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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2995 

To amend the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 to provide that the United States, as a 

member of any international organizations, should oppose any attempts 

by the People’s Republic of China to resolve Taiwan’s status by distorting 

the decisions, language, policies, or procedures of the organization, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 28 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2023 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. ROMNEY) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To amend the Taiwan Allies International Protection and 

Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 to provide 

that the United States, as a member of any international 

organizations, should oppose any attempts by the People’s Republic of China to resolve Taiwan’s status by 

distorting the decisions, language, policies, or procedures 

of the organization, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan International 

3 Solidarity Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING UNITED NATIONS GEN5 ERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2758 (XXVI). 

6 Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Taiwan Allies Inter7 national Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) 

8 Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–135) (relating to diplomatic 

9 relations with Taiwan) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following new paragraphs: 

11 ‘‘(10) United Nations General Assembly Reso12 lution 2758 (XXVI) established the representatives 

13 of the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

14 as the only lawful representatives of China to the 

15 United Nations. The resolution did not address the 

16 issue of representation of Taiwan and its people in 

17 the United Nations or any related organizations, nor 

18 did the resolution take a position on the relationship 

19 between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan 

20 or include any statement pertaining to Taiwan’s sov21 ereignty. 

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

23 that seeks to change Taiwan’s status without the 

24 consent of the people.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES ADVOCACY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 ORGANIZATIONS TO RESIST THE PEOPLE’S 

3 REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S EFFORTS TO DISTORT 

4 THE ‘‘ONE CHINA’’ POSITION. 

5 Section 4 of the Taiwan Allies International Protec6 tion and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 

7 (relating to the policy of the United States regarding Tai8 wan’s participation in international organizations) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

11 the semicolon at the end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(5) to instruct, as appropriate, representatives 

17 of the United States Government in all organizations 

18 described in paragraph (1) to use the voice, vote, 

19 and influence of the United States to advocate such 

20 organizations to resist the People’s Republic of Chi21 na’s efforts to distort the decisions, language, poli22 cies, or procedures of such organizations regarding 

23 Taiwan.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. OPPOSING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S 

2 EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE TAIWAN’S TIES AND 

3 PARTNERSHIPS INTERNATIONALLY. 

4 Subsection (a) of section 5 of the Taiwan Allies Inter5 national Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) 

6 Act of 2019 (relating to strengthening ties with Taiwan) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

9 the semicolon at the end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(5) encourage, as appropriate, United States 

15 allies and partners to oppose the People’s Republic 

16 of China’s efforts to undermine Taiwan’s official 

17 diplomatic relationships and its partnerships with 

18 countries with which it does not maintain diplomatic 

19 relations.’’. 

20 SEC. 5. REPORT ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S 

21 ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE ITS ‘‘ONE CHINA’’ 

22 POSITION. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 5 of the 

24 Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement 

25 Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 (relating to strength26 ening ties with Taiwan) is amended by inserting before 


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1 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, as well as informa2 tion relating to any prior or ongoing attempts by the Peo3 ple’s Republic of China to undermine Taiwan’s member4 ship or observer status in all organizations described in 

5 section (4)(1) and Taiwan’s ties and relationships with 

6 other countries in accordance with subsection (a) of this 

7 section’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

9 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact10 ment of this Act and apply beginning with the first report 

11 required under subsection (b) of section 5 of the Taiwan 

12 Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initia13 tive (TAIPEI) Act of 2019, as amended by subsection (a), 

14 that is required after such date. 

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