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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6069 

To express support of United States for Taiwan’s relations with countries 

around the world, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 23, 2021 

Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. BACON, Mr. 

BILIRAKIS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. RYAN, Mr. TIFFANY, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. COSTA, Mr. MANN, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To express support of United States for Taiwan’s relations 

with countries around the world, 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 ‘‘Promoting Ties with 

5 Taiwan Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 (Public 

9 Law 96–8) states that it is the policy of the United 


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1 States ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, close, 

2 and friendly commercial, cultural, and other rela3 tions between the people of the United States and 

4 the people of Taiwan’’. 

5 (2) The Taiwan Allies International Protection 

6 and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 

7 (Public Law 116–135) states that it is the sense of 

8 Congress that the United States Government should 

9 ‘‘consider, in certain cases as appropriate and in 

10 alignment with United States interests, increasing 

11 its economic, security, and diplomatic engagement 

12 with nations that have demonstrably strengthened, 

13 enhanced, or upgraded relations with Taiwan’’. 

14 (3) The Taiwan Allies International Protection 

15 and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 

16 (Public Law 116–135) states that Taiwan is a free 

17 and democratic nation with full diplomatic ties with 

18 only 15 nations and that these diplomatic ties are 

19 under pressure from the Government of the People’s 

20 Republic of China. 

21 (4) Besides its 17 offices in 15 countries, Tai22 wan has a presence in 95 locations in 57 countries 

23 and regions. 

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1 ernment, decided unilaterally to terminate a bilateral 

2 agreement with Taiwan on the mutual establishment 

3 of offices on February 5, 2021, less than 24 hours 

4 after the accord was announced. 

5 (6) The government of the Republic of Lith6 uania has been facing political pressure and eco7 nomic sanction from the Chinese government, since 

8 the announcement on July 20, 2021, that Taiwan 

9 will be establishing Taiwanese Representative Office 

10 in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital. 

11 (7) Separately during a meeting and a phone 

12 call with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius 

13 Landsbergis in September 2021, Secretary of State 

14 Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake 

15 Sullivan each reaffirmed and reiterated strong 

16 United States support for Lithuania as it faces at17 tempted coercion from China. 

18 (8) The United States remains committed to 

19 promoting the growth of Taiwan’s relations with 

20 other international partners. 

21 SEC. 3. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY. 

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

23 United States to— 

24 (1) work with its allies and partners to support 

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1 gagement with countries and partners in the Indo2 Pacific region and around the world. 

3 (2) promote the establishment of a Taiwanese 

4 presence in countries and partners without such a 

5 permanent presence by wielding the diplomatic 

6 weight and reputation of the United States. 

7 (3) strengthen economic relations, trade ties, 

8 and supply chain resilience among Taiwan and like9 minded partners to effectively counter the threats 

10 and malign influences from authoritarian regimes 

11 around the world. 

12 (b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

15 a strategy to implement the policies specified in subsection 

16 (a). 

17 (c) ELEMENTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The strategy required under 

19 subsection (b) shall include the following elements: 

20 (A) An evaluation of future staffing and 

21 resourcing requirements of the Department of 

22 State and other relevant Federal agencies to 

23 fully implement the policies specified in sub24 section (a). 


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1 (B) A strategy to help international part2 ners in the process of, and after, establishing a 

3 permanent Taiwanese presence, to counter eco4 nomic coercion and malign influences from au5 thoritarian regimes that may attempt to inter6 vene in such establishment. 

7 (C) A report to identify potential inter8 national partners, among those without a per9 manent Taiwanese presence, which could be 

10 motivated to build ties and relations with Tai11 wan in accordance with their interests and val12 ues. 

13 (D) A detailed description of how the 

14 United States Government will leverage diplo15 matic lines of effort and resources from other 

16 stakeholders (including those from foreign gov17 ernments, international donors, and multilateral 

18 institutions) to facilitate stronger relations and 

19 dialogue between Taiwan and international 

20 partners without a permanent Taiwanese pres21 ence. 

22 (E) Recommendations to Congress regard23 ing potential actions at the unilateral, bilateral, 

24 or multilateral level which could further imple25 ment such policies. 


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1 (2) FORM.— 

2 (A) UNCLASSIFIED MATTERS.—The strat3 egy required under subsection (b) and the ele4 ments described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

5 (E) of paragraph (1) shall be submitted in un6 classified form. 

7 (B) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The strategy re8 quired under subsection (b) shall also include a 

9 classified annex, transmitted separately, that 

10 contains the elements described in subpara11 graphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (1). 

12 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the sub13 mission of the strategy required under subsection (b), the 

14 Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate Con15 gressional committees a report detailing the actions taken 

16 to carry out such strategy. 

17 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE18 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres19 sional committees’’ means— 

20 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

21 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

24 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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