19 goods and services, Taiwan is a reliable partner in 

20 many United States’ industries, which is not only 

21 critical for diversifying United States supply chains, 

22 but is also essential to reducing the United States’ re23 liance on other countries, such as China, who seek to 

24 leverage supply chain inefficiencies in their path to 

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1 of United States supply chains is critical to our na2 tional security. 

3 (4) The challenges to establishing an agreement 

4 with Taiwan, such as reaching an agreement on agri5 cultural standards, must not prevent the completion 

6 of a bilateral trade agreement. Taiwan has already 

7 taken steps to further the progress towards such an 

8 agreement by announcing its intent to lift restrictions 

9 on United States pork and beef products, which will 

10 greatly increase the accessibility of American farmers 

11 and ranchers to Taiwan markets. In light of this im12 portant development, the United States should imme13 diately move forward with substantial negotiations 

14 for a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement with 

15 Taiwan. 

16 (5) A free and open Indo-Pacific is a goal that 

17 needs to be actively pursued to counter China’s use of 

18 unfair trading practices and other policies to advance 

19 its economic dominance in the Indo-Pacific region. 

20 An agreement with Taiwan would— 

21 (A) help the United States accomplish this 

22 goal by building a network of like-minded gov23 ernments dedicated to fair competition and open 

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1 (B) encourage other nations to deepen eco2 nomic ties with Taiwan. 

3 (6) Since November 2020, Taiwan and the 

4 United States have engaged in the U.S.-Taiwan Eco5 nomic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue, covering a 

6 broad range of economic issues including— 

7 (A) 5G networks and telecommunications 

8 security; 

9 (B) supply chains resiliency; 

10 (C) infrastructure cooperation; 

11 (D) renewable energy; 

12 (E) global health; and 

13 (F) science and technology. 

14 (7) A trade agreement between the United States 

15 and Taiwan would promote security and economic 

16 growth for the United States, Taiwan, and the entire 

17 Indo-Pacific region. 

18 (8) Excluding Taiwan from the Indo-Pacific 

19 Economic Framework would— 

20 (A) create significant distortions in the re21 gional and global economic architecture; and 

22 (B) run counter to the United States’ eco23 nomic interests. 

24 (9) Taiwan is the United States’ largest trading 

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1 treaty or agreement. Taiwan has such agreements 

2 with 34 countries, including countries that have trade 

3 agreements with the United States and do not main4 tain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. 

5 (10) The American Chamber of Commerce in 

6 Taipei, in its ‘‘2022 Taiwan White Paper’’, called for 

7 the United States and Taiwan to continue exploring 

8 an income tax agreement to boost bilateral trade and 

9 investment by reducing double taxation and increas10 ing economic efficiency and integration. 

11 SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON A FREE TRADE AGREE12 MENT AND BILATERAL TAX AGREEMENT WITH 

13 TAIWAN, THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC 

14 FRAMEWORK, AND CBP PRECLEARANCE. 

15 It is the Sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) the United States Trade Representative 

17 should resume meetings under the United States and 

18 Taiwan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement 

19 with the goal of reaching a bilateral free trade agree20 ment with Taiwan; 

21 (2) the United States Trade Representative 

22 should undertake efforts to assess whether the Agree23 ment Concerning Digital Trade, signed at Wash24 ington October 7, 2019, and entered into force Janu25 ary 1, 2020, between the United States and Japan, 


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1 provides a model for a similar agreement between the 

2 United States and Taiwan to strengthen economic 

3 ties with Taiwan in key sectors; 

4 (3) the United States Trade Representative and 

5 the Secretary of Commerce should undertake efforts to 

6 assure Taiwan’s engagement and participation in the 

7 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework; 

8 (4) the United States should utilize and expand 

9 Preclearance programs to meet the needs of the United 

10 States travel and tourism industry, including by 

11 prioritizing the establishment of Preclearance facili12 ties with Indo-Pacific allies and partners, including 

13 Taiwan; and 

14 (5) the United States should— 

15 (A) begin negotiations on an income tax 

16 agreement between the American Institute in 

17 Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural 

18 Representative Office in the United States; and 

19 (B) work on a congressional-executive agree20 ment to establish such an income tax agreement. 

21 SEC. 503. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES-TAIWAN 

22 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. 

23 It is the sense of Congress that— 

24 (1) the United States and Taiwan share common 

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1 ing public health, agriculture, food security, democ2 racy and governance, and education; 

3 (2) enhanced cooperation between the United 

4 States and Taiwan would better advance these goals; 

5 and 

6 (3) the United States Agency for International 

7 Development should explore opportunities to partner 

8 with Taiwan on projects in developing countries re9 lated to inclusive economic growth, resilience, global 

10 health, education, infrastructure, humanitarian as11 sistance, disaster relief, and other areas. 

12 TITLE VI—SUPPORTING UNITED 

13 STATES EDUCATIONAL AND 

14 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH 

15 TAIWAN 

16 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Fellowship 

18 Act’’. 

19 SEC. 602. FINDINGS. 

20 Congress makes the following findings: 

21 (1) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

22 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) affirmed United States pol23 icy ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, close, and 

24 friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations be25 tween the people of the United States and the people 


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1 on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China main2 land and all other peoples of the Western Pacific 

3 area’’. 

4 (2) Consistent with the Asia Reassurance Initia5 tive Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409), the United 

6 States has grown its strategic partnership with Tai7 wan’s vibrant democracy of 23,000,000 people. 

8 (3) Despite a concerted campaign by the People’s 

9 Republic of China to isolate Taiwan from its diplo10 matic partners and from international organizations, 

11 including the World Health Organization, Taiwan 

12 has emerged as a global leader in the coronavirus 

13 global pandemic response, including by donating 

14 more than 2,000,000 surgical masks and other med15 ical equipment to the United States. 

16 (4) The creation of a United States fellowship 

17 program with Taiwan would support— 

18 (A) a key priority of expanding people-to19 people exchanges, which was outlined in Presi20 dent Donald J. Trump’s 2017 National Security 

21 Strategy; 

22 (B) President Joseph R. Biden’s commit23 ment to Taiwan, ‘‘a leading democracy and a 

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1 pressed in his March 2021 Interim National Se2 curity Strategic Guidance; and 

3 (C) April 2021 guidance from the Depart4 ment of State based on a review required under 

5 the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (subtitle B of 

6 title III of division FF of Public Law 116–260) 

7 to ‘‘encourage U.S. government engagement with 

8 Taiwan that reflects our deepening unofficial re9 lationship’’. 

10 SEC. 603. PURPOSES. 

11 The purposes of this title are— 

12 (1) to further strengthen the United States-Tai13 wan strategic partnership and broaden understanding 

14 of the Indo-Pacific region by temporarily assigning 

15 officials of any agencies of the United States Govern16 ment to Taiwan for intensive study in Mandarin and 

17 placement as Fellows with the government in Taiwan 

18 or a Taiwanese civic institution; 

19 (2) to provide for eligible United States per20 sonnel— 

21 (A) to learn or strengthen Mandarin Chi22 nese language skills; and 

23 (B) to expand their understanding of the 

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1 (3) to better position the United States to ad2 vance its economic, security, and human rights inter3 ests and values in the Indo-Pacific region. 

4 SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this title: 

6 (1) AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘‘agency head’’ 

7 means, in the case of the executive branch of United 

8 States Government or a legislative branch agency de9 scribed in paragraph (2), the head of the respective 

10 agency. 

11 (2) AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERN12 MENT.—The term ‘‘agency of the United States Gov13 ernment’’ includes the Government Accountability Of14 fice, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Con15 gressional Research Service of the legislative branch, 

16 as well as any agency of the executive branch. 

17 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

18 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

19 means— 

20 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

21 the Senate; 

22 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

23 Senate; 

24 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

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1 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (4) DETAILEE.—The term ‘‘detailee’’— 

4 (A) means an employee of an agency of the 

5 United States Government on loan to the Amer6 ican Institute in Taiwan, without a change of 

7 position from the agency at which he or she is 

8 employed; and 

9 (B) a legislative branch employee from the 

10 Government Accountability Office, Congressional 

11 Budget Office, or the Congressional Research 

12 Service. 

13 (5) IMPLEMENTING PARTNER.—The term ‘‘imple14 menting partner’’ means any United States organiza15 tion described in 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

16 Code of 1986 that— 

17 (A) performs logistical, administrative, and 

18 other functions, as determined by the Depart19 ment of State and the American Institute of Tai20 wan in support of the Taiwan Fellowship Pro21 gram; and 

22 (B) enters into a cooperative agreement 

23 with the American Institute in Taiwan to ad24 minister the Taiwan Fellowship Program. 


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1 (6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the 

2 Taiwan Fellowship Program established pursuant to 

3 section 605. 

4 SEC. 605. TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall es6 tablish the Taiwan Fellowship Program (referred to in this 

7 section as the ‘‘Program’’) to provide a fellowship oppor8 tunity in Taiwan of up to 2 years for eligible United States 

9 citizens. The Department of State, in consultation with the 

10 American Institute in Taiwan and the implementing part11 ner, may modify the name of the Program. 

12 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The American Institute in 

14 Taiwan should use amounts appropriated pursuant 

15 to section 608(a) to enter into an annual or multi16 year cooperative agreement with an appropriate im17 plementing partner. 

18 (2) FELLOWSHIPS.—The Department of State or 

19 the American Institute in Taiwan, in consultation 

20 with, as appropriate, the implementing partner, 

21 should award to eligible United States citizens, sub22 ject to available funding— 

23 (A) approximately 5 fellowships during the 

24 first 2 years of the Program; and 


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1 (B) approximately 10 fellowships during 

2 each of the remaining years of the Program. 

3 (c) AMERICAN INSTITUTION IN TAIWAN AGREEMENT; 

4 IMPLEMENTING PARTNER.—Not later than 30 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the American Institute 

6 in Taiwan, in consultation with the Department of State, 

7 should— 

8 (1) begin negotiations with the Taipei Economic 

9 and Cultural Representative Office, or with another 

10 appropriate entity, for the purpose of entering into 

11 an agreement to facilitate the placement of fellows in 

12 an agency of the government in Taiwan; and 

13 (2) begin the process of selecting an imple14 menting partner, which— 

15 (A) shall agree to meet all of the legal re16 quirements required to operate in Taiwan; and 

17 (B) shall be composed of staff who dem18 onstrate significant experience managing ex19 change programs in the Indo-Pacific region. 

20 (d) CURRICULUM.— 

21 (1) FIRST YEAR.—During the first year of each 

22 fellowship under this section, each fellow should 

23 study— 

24 (A) the Mandarin Chinese language; 


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1 (B) the people, history, and political cli2 mate on Taiwan; and 

3 (C) the issues affecting the relationship be4 tween the United States and the Indo-Pacific re5 gion. 

6 (2) SECOND YEAR.—During the second year of 

7 each fellowship under this section, each fellow, subject 

8 to the approval of the Department of State, the Amer9 ican Institute in Taiwan, and the implementing 

10 partner, and in accordance with the purposes of this 

11 title, should work in— 

12 (A) a parliamentary office, ministry, or 

13 other agency of the government in Taiwan; or 

14 (B) an organization outside of the govern15 ment in Taiwan, whose interests are associated 

16 with the interests of the fellow and the agency of 

17 the United States Government from which the 

18 fellow is or had been employed. 

19 (e) FLEXIBLE FELLOWSHIP DURATION.—Notwith20 standing any requirement under this section, the Secretary 

21 of State, in consultation with the American Institute in 

22 Taiwan and, as appropriate, the implementing partner, 

23 may award fellowships that have a duration of less than 

24 two years, and may alter the curriculum requirements 

25 under subsection (d) for such purposes. 


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1 (f) SUNSET.—The fellowship program under this title 

2 shall terminate 7 years after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act. 

4 (g) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 (1) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—A United 

6 States citizen is eligible for a fellowship under this 

7 section if he or she— 

8 (A) is an employee of the United States 

9 Government; 

10 (B) has received at least one exemplary per11 formance review in his or her current United 

12 States Government role within at least the last 

13 three years prior to beginning the fellowship; 

14 (C) has at least 2 years of experience in any 

15 branch of the United States Government; 

16 (D) has a demonstrated professional or edu17 cational background in the relationship between 

18 the United States and countries in the Indo-Pa19 cific region; and 

20 (E) has demonstrated his or her commit21 ment to further service in the United States Gov22 ernment. 

23 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF FELLOWS.—Each re24 cipient of a fellowship under this section shall agree, 

25 as a condition of such fellowship— 


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1 (A) to maintain satisfactory progress in 

2 language training and appropriate behavior in 

3 Taiwan, consistent with United States Govern4 ment policy toward Taiwan, as determined by 

5 the Department of State, the American Institute 

6 in Taiwan and, as appropriate, its imple7 menting partner; 

8 (B) to refrain from engaging in any intel9 ligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf 

10 of the United States Government; and 

11 (C) to continue Federal Government em12 ployment for a period of not less than 4 years 

13 after the conclusion of the fellowship or for not 

14 less than 2 years for a fellowship that is 1 year 

15 or shorter. 

16 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF IMPLEMENTING PART17 NER.— 

18 (A) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—The imple19 menting partner, with the concurrence of the De20 partment of State and the American Institute in 

21 Taiwan, shall— 

22 (i) make efforts to recruit fellowship 

23 candidates who reflect the diversity of the 

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1 (ii) select fellows for the Taiwan Fel2 lowship Program based solely on merit, 

3 with appropriate supervision from the De4 partment of State and the American Insti5 tute in Taiwan; and 

6 (iii) prioritize the selection of can7 didates willing to serve in a fellowship last8 ing 1 year or longer. 

9 (B) FIRST YEAR.—The implementing part10 ner should provide each fellow in the first year 

11 (or shorter duration, as jointly determined by the 

12 Department of State and the American Institute 

13 in Taiwan for those who are not serving a 2- 

14 year fellowship) with— 

15 (i) intensive Mandarin Chinese lan16 guage training; and 

17 (ii) courses in the politics, culture, and 

18 history of Taiwan, China, and the broader 

19 Indo-Pacific. 

20 (C) WAIVER OF FIRST-YEAR TRAINING.— 

21 The Department of State, in coordination with 

22 the American Institute in Taiwan and, as ap23 propriate, the implementing partner, may waive 

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1 guage skills, knowledge of the topic described in 

2 subparagraph (B)(ii), or for other related rea3 sons approved by the Department of State and 

4 the American Institute in Taiwan. If any of the 

5 training requirements are waived for a fellow 

6 serving a 2-year fellowship, the training portion 

7 of his or her fellowship may be shortened to the 

8 extent appropriate. 

9 (D) OFFICE; STAFFING.—The implementing 

10 partner, in consultation with the Department of 

11 State and the American Institute in Taiwan, 

12 may maintain an office and at least 1 full-time 

13 staff member in Taiwan— 

14 (i) to liaise with the American Insti15 tute in Taiwan and the government in Tai16 wan; and 

17 (ii) to serve as the primary in-country 

18 point of contact for the recipients of fellow19 ships under this Act and their dependents. 

20 (E) OTHER FUNCTIONS.—The implementing 

21 partner may perform other functions in associa22 tion with support of the Taiwan Fellowship Pro23 gram, including logistical and administrative 

24 functions, as prescribed by the Department of 

25 State and the American Institute in Taiwan. 


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1 (4) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any fellow who fails to 

3 comply with the requirements under this section 

4 shall reimburse the American Institute in Tai5 wan, or the appropriate United States Govern6 ment agency for— 

7 (i) the Federal funds expended for the 

8 fellow’s participation in the fellowship, as 

9 set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3); and 

10 (ii) interest accrued on such funds 

11 (calculated at the prevailing rate). 

12 (B) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fellow 

13 who violates paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

14 (b) shall reimburse the American Institute in 

15 Taiwan, or the appropriate United States Gov16 ernment agency, in an amount equal to the sum 

17 of— 

18 (i) all of the Federal funds expended 

19 for the fellow’s participation in the fellow20 ship; and 

21 (ii) interest on the amount specified in 

22 subparagraph (A), which shall be calculated 

23 at the prevailing rate. 

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1 burse the American Institute in Taiwan, or the 

2 appropriate United States Government agency, 

3 in an amount equal to the difference between— 

4 (i) the amount specified in paragraph 

5 (2); and 

6 (ii) the product of— 

7 (I) the amount the fellow received 

8 in compensation during the final year 

9 of the fellowship, including the value of 

10 any allowances and benefits received 

11 by the fellow; multiplied by 

12 (II) the percentage of the period 

13 specified in subsection (b)(3) during 

14 which the fellow did not remain em15 ployed by the Federal Government. 

16 SEC. 606. REPORTS AND AUDITS. 

17 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

18 the selection of the first class of fellows under this title, and 

19 annually thereafter for 7 years, the Department of State 

20 shall offer to brief the appropriate committees of Congress 

21 regarding the following issues: 

22 (1) An assessment of the performance of the im23 plementing partner in fulfilling the purposes of this 

24 Act. 


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1 (2) The names and sponsoring agencies of the fel2 lows selected by the implementing partner and the ex3 tent to which such fellows represent the diversity of 

4 the United States. 

5 (3) The names of the parliamentary offices, min6 istries, other agencies of the government in Taiwan, 

7 and nongovernmental institutions to which each fel8 low was assigned during the second year of the fellow9 ship. 

10 (4) Any recommendations, as appropriate, to 

11 improve the implementation of the Taiwan Fellow12 ship Program, including added flexibilities in the ad13 ministration of the program. 

14 (5) An assessment of the Taiwan Fellowship Pro15 gram’s value upon the relationship between the 

16 United States and Taiwan or the United States and 

17 Asian countries. 

18 (b) ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The financial records of any 

20 implementing partner shall be audited annually in 

21 accordance with generally accepted government audit22 ing standards by independent certified public ac23 countants or independent licensed public accountants 

24 who are certified or licensed by a regulatory authority 


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1 of a State or another political subdivision of the 

2 United States. 

3 (2) LOCATION.—Each audit under paragraph 

4 (1) shall be conducted at the place or places where the 

5 financial records of the implementing partner are 

6 normally kept. 

7 (3) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.—The implementing 

8 partner shall make available to the accountants con9 ducting an audit under paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) all books, financial records, files, other 

11 papers, things, and property belonging to, or in 

12 use by, the implementing partner that are nec13 essary to facilitate the audit; and 

14 (B) full facilities for verifying transactions 

15 with the balances or securities held by deposi16 tories, fiscal agents, and custodians. 

17 (4) REPORT.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months 

19 after the end of each fiscal year, the imple20 menting partner shall provide a report of the 

21 audit conducted for such fiscal year under para22 graph (1) to the Department of State and the 

23 American Institute in Taiwan. 

24 (B) CONTENTS.—Each audit report shall— 

25 (i) set forth the scope of the audit; 


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1 (ii) include such statements, along 

2 with the auditor’s opinion of those state3 ments, as may be necessary to present fairly 

4 the implementing partner’s assets and li5 abilities, surplus or deficit, with reasonable 

6 detail; 

7 (iii) include a statement of the imple8 menting partner’s income and expenses dur9 ing the year; and 

10 (iv) include a schedule of— 

11 (I) all contracts and cooperative 

12 agreements requiring payments greater 

13 than $5,000; and 

14 (II) any payments of compensa15 tion, salaries, or fees at a rate greater 

16 than $5,000 per year. 

17 (C) COPIES.—Each audit report shall be 

18 produced in sufficient copies for distribution to 

19 the public. 

20 SEC. 607. TAIWAN FELLOWS ON DETAIL FROM GOVERN21 MENT SERVICE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

23 (1) DETAIL AUTHORIZED.—With the approval of 

24 the Secretary of State, an agency head may detail, for 

25 a period of not more than 2 years, an employee of the 


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1 agency of the United States Government who has been 

2 awarded a fellowship under this title, to the American 

3 Institute in Taiwan for the purpose of assignment to 

4 the government in Taiwan or an organization de5 scribed in section 605(d)(2)(B). 

6 (2) AGREEMENT.—Each detailee shall enter into 

7 a written agreement with the Federal Government be8 fore receiving a fellowship, in which the fellow shall 

9 agree— 

10 (A) to continue in the service of the spon11 soring agency at the end of fellowship for a pe12 riod of at least 4 years (or at least 2 years if the 

13 fellowship duration is 1 year or shorter) unless 

14 the detailee is involuntarily separated from the 

15 service of such agency; and 

16 (B) to pay to the American Institute in 

17 Taiwan, or the United States Government agen18 cy, as appropriate, any additional expenses in19 curred by the Federal Government in connection 

20 with the fellowship if the detailee voluntarily 

21 separates from service with the sponsoring agen22 cy before the end of the period for which the 

23 detailee has agreed to continue in the service of 

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1 (3) EXCEPTION.—The payment agreed to under 

2 paragraph (2)(B) may not be required from a detailee 

3 who leaves the service of the sponsoring agency to 

4 enter into the service of another agency of the United 

5 States Government unless the head of the sponsoring 

6 agency notifies the detailee before the effective date of 

7 entry into the service of the other agency that pay8 ment will be required under this subsection. 

9 (b) STATUS AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.—A 

10 detailee— 

11 (1) is deemed, for the purpose of preserving al12 lowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other bene13 fits, to be an employee of the sponsoring agency; 

14 (2) is entitled to pay, allowances, and benefits 

15 from funds available to such agency, which is deemed 

16 to comply with section 5536 of title 5, United States 

17 Code; and 

18 (3) may be assigned to a position with an entity 

19 described in section 605(d)(2)(A) if acceptance of such 

20 position does not involve— 

21 (A) the taking of an oath of allegiance to 

22 another government; or 

23 (B) the acceptance of compensation or other 

24 benefits from any foreign government by such 

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1 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPONSORING AGENCY.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal agency from 

3 which a detailee is detailed should provide the fellow 

4 allowances and benefits that are consistent with De5 partment of State Standardized Regulations or other 

6 applicable rules and regulations, including— 

7 (A) a living quarters allowance to cover the 

8 cost of housing in Taiwan; 

9 (B) a cost of living allowance to cover any 

10 possible higher costs of living in Taiwan; 

11 (C) a temporary quarters subsistence allow12 ance for up to 7 days if the fellow is unable to 

13 find housing immediately upon arriving in Tai14 wan; 

15 (D) an education allowance to assist par16 ents in providing the fellow’s minor children 

17 with educational services ordinarily provided 

18 without charge by public schools in the United 

19 States; 

20 (E) moving expenses to transport personal 

21 belongings of the fellow and his or her family in 

22 their move to Taiwan, which is comparable to 

23 the allowance given for American Institute in 

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1 (F) an economy-class airline ticket to and 

2 from Taiwan for each fellow and the fellow’s im3 mediate family. 

4 (2) MODIFICATION OF BENEFITS.—The American 

5 Institute in Taiwan and its implementing partner, 

6 with the approval of the Department of State, may 

7 modify the benefits set forth in paragraph (1) if such 

8 modification is warranted by fiscal circumstances. 

9 (d) NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY.—The American Insti10 tute in Taiwan, the implementing partner, and any govern11 ment in Taiwan or nongovernmental entities in Taiwan 

12 at which a fellow is detailed during the second year of the 

13 fellowship may not be held responsible for the pay, allow14 ances, or any other benefit normally provided to the 

15 detailee. 

16 (e) REIMBURSEMENT.—Fellows may be detailed under 

17 subsection (a)(1) without reimbursement to the United 

18 States by the American Institute in Taiwan. 

19 (f) ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS.—Detailees may be 

20 paid by the American Institute in Taiwan for the allow21 ances and benefits listed in subsection (c). 

22 SEC. 608. FUNDING. 

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

24 authorized to be appropriated to the American Institute in 

25 Taiwan— 


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1 (1) for fiscal year 2023, $2,900,000, of which— 

2 (A) $500,000 shall be used to launch the 

3 Taiwan Fellowship Program through a competi4 tive cooperative agreement with an appropriate 

5 implementing partner; 

6 (B) $2,300,000 shall be used to fund a coop7 erative agreement with an appropriate imple8 menting partner; and 

9 (C) $100,000 shall be used for management 

10 expenses of the American Institute in Taiwan re11 lated to the management of the Taiwan Fellow12 ship Program; and 

13 (2) for fiscal year 2024, and each succeeding fis14 cal year, $2,400,000, of which— 

15 (A) $2,300,000 shall be used for a coopera16 tive agreement to the appropriate implementing 

17 partner; and 

18 (B) $100,000 shall be used for management 

19 expenses of the American Institute in Taiwan re20 lated to the management of the Taiwan Fellow21 ship Program. 

22 (b) PRIVATE SOURCES.—The implementing partner 

23 selected to implement the Taiwan Fellowship Program may 

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1 property in carrying out such program, subject to the re2 view and approval of the American Institute in Taiwan. 

3 SEC. 609. STUDY AND REPORT. 

4 Not later than one year prior to the sunset of the fel5 lowship program under section 605(f), the Comptroller Gen6 eral of the United States shall conduct a study and submit 

7 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House a report that 

9 includes— 

10 (1) an analysis of the United States Government 

11 participants in this program, including the number 

12 of applicants and the number of fellowships under13 taken, the place of employment, and an assessment of 

14 the costs and benefits for participants and for the 

15 United States Government of such fellowships; 

16 (2) an analysis of the financial impact of the fel17 lowship on United States Government offices which 

18 have provided fellows to participate in the program; 

19 and 

20 (3) recommendations, if any, on how to improve 

21 the fellowship program. 

22 SEC. 610. SUPPORTING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND 

23 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH TAIWAN. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES-TAIWAN

25 CULTURAL EXCHANGE FOUNDATION.—The Secretary of 


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1 State should consider establishing an independent nonprofit 

2 entity that— 

3 (1) is dedicated to deepening ties between the fu4 ture leaders of Taiwan and the future leaders of the 

5 United States; and 

6 (2) works with State and local school districts 

7 and educational institutions to send high school and 

8 university students to Taiwan to study the Chinese 

9 language, culture, history, politics, and other relevant 

10 subjects. 

11 (b) PARTNER.—State and local school districts and 

12 educational institutions, including public universities, are 

13 encouraged to partner with the Taipei Economic and Cul14 tural Representative Office in the United States to establish 

15 programs to promote more educational and cultural ex16 changes. 

17 TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 701. INVITATION OF TAIWANESE COUNTERPARTS TO 

20 HIGH-LEVEL BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL 

21 FORUMS AND EXERCISES. 

22 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

23 United States to invite Taiwanese counterparts to partici24 pate in high-level bilateral and multilateral summits, mili25 tary exercises, and economic dialogues and forums. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that— 

3 (1) the United States Government should invite 

4 Taiwan to regional dialogues on issues of mutual con5 cern; 

6 (2) the United States Government and Tai7 wanese counterparts should resume meetings under 

8 the United States-Taiwan Trade and Investment 

9 Framework Agreement and reach a bilateral free 

10 trade agreement that provides high levels of labor 

11 rights and environmental protections; 

12 (3) the United States Government should invite 

13 Taiwan to participate in bilateral and multilateral 

14 military training exercises; 

15 (4) the United States Government and Tai16 wanese counterparts should engage in a regular and 

17 routine strategic bilateral dialogue on arms sales in 

18 accordance with Foreign Military Sales mechanisms; 

19 and 

20 (5) the United States Government should support 

21 export licenses for direct commercial sales supporting 

22 Taiwan’s indigenous defensive capabilities. 

23 SEC. 702. REPORT ON TAIWAN TRAVEL ACT. 

24 (a) LIST OF HIGH-LEVEL VISITS.—Not later than 180 

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1 ally thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of 

2 State, in accordance with the Taiwan Travel Act (Public 

3 Law 115–135), shall submit to the appropriate congres4 sional committees— 

5 (1) a list of high-level officials from the United 

6 States Government who have traveled to Taiwan; and 

7 (2) a list of high-level officials of Taiwan who 

8 have entered the United States. 

9 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there11 after for a period of 5 years, the Secretary of State shall 

12 submit a report on the implementation of the Taiwan Trav13 el Act, including a discussion of its positive effects on 

14 United States interests in the region, to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees. 

16 SEC. 703. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNDERMINING UNITED 

17 STATES POLICY REGARDING TAIWAN. 

18 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the efforts by the 

19 Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chi20 nese Communist Party to compel private United States 

21 businesses, corporations, and nongovernmental entities to 

22 use language mandated by the People’s Republic of China 

23 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘PRC’’) to describe the 

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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

2 that the United States Government, in coordination with 

3 United States businesses and nongovernmental entities, 

4 should formulate a code of conduct for, and otherwise co5 ordinate on, interacting with the Government of the PRC 

6 and the Chinese Communist Party and their affiliated enti7 ties, the aim of which is— 

8 (1) to counter PRC operations that threaten free 

9 speech, academic freedom, and the normal operations 

10 of United States businesses and nongovernmental en11 tities; and 

12 (2) to counter PRC efforts to censor the way the 

13 world refers to issues deemed sensitive to the PRC 

14 Government and Chinese Communist Party leaders, 

15 including issues related to Taiwan, Tibet, the 

16 Tiananmen Square Massacre, and the mass intern17 ment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, among 

18 many other issues. 

19 (c) PROHIBITION AGAINST RECOGNIZING THE PEO20 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S CLAIMS TO SOVEREIGNTY

21 OVER TAIWAN.— 

22 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

23 Congress that— 

24 (A) issues related to the sovereignty of Tai25 wan are for the people of Taiwan to decide 


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1 through the democratic process they have estab2 lished; 

3 (B) the dispute between the PRC and Tai4 wan must be resolved peacefully and with the as5 sent of the people of Taiwan; 

6 (C) the 2 key obstacles to peaceful resolution 

7 are— 

8 (i) the authoritarian nature of the 

9 PRC political system under one-party rule 

10 of the Chinese Communist Party, which is 

11 fundamentally incompatible with Taiwan’s 

12 democracy; and 

13 (ii) the PRC’s pursuit of coercion and 

14 aggression towards Taiwan, in potential 

15 violation of the third United States-PRC 

16 Joint Communique ́, which was completed 

17 on August 17, 1982; 

18 (D) any attempt to coerce or force the peo19 ple of Taiwan to accept a political arrangement 

20 that would subject them to direct or indirect rule 

21 by the PRC, including a ‘‘one country, two sys22 tems’’ framework, would constitute a grave chal23 lenge to United States security interests in the 

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1 (2) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 

2 the United States to oppose any attempt by the PRC 

3 authorities to unilaterally impose a timetable or 

4 deadline for unification on Taiwan. 

5 (3) PROHIBITION ON RECOGNITION OF PRC

6 CLAIMS WITHOUT THE ASSENT OF PEOPLE OF TAI7 WAN.—No department or agency of the United States 

8 Government may formally or informally recognize 

9 PRC claims to sovereignty over Taiwan without the 

10 assent of the people of Taiwan, as expressed directly 

11 through the democratic process. 

12 (d) STRATEGY TO PROTECT UNITED STATES BUSI13 NESSES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FROM COER14 CION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

17 State, in consultation with the Secretary of Com18 merce, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads 

19 of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit an 

20 unclassified report, with a classified annex, if nec21 essary, on how to protect United States businesses 

22 and nongovernmental entities from PRC operations, 

23 including coercion and threats that lead to censorship 

24 or self-censorship, or which compel compliance with 

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1 of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese 

2 Communist Party. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall include— 

4 (A) information regarding efforts by the 

5 PRC Government to censor the websites of 

6 United States airlines, hotels, and other busi7 nesses regarding the relationship between Tai8 wan and the PRC; 

9 (B) information regarding efforts by the 

10 PRC Government to target United States non11 governmental entities through operations in12 tended to weaken support for Taiwan; 

13 (C) information regarding United States 

14 Government efforts to counter the threats posed 

15 by Chinese state-sponsored propaganda and 

16 disinformation, including information on best 

17 practices, current successes, and existing barriers 

18 to responding to such threat; and 

19 (D) details of any actions undertaken to 

20 create the code of conduct described in subsection 

21 (b), including a timetable for the implementation 

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1 SEC. 704. AMENDMENTS TO THE TAIWAN ALLIES INTER2 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT 

3 INITIATIVE (TAIPEI) ACT OF 2019. 

4 The Taiwan Allies International Protection and En5 hancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 (Public Law 

6 116–135) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 2(5), by striking ‘‘and Kiribati’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Kiribati, and Nicaragua,’’; 

9 (2) in section 4— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

11 by striking ‘‘should be’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 

15 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) to support Taiwan’s diplomatic relations 

18 with other governments and countries.’’; and 

19 (3) in section 5— 

20 (A) in subsection (a)— 

21 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

23 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the 

24 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(4) identify why governments and countries 

4 have altered their diplomatic status vis-a-vis Taiwan 

5 and make recommendations to mitigate further dete6 rioration in Taiwan’s diplomatic relations with other 

7 governments and countries.’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘1 year 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

10 annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary 

11 of State shall report’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of the Taiwan 

13 Policy Act of 2022, and annually thereafter for 

14 a period of 7 years, the Secretary of State shall 

15 submit an unclassified report, with a classified 

16 annex,’’; 

17 (C) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub18 section (d); and 

19 (D) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(c) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, 

23 and annually thereafter for a period of 7 years, the Depart24 ment of State shall provide briefings to the appropriate con25 gressional committees on the steps taken in accordance with 


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1 section (a). The briefings required under this subsection 

2 shall take place in an unclassified setting, but may be ac3 companied by an additional classified briefing.’’. 

4 SEC. 705. REPORT ON ROLE OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHI5 NA’S NUCLEAR THREAT IN ESCALATION DY6 NAMICS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

9 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Direc10 tor of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a re11 port assessing the role of the increasing nuclear threat of 

12 the People’s Republic of China in escalation dynamics with 

13 respect to Taiwan. 

14 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

15 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi16 fied annex. 

17 SEC. 706. REPORT ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF RUSSIA’S 

18 WAR AGAINST UKRAINE ON THE OBJECTIVES 

19 OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH 

20 RESPECT TO TAIWAN. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

23 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Direc24 tor of National Intelligence, shall submit a report to the 

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1 pact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the PRC’s diplo2 matic, military, economic, and propaganda objectives with 

3 respect to Taiwan. 

4 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 

5 (a) shall describe— 

6 (1) adaptations or known changes to PRC strate7 gies and military doctrine since the commencement of 

8 the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 

9 2022, including changes— 

10 (A) to PRC behavior in international fo11 rums; 

12 (B) within the People’s Liberation Army, 

13 with respect to the size of forces, the makeup of 

14 leadership, weapons procurement, equipment up15 keep, the doctrine on the use of specific weapons, 

16 such as weapons banned under the international 

17 law of armed conflict, efforts to move weapons 

18 supply chains onto mainland PRC, or any other 

19 changes in its military strategy with respect to 

20 Taiwan; 

21 (C) in economic planning, such as sanctions 

22 evasion, efforts to minimize exposure to sanc23 tions, or moves in support of the protection of 

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1 (D) to propaganda, disinformation, and 

2 other information operations originating in the 

3 PRC; and 

4 (E) to the PRC’s strategy for the use of force 

5 against Taiwan, including any information on 

6 preferred scenarios or operations to secure its ob7 jectives in Taiwan, adjustments based on how 

8 the Russian military has performed in Ukraine, 

9 and other relevant matters; 

10 (2) United States’ plans to adapt its policies and 

11 military planning in response to the changes referred 

12 to in paragraph (1). 

13 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

14 shall be submitted in classified form. 

15 (d) COORDINATION WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS.— 

16 The Secretary of State shall share information contained 

17 in the report required under subsection (a), as appropriate, 

18 with appropriate officials of allied and partner nations, in19 cluding Taiwan and allies in Europe and in the Indo-Pa20 cific. 

21 (e) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro22 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

23 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

24 Senate; 


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1 (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen2 ate; 

3 (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen4 ate; 

5 (4) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

6 Senate; 

7 (5) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

8 Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

9 (6) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

10 House of Representatives; 

11 (7) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

12 House of Representatives; 

13 (8) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives; 

15 (9) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel16 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 

17 (10) the Committee on Financial Services of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 SEC. 707. STABILITY ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT. 

20 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

21 that— 

22 (1) United States engagement with Taiwan 

23 should include actions, activities, and programs that 

24 mutually benefit the United States and Taiwan such 

25 as— 


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1 (A) people-to-people exchanges; 

2 (B) bilateral and multilateral economic co3 operation; and 

4 (C) assisting Taiwan’s efforts to participate 

5 in international institutions; 

6 (2) the United States should pursue new engage7 ment initiatives with Taiwan, such as— 

8 (A) enhancing cooperation on science and 

9 technology; 

10 (B) joint infrastructure development in 

11 third countries; 

12 (C) renewable energy and environmental 

13 sustainability development; and 

14 (D) investment screening coordination; 

15 (3) the United States should expand its financial 

16 support for the Global Cooperation and Training 

17 Framework, and encourage like-minded countries to 

18 co-sponsor workshops, to showcase Taiwan’s capacity 

19 to contribute to solving global challenges in the face 

20 of the Government of the PRC’s campaign to isolate 

21 Taiwan in the international community; 

22 (4) to advance the goals of the April 2021 De23 partment of State guidance expanding unofficial 

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1 operation and Training Framework workshops timed 

2 to coincide with plenaries and other meetings of inter3 national organizations; 

4 (5) the United States should support efforts to 

5 engage regional counterparts in Track 1.5 and Track 

6 2 dialogues on the stability across the Taiwan Strait, 

7 which are important for increasing strategic aware8 ness amongst all parties and the avoidance of conflict; 

9 (6) bilateral confidence-building measures and 

10 crisis stability dialogues between the United States 

11 and the PRC are important mechanisms for main12 taining deterrence and stability across the Taiwan 

13 Strait and should be prioritized; and 

14 (7) the United States and the PRC should 

15 prioritize the use of a fully operational military crisis 

16 hotline to provide a mechanism for the leadership of 

17 the two countries to communicate directly in order to 

18 quickly resolve misunderstandings that could lead to 

19 military escalation. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE

21 GLOBAL COOPERATION AND TRAINING FRAMEWORK.— 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated for the Global Co23 operation and Training Framework under the Economic 

24 Support Fund authorized under section 531 of the Foreign 

25 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346), $6,000,000 for 


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1 each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2025, which may be 

2 expended for trainings and activities that increase Tai3 wan’s economic and international integration. 

4 (c) SUPPORTING CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES

5 AND STABILITY DIALOGUES.— 

6 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu8 ally thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination 

9 with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit an unclas10 sified report, with a classified annex, to the appro11 priate congressional committees that includes— 

12 (A) a description of all military-to-military 

13 dialogues and confidence-building measures be14 tween the United States and the PRC during the 

15 10-year period ending on the date of the enact16 ment of this Act; 

17 (B) a description of all bilateral and multi18 lateral diplomatic engagements with the PRC in 

19 which cross-Strait issues were discussed during 

20 such 10-year period, including Track 1.5 and 

21 Track 2 dialogues; 

22 (C) a description of the efforts in the year 

23 preceding the submission of the report to conduct 

24 engagements described in subparagraphs (A) and 

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1 (D) a description of how and why the en2 gagements described in subparagraphs (A) and 

3 (B) have changed in frequency or substance dur4 ing such 10-year period. 

5 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated for the De7 partment of State, and, as appropriate, the Depart8 ment of Defense, no less than $2,000,000 for each of 

9 the fiscal years 2022 through 2025, which shall be 

10 used to support existing Track 1.5 and Track 2 stra11 tegic dialogues facilitated by independent nonprofit 

12 organizations in which participants meet to discuss 

13 cross-Strait stability issues. 

14 TITLE VIII—DETERRENCE MEAS15 URES FOR CROSS-STRAIT STA16 BILITY AND TO IMPOSE 

17 COSTS ON THE PEOPLE’S RE18 PUBLIC OF CHINA FOR UNI19 LATERALLY CHANGING OR 

20 ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE 

21 STATUS QUO OF TAIWAN 

22 SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this title: 

24 (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 

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1 ings given such terms in section 101 of the Immigra2 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

3 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

4 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

5 means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

9 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

10 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

11 House of Representatives; and 

12 (D) the Committee on Financial Services of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (3) CCP.—The term ‘‘CCP’’ means the Chinese 

15 Communist Party. 

16 (4) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘finan17 cial institution’’ means a financial institution speci18 fied in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), 

19 (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 

20 31, United States Code. 

21 (5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

22 ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning given 

23 such term in regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

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1 (6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per2 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

3 United States person. 

4 (7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

5 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means 

6 that a person had actual knowledge, or should have 

7 known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. 

8 (8) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY; PLA.—The 

9 terms ‘‘People’s Liberation Army’’ and ‘‘PLA’’ mean 

10 the armed forces of the People’s Republic of China. 

11 (9) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

12 States person’’ means— 

13 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law14 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

15 United States; or 

16 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

17 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

18 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

19 such an entity. 

20 SEC. 802. DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITIES 

21 OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 

22 AGAINST TAIWAN. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall determine, in 

24 accordance with subsection (b), whether— 


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1 (1) the Government of the People’s Republic of 

2 China, the Chinese Communist Party, or any proxy, 

3 or person or entity under the control of or acting at 

4 the direction thereof, is knowingly engaged in a sig5 nificant escalation in aggression, including overt or 

6 covert military activity, in or against Taiwan, com7 pared to the level of aggression in or against Taiwan 

8 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

9 (2) if such engagement exists, whether such esca10 lation demonstrates an attempt to achieve or has the 

11 significant effect of achieving the physical or political 

12 control of Taiwan, including by— 

13 (A) overthrowing or dismantling the gov14 erning institutions in Taiwan; 

15 (B) occupying any territory controlled or 

16 administered by Taiwan as of the date of the en17 actment of this Act; 

18 (C) violating the territorial integrity of 

19 Taiwan; or 

20 (D) taking significant action against Tai21 wan, including— 

22 (i) creating a naval blockade of Tai23 wan; 

24 (ii) seizing the outer lying islands of 

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1 (iii) initiating a significant cyber at2 tack that threatens the civilian or military 

3 infrastructure of Taiwan. 

4 (b) TIMING OF DETERMINATIONS.—The President 

5 shall make the determination described in subsection (a)— 

6 (1) not later than 15 days after the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act; 

8 (2) after the first determination under para9 graph (1), not less frequently than once every 90 days 

10 (or more frequently, if warranted) during the 1-year 

11 period beginning on such date of enactment; and 

12 (3) after the end of such 1-year period, not less 

13 frequently than once every 120 days. 

14 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Upon making a determina15 tion described in subsection (a), the President shall submit 

16 a report describing the factors influencing such determina17 tion to the appropriate committees of Congress. 

18 (d) CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.—Not later than 30 

19 days after receiving a request from the chairman and rank20 ing member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

22 of Representatives with respect to whether the People’s Re23 public of China or the Chinese Communist Party, including 

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1 the Chinese Communist Party, has engaged in an act de2 scribed in subsection (a), the President shall— 

3 (1) determine if the People’s Republic of China 

4 or the Chinese Communist Party has engaged in such 

5 an act; and 

6 (2) submit a report to the appropriate commit7 tees of Congress that contains a detailed explanation 

8 of such determination. 

9 SEC. 803. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON OFFICIALS OF 

10 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB11 LIC OF CHINA RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN 

12 TAIWAN. 

13 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘top 

14 decision-making bodies’’ may include— 

15 (1) the CCP Politburo Standing Committee; 

16 (2) the CCP Party Central Military Commis17 sion; 

18 (3) the CCP Politburo; 

19 (4) the CCP Central Committee; 

20 (5) the CCP National Congress; 

21 (6) the State Council of the People’s Republic of 

22 China; and 

23 (7) the State Central Military Commission of the 

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1 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after mak2 ing an affirmative determination under section 802(a), the 

3 President shall impose the sanctions described in section 

4 807 with respect to at least 100 officials of the Government 

5 of the People’s Republic of China specified in subsection (c), 

6 to the extent such officials can be identified. 

7 (c) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 

8 this subsection shall include— 

9 (1) senior civilian and military officials of the 

10 People’s Republic of China and military officials who 

11 have command or clear and direct decision-making 

12 power over military campaigns, military operations, 

13 and military planning against Taiwan conducted by 

14 the People’s Liberation Army; 

15 (2) senior civilian and military officials of the 

16 People’s Republic of China who have command or 

17 clear and direct decision-making power in the Chi18 nese Coast Guard and the Chinese People’s Armed Po19 lice and are engaged in planning or implementing ac20 tivities that involve the use of force against Taiwan; 

21 (3) senior or special advisors to the President of 

22 the People’s Republic of China; 

23 (4) officials of the Government of the People’s 

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1 (5) the highest-ranking Chinese Communist 

2 Party members of the decision-making bodies referred 

3 to in paragraph (4); and 

4 (6) officials of the Government of the People’s 

5 Republic of China in the intelligence agencies or secu6 rity services who— 

7 (A) have clear and direct decisionmaking 

8 power; and 

9 (B) have engaged in or implemented activi10 ties that— 

11 (i) materially undermine the military 

12 readiness of Taiwan; 

13 (ii) overthrow or decapitate the Tai14 wan’s government; 

15 (iii) debilitate Taiwan’s electric grid, 

16 critical infrastructure, or cybersecurity sys17 tems through offensive electronic or cyber 

18 attacks; 

19 (iv) undermine Taiwan’s democratic 

20 processes through campaigns to spread 

21 disinformation; or 

22 (v) involve committing serious human 

23 rights abuses against citizens of Taiwan, 

24 including forceful transfers, enforced dis25 appearances, unjust detainment, or torture. 


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1 (d) ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS.— 

2 (1) LIST REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

3 after making an affirmative determination under sec4 tion 802(a) and every 90 days thereafter, the Presi5 dent shall submit a list to the appropriate committees 

6 of Congress that identifies any additional foreign per7 sons who— 

8 (A) the President determines are officials 

9 specified in subsection (c); and 

10 (B) who were not included on any previous 

11 list of such officials. 

12 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Upon the sub13 mission of the list required under paragraph (1), the 

14 President shall impose the sanctions described in sec15 tion 807 with respect to each foreign person included 

16 on the list. 

17 SEC. 804. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FI18 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S 

19 REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) JOINT-EQUITY BANK.—The term ‘‘joint-equity 

22 bank’’ means a bank under the jurisdiction of the 

23 People’s Republic of China in which— 

24 (A) the bank’s equity is owned jointly by 

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1 (B) the Government of the People’s Republic 

2 of China holds an interest. 

3 (2) NATIONAL JOINT-STOCK COMMERCIAL

4 BANK.—The term ‘‘national joint-stock commercial 

5 bank’’ means a bank under the jurisdiction of the 

6 People’s Republic of China in which— 

7 (A) the bank’s stock is owned jointly by the 

8 shareholders; and 

9 (B) the Government of the People’s Republic 

10 of China holds an interest. 

11 (3) NATIONAL STATE-OWNED POLICY BANK.—The 

12 term ‘‘national state-owned policy bank’’ means a 

13 bank that— 

14 (A) is incorporated in the People’s Republic 

15 of China; and 

16 (B) was established by the Government of 

17 the People’s Republic of China to advance invest18 ments in specific policy domains that advance 

19 the interests and goals of the People’s Republic 

20 of China. 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

23 making an affirmative determination under section 

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1 (A) at least 5 state-owned banks in the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China, including at least 3 of 

3 the largest state-owned banks. 

4 (B) at least 3 national joint-stock commer5 cial banks in the People’s Republic of China; 

6 (C) at least 3 national state-owned policy 

7 banks in the People’s Republic of China; 

8 (D) at least 3 joint-equity banks or other 

9 commercial banks in the People’s Republic of 

10 China; and 

11 (E) entities that regulate the banking sector 

12 of the People’s Republic of China, or major fi13 nancial asset management companies regulated 

14 by the Government of the People’s Republic of 

15 China. 

16 (2) SUBSIDIARIES AND SUCCESSOR ENTITIES.— 

17 The President may impose the sanctions described in 

18 section 807 with respect to any subsidiary of, or suc19 cessor entity to, a financial institution specified in 

20 paragraph (1). 

21 (c) ADDITIONAL PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FI22 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

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1 dent shall submit a list to the appropriate committees 

2 of Congress that identifies any foreign persons that 

3 the President determines— 

4 (A) are significant financial institutions 

5 owned or operated by the Government of the Peo6 ple’s Republic of China; and 

7 (B) should be sanctioned in the interest of 

8 United States national security. 

9 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Upon the sub10 mission of each list required under paragraph (1), the 

11 President shall impose the sanctions described in sec12 tion 807 with respect to each foreign person identified 

13 on such list. 

14 SEC. 805. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

15 (a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 

16 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit17 tees’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

19 Senate; 

20 (2) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

21 Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

22 (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen23 ate; 

24 (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

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1 (5) the Committee on Financial Services of the 

2 House of Representatives; and 

3 (6) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days there7 after for a period of 3 years, the President shall submit to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees a report that in9 cludes information, if any, regarding the officials specified 

10 in section 803(b) and the entities specified in section 804(b) 

11 that could be relevant to making a determination under sec12 tion 802(a). 

13 (c) FORM.—Each report required under subsection (b) 

14 shall be submitted in classified form. 

15 SEC. 806. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 90 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi18 dent shall impose the sanctions described in section 807 on 

19 any foreign person that the President determines, while act20 ing for or on behalf of the Government of the People’s Re21 public of China, knowingly— 

22 (1) ordered or engaged directly in activities 

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1 (2) with the objective of destabilizing Taiwan, 

2 engaged directly in, or ordered— 

3 (A) malicious, offensive cyber-enabled ac4 tivities targeting— 

5 (i) the Government or armed forces of 

6 Taiwan; or 

7 (ii) the critical infrastructure, includ8 ing military, industrial, or financial infra9 structure of Taiwan; 

10 (B) significant economic practices intended 

11 to coerce or intimidate— 

12 (i) the government in Taiwan; or 

13 (ii) businesses, academic, or civil soci14 ety institutions located in Taiwan; or 

15 (C) military activities that are designed to 

16 intimidate the armed forces of Taiwan or that 

17 seek to normalize a coercive military posture and 

18 sustained presence by the People’s Liberation 

19 Army in the Taiwan Strait. 

20 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica21 tion of sanctions under subsection (a) if the President sub22 mits to the appropriate committees of Congress a written 

23 determination that such waiver is in the national interests 

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1 SEC. 807. SANCTIONS DESCRIBED. 

2 (a) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—Except as provided in sec3 tion 809, the President shall exercise all of the powers grant4 ed by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

5 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 

6 prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in 

7 property of the foreign person if such property and interests 

8 in property are in the United States, come within the 

9 United States, or are or come within the possession or con10 trol of a United States person. 

11 (b) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR

12 PAROLE.— 

13 (1) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In the case 

14 of an alien, the alien is— 

15 (A) inadmissible to the United States; 

16 (B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc17 umentation to enter the United States; and 

18 (C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 

19 paroled into the United States or to receive any 

20 other benefit under the Immigration and Nation21 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

22 (2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other entry 

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1 such visa or other entry documentation was 

2 issued. 

3 (B) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation 

4 under subparagraph (A) shall— 

5 (i) take effect immediately; and 

6 (ii) automatically cancel any other 

7 valid visa or entry documentation that is in 

8 the alien’s possession. 

9 SEC. 808. IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATIONS; PENALTIES. 

10 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise 

11 all authorities provided to the President under sections 203 

12 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

13 Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this title. 

14 (b) RULEMAKING.—The President shall issue such reg15 ulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out 

16 this title. 

17 (c) PENALTIES.—Any person that violates, attempts to 

18 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 

19 title, or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 

20 out this title, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 

21 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

22 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

23 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act de24 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 


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1 SEC. 809. EXCEPTIONS; WAIVER. 

2 (a) EXCEPTIONS.— 

3 (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI4 TIES.—This title shall not apply with respect to— 

5 (A) activities subject to the reporting re6 quirements under title V of the National Secu7 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); or 

8 (B) authorized intelligence activities of the 

9 United States. 

10 (2) EXCEPTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH INTER11 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AC12 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under this title shall not apply 

13 with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling such 

14 alien into the United States is necessary— 

15 (A) to permit the United States to comply 

16 with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters 

17 of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success on 

18 June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 

19 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 

20 United States, or other applicable international 

21 obligations of the United States; or 

22 (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement 

23 activity in the United States. 

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1 (A) DEFINED TERM.—In this paragraph, 

2 the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 

3 manmade substance, material, supply, or manu4 factured product, including inspection and test 

5 equipment, and excluding technical data. 

6 (B) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of this title, the authority or a 

8 requirement to impose sanctions under this title 

9 shall not include the authority or a requirement 

10 to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 

11 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

12 may waive the imposition of sanctions based on a deter13 mination under section 802(a) with respect to a person if 

14 the President— 

15 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na16 tional security interests of the United States; and 

17 (2) submits a notification of the waiver and the 

18 reasons for the waiver to the appropriate committees 

19 of Congress. 

20 SEC. 810. TERMINATION. 

21 The President may terminate the sanctions imposed 

22 under this title based on a determination under section 

23 802(a), after determining and certifying to the appropriate 

24 committees of Congress that the Government of the People’s 

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1 (1) has verifiably ceased the activities described 

2 in section 802(a) with respect to operations against 

3 Taiwan; and 

4 (2) to the extent applicable, has entered into an 

5 agreed settlement with a legitimate democratic gov6 ernment in Taiwan. 

7 TITLE IX—UNITED STATES-TAI8 WAN PUBLIC HEALTH PRO9 TECTION 

10 SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Taiwan 

12 Public Health Protection Act’’. 

13 SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this title: 

15 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—For the purposes of this title, the term ‘‘ap17 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

19 the Senate; 

20 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

21 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

22 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

23 House of Representatives; and 

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1 (2) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the In2 fectious Disease Monitoring Center described in sec3 tion 903. 

4 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of State. 

6 SEC. 903. STUDY. 

7 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

8 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 

9 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 

10 heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

11 shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a 

12 study that includes the following: 

13 (1) A description of ongoing cooperation between 

14 the United States Government and Taiwan related to 

15 public health, including disease surveillance, informa16 tion sharing, and telehealth. 

17 (2) A description how the United States and 

18 Taiwan can promote further cooperation, including 

19 the feasibility of establishing an Infectious Disease 

20 Monitoring Center within the American Institute of 

21 Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan that, in partnership with 

22 the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, conducts 

23 health monitoring of infectious diseases in the region 

24 by— 


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1 (A) regularly monitoring, analyzing, and 

2 disseminating open-source material from coun3 tries in the region, including viral strains, bac4 terial subtypes, and other pathogens; 

5 (B) engaging in people-to-people contacts 

6 with medical specialists and public health offi7 cials in the region; 

8 (C) providing expertise and information on 

9 infectious diseases to the United States Govern10 ment and the Taiwanese government; and 

11 (D) carrying out other appropriate activi12 ties, as determined by the Director of the Center. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection (a) 

14 shall include— 

15 (1) a plan on how to establish and operate such 

16 a Center, including— 

17 (A) the personnel, material, and funding re18 quirements necessary to establish and operate the 

19 Center; and 

20 (B) the proposed structure and composition 

21 of Center personnel, which may include— 

22 (i) infectious disease experts from 

23 among the National Institutes of Health, the 

24 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

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1 who are recommended to serve as detailees 

2 to the Center; and 

3 (ii) additional qualified persons to 

4 serve as detailees to or employees of the Cen5 ter, including— 

6 (I) from any other relevant Fed7 eral department or agencies, to include 

8 the Department of State and the 

9 United States Agency for International 

10 Development; 

11 (II) qualified foreign service na12 tionals or locally engaged staff who are 

13 considered citizens of Taiwan; and 

14 (III) employees of the Taiwan 

15 Centers for Disease Control; 

16 (2) an evaluation, based on the factors in para17 graph (1), of whether to establish the Center, and a 

18 timeline for doing so; and 

19 (3) a description of any consultations or agree20 ments between the American Institute in Taiwan and 

21 the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Of22 fice in the United States regarding the establishment 

23 and operation of the Center, including— 


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1 (A) the role that employees of the Taiwan 

2 Centers for Disease Control would play in sup3 porting or coordinating with the Center; and 

4 (B) whether any employees of the Taiwan 

5 Centers for Disease Control would be detailed to, 

6 or co-located with, the Center. 

7 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall con8 sulate with the appropriate congressional committees before 

9 full completion of the study. 

10 (d) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary of State, in coordi11 nation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

12 shall submit the study to the appropriate congressional 

13 committees not later than one year after the enactment of 

14 this Act. 

15 SEC. 904. INFECTIOUS DISEASE MONITORING CENTER. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consultation 

17 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 

18 heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

19 is authorized to establish an Infectious Disease Monitoring 

20 Center under the auspices of the American Institute in Tai21 wan in Taipei, Taiwan, when the conditions outlined in 

22 subsection (b) have been met. 

23 (b) CONDITIONS.—The conditions for establishment of 

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1 auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei, 

2 Taiwan, are— 

3 (1) that the study required in section 903 has 

4 been submitted to the appropriate congressional com5 mittees; and 

6 (2) not later than 30 days after the submission 

7 of the study, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

8 of Health and Human Services have briefed the ap9 propriate congressional committees; 

10 (c) PARTNERSHIP.—Should the Secretary determine to 

11 establish the Center, the American Institute in Taiwan 

12 should seek to partner with the Taiwan Centers for Disease 

13 Control to conduct health monitoring of infectious diseases 

14 in the region by— 

15 (1) regularly monitoring, analyzing, and dis16 seminating open-source material from countries in 

17 the region, including viral strains, bacterial subtypes, 

18 and other pathogens; 

19 (2) engaging in people-to-people contacts with 

20 medical specialists and public health officials in the 

21 region; 

22 (3) providing expertise and information on in23 fectious diseases to the Government of the United 

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1 (4) carrying out other appropriate activities, as 

2 determined by the Director of the Center. 

3 (d) UPDATES.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

4 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide 

5 an annual update the appropriate congressional committees 

6 on the functioning and costs of the Center, if established, 

7 as well as an assessment of how the Center is serving United 

8 States interests. 

9 TITLE X—SOUTH CHINA SEA AND 

10 EAST CHINA SEA SANCTIONS 

11 ACT 

12 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘South China Sea and 

14 East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2022’’. 

15 SEC. 1002. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHINESE PER16 SONS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHINA’S ACTIVITIES 

17 IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE EAST 

18 CHINA SEA. 

19 (a) INITIAL IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—On and after 

20 the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act, the President may impose the sanctions de22 scribed in subsection (b) with respect to any Chinese person, 

23 including any senior official of the Government of the Peo24 ple’s Republic of China, that the President determines— 


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1 (1) is responsible for or significantly contributes 

2 to large-scale reclamation, construction, militariza3 tion, or ongoing supply of outposts in disputed areas 

4 of the South China Sea; 

5 (2) is responsible for or significantly contributes 

6 to, or has engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions, 

7 including the use of coercion, to inhibit another coun8 try from protecting its sovereign rights to access off9 shore resources in the South China Sea, including in 

10 such country’s exclusive economic zone, consistent 

11 with such country’s rights and obligations under 

12 international law; 

13 (3) is responsible for or complicit in, or has en14 gaged in, directly or indirectly, actions that signifi15 cantly threaten the peace, security, or stability of dis16 puted areas of the South China Sea or areas of the 

17 East China Sea administered by Japan or the Repub18 lic of Korea, including through the use of vessels and 

19 aircraft by the People’s Republic of China to occupy 

20 or conduct extensive research or drilling activity in 

21 those areas; 

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1 son subject to sanctions pursuant to paragraph (1), 

2 (2), or (3); or 

3 (5) is owned or controlled by, or has acted for or 

4 on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person subject 

5 to sanctions pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 

6 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions that may 

7 be imposed with respect to a person described in subsection 

8 (a) are the following: 

9 (1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 

10 may, in accordance with the International Emer11 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

12 block and prohibit all transactions in all property 

13 and interests in property of the person if such prop14 erty and interests in property are in the United 

15 States, come within the United States, or are or come 

16 within the possession or control of a United States 

17 person. 

18 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PA19 ROLE.— 

20 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In the 

21 case of an alien, the alien may be— 

22 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

23 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

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1 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

2 or paroled into the United States or to re3 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra4 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

5 seq.). 

6 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 

8 in subparagraph (A) may be subject to rev9 ocation of any visa or other entry docu10 mentation regardless of when the visa or 

11 other entry documentation is or was issued. 

12 (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revoca13 tion under clause (i) may— 

14 (I) take effect immediately; and 

15 (II) cancel any other valid visa or 

16 entry documentation that is in the 

17 alien’s possession. 

18 (3) EXCLUSION OF CORPORATE OFFICERS.—The 

19 President may direct the Secretary of State to deny 

20 a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

21 exclude from the United States, any alien that the 

22 President determines is a corporate officer or prin23 cipal of, or a shareholder with a controlling interest 

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1 (4) EXPORT SANCTION.—The President may 

2 order the United States Government not to issue any 

3 specific license and not to grant any other specific 

4 permission or authority to export any goods or tech5 nology to the person under— 

6 (A) the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 

7 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.); or 

8 (B) any other statute that requires the prior 

9 review and approval of the United States Gov10 ernment as a condition for the export or reexport 

11 of goods or services. 

12 (5) INCLUSION ON ENTITY LIST.—The President 

13 may include the entity on the entity list maintained 

14 by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the De15 partment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement 

16 No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regu17 lations, for activities contrary to the national security 

18 or foreign policy interests of the United States. 

19 (6) BAN ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT OF

20 SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President may, pursuant 

21 to such regulations or guidelines as the President may 

22 prescribe, prohibit any United States person from in23 vesting in or purchasing equity or debt instruments 

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1 (7) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

2 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

3 may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 

4 payments between financial institutions or by, 

5 through, or to any financial institution, to the extent 

6 that such transfers or payments are subject to the ju7 risdiction of the United States and involve any inter8 est of the person. 

9 (8) CORRESPONDENT AND PAYABLE-THROUGH

10 ACCOUNTS.—In the case of a foreign financial institu11 tion, the President may prohibit the opening, and 

12 prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintain13 ing, in the United States of a correspondent account 

14 or a payable-through account by the foreign financial 

15 institution. 

16 (c) EXCEPTIONS.— 

17 (1) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY

18 REQUIREMENT.—The requirements of section 202 of 

19 the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

20 (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply for purposes of sub21 section (b)(1). 

22 (2) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW EN23 FORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES.— 

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1 authorized intelligence, law enforcement, or national 

2 security activities of the United States. 

3 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS HEAD4 QUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) of 

5 subsection (b) shall not apply if admission of an alien 

6 to the United States is necessary to permit the United 

7 States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 

8 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

9 Success, June 26, 1947, and entered into force, No10 vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 

11 United States. 

12 (4) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

13 GOODS.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authority or a re15 quirement to impose sanctions under this section 

16 shall not include the authority or a requirement 

17 to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 

18 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

19 the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or 

20 manmade substance, material, supply, or manu21 factured product, including inspection and test 

22 equipment, and excluding technical data. 

23 (d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

24 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exer25 cise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 


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1 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

2 Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this sec3 tion. 

4 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

5 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter6 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

7 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts 

8 to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation 

9 of regulations prescribed under subsection (b)(1) to 

10 the same extent that such penalties apply to a person 

11 that commits an unlawful act described in subsection 

12 (a) of such section 206. 

13 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY15 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 

16 ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac17 count’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 

18 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

19 (2) ALIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 

20 given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration 

21 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 

22 (3) CHINESE PERSON.—The term ‘‘Chinese per23 son’’ means— 

24 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na25 tional of the People’s Republic of China; or 


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1 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the People’s Republic of China or otherwise sub3 ject to the jurisdiction of the Government of the 

4 People’s Republic of China. 

5 (4) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘finan6 cial institution’’ means a financial institution speci7 fied in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), 

8 (H), (I), (J), (K), (M), (N), (P), (R), (T), (Y), or (Z) 

9 of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

10 (5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term 

11 ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning given 

12 that term in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Fed13 eral Regulations (or any corresponding similar regu14 lation or ruling). 

15 (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means any in16 dividual or entity. 

17 (7) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

18 States person’’ means— 

19 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law20 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

21 United States; 

22 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

23 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

24 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

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1 (C) any person in the United States. 

2 SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PORTRAYALS 

3 OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA OR THE EAST 

4 CHINA SEA AS PART OF CHINA. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that the Government Pub6 lishing Office should not publish any map, document, 

7 record, electronic resource, or other paper of the United 

8 States (other than materials relating to hearings held by 

9 committees of Congress or internal work product of a Fed10 eral agency) portraying or otherwise indicating that it is 

11 the position of the United States that the territory or air12 space in the South China Sea that is disputed among two 

13 or more parties or the territory or airspace of areas admin14 istered by Japan or the Republic of Korea, including in 

15 the East China Sea, is part of the territory or airspace of 

16 the People’s Republic of China. 

17 SEC. 1004. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON 2016 PERMANENT 

18 COURT OF ARBITRATION’S TRIBUNAL RULING 

19 ON ARBITRATION CASE BETWEEN PHIL20 IPPINES AND PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

21 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that on July 12, 2016, 

22 a tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration found in 

23 the arbitration case between the Philippines and the Peo24 ple’s Republic of China under the United Nations Conven25 tion on the Law of the Sea that the People’s Republic of 


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1 China’s claims, including those to offshore resources and 

2 ‘‘historic rights’’, were unlawful, and that the tribunal’s 

3 ruling is final and legally binding on both parties. 

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that— 

6 (1) the United States and the international com7 munity should reject the unlawful claims of the Peo8 ple’s Republic of China within the exclusive economic 

9 zone or on the continental shelf of the Philippines, as 

10 well as the maritime claims of the People’s Republic 

11 of China beyond a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea 

12 from the islands it claims in the South China Sea; 

13 (2) the provocative behavior of the People’s Re14 public of China, including coercing other countries 

15 with claims in the South China Sea and preventing 

16 those countries from accessing offshore resources, un17 dermines peace and stability in the South China Sea; 

18 (3) the international community should— 

19 (A) support and adhere to the ruling de20 scribed in subsection (a) in compliance with 

21 international law; and 

22 (B) take all necessary steps to support the 

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1 (4) all claimants in the South China Sea 

2 should— 

3 (A) refrain from engaging in destabilizing 

4 activities, including illegal occupation or efforts 

5 to unlawfully assert control over disputed claims; 

6 (B) ensure that disputes are managed with7 out intimidation, coercion, or force; 

8 (C) clarify or adjust claims in accordance 

9 with international law; and 

10 (D) uphold the principle that territorial 

11 and maritime claims, including over territorial 

12 waters or territorial seas, must be derived from 

13 land features and otherwise comport with inter14 national law. 

15 SEC. 1005. REPORT ON COUNTRIES THAT RECOGNIZE CHI16 NESE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE SOUTH CHINA 

17 SEA OR THE EAST CHINA SEA. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

20 until the date that is 3 years after such date of enactment, 

21 the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on For22 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

23 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report identifying 

24 each country that the Secretary determines has taken an 

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1 enactment, the sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China 

2 over territory or airspace disputed by one or more countries 

3 in the South China Sea or the territory or airspace of areas 

4 of the East China Sea administered by Japan or the Repub5 lic of Korea. 

6 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

7 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi8 fied annex if the Secretary of State determines it is nec9 essary for the national security interests of the United 

10 States to do so. 

11 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of State 

12 shall publish the unclassified part of the report required by 

13 subsection (a) on a publicly available website of the Depart14 ment of State. 

15 TITLE XI—RULES OF 

16 CONSTRUCTION 

17 SEC. 1101. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

18 Nothing in this Act may be construed— 

19 (1) to restore diplomatic relations with the Re20 public of China; or 

21 (2) to alter the United States Government’s posi22 tion with respect to the international status of the Re23 public of China. 


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1 SEC. 1102. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING THE USE 

2 OF MILITARY FORCE. 

3 Nothing in this Act may be construed as authorizing 

4 the use of military force or the introduction of United States 

5 forces into hostilities. 


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Calendar No. 488 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4428 

A BILL 

To support the security of Taiwan and its right of 

self-determination, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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