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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5630 

To require agencies to use the term ‘‘Taiwan’’ instead of ‘‘Chinese Taipei’’, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 

Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. SELF, Mr. TIFFANY, 

and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require agencies to use the term ‘‘Taiwan’’ instead of 

‘‘Chinese Taipei’’, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Identification 

5 Terminology and Label Enhancement Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘TITLE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) The United States Government has never 

2 officially recognized the People’s Republic of China’s 

3 claim of sovereignty over Taiwan. 

4 (2) The Chinese Communist Party in the Peo5 ple’s Republic of China seeks to control Taiwan 

6 through means of persuasion and coercion, and po7 tentially compellance. 

8 (3) The People’s Liberation Army has set a 

9 goal of 2027 to have the capability to invade Tai10 wan, which also marks the 100-year anniversary of 

11 the People’s Liberation Army’s founding. 

12 (4) The People’s Republic of China refers to 

13 Taiwan as a ‘‘region’’ and to the President of Tai14 wan as ‘‘the leader of the Taiwan region’’, illus15 trating the People’s Republic of China’s mistaken 

16 view that Taiwan is a region of China. 

17 (5) Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China 

18 are separated by a ‘‘median line’’ in the Taiwan 

19 Strait, which acts as an unofficial boundary that has 

20 generally been respected since 1999, until September 

21 2020, when a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman 

22 stated, ‘‘there is no so-called median line in the 

23 Strait’’, and People’s Liberation Army aircraft and 

24 vessels have repeatedly violated since. 


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1 (6) Taiwan officially recorded 380 Chinese air 

2 incursions into the Taiwanese Air Defense Identi3 fication Zone in 2020, 969 Chinese air incursions in 

4 2021, and 1,115 Chinese air incursions in 2022, il5 lustrating a growing disregard to Taiwan’s sov6 ereignty. 

7 (7) Many Taiwanese individuals see the ‘‘Chi8 nese Taipei’’ nomenclature as a symbol of oppression 

9 from the People’s Republic of China, of which origi10 nally stems from an effort to find a way for both 

11 Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China to par12 ticipate in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics 

13 and the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. 

14 (8) In Mandarin language, Taiwan uses a 

15 version of ‘‘Chinese Taipei’’ in which ‘‘Chinese’’ is 

16 the cultural term ‘‘zhonghua’’ and does not have 

17 sovereignty connotations. Comparatively, the Peo18 ple’s Republic of China uses a version of ‘‘Chinese 

19 Taipei’’ in which ‘‘Chinese’’ is ‘‘zhongguo’’ or 

20 ‘‘China’’ which mistakenly implies that Taiwan is 

21 part of China. 

22 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the sense of Congress that Con23 gress— 

24 (1) believes the United States must stand firm 

25 in the commitments it made in the Taiwan Relations 


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1 Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), which states that the 

2 United States must ‘‘maintain the capacity of the 

3 United States to resist any resort to force or other 

4 forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, 

5 or the social or economic system, of the people on 

6 Taiwan’’; 

7 (2) continues to support and defend Taiwan as 

8 it withstands control-seeking persuasion and coer9 cion from an increasingly aggressive People’s Repub10 lic of China; and 

11 (3) decries the United States Government’s use 

12 of ‘‘Chinese Taipei’’ nomenclature, but instead fa13 vors the use of ‘‘Taiwan,’’ to ultimately exert the be14 lief that Taiwan’s status must be resolved peacefully 

15 and include the wishes of the people of Taiwan. 

16 SEC. 3. AGENCY REQUIREMENT TO USE ‘‘TAIWAN’’. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—An agency may not use ‘‘Chinese 

18 Taipei’’ and shall use ‘‘Taiwan’’, except— 

19 (1) in historical context explaining the People’s 

20 Republic of China’s attempt to control Taiwan 

21 through persuasion and coercion; or 

22 (2) in the formal title of a Federal document. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE AGENCY

24 WEBSITES.—Not later than 14 days after the date of the 

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1 sure the website of the agency meets the requirements of 

2 this section. 

3 (c) AGENCY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

4 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 

5 States Code. 

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