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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2511 

To prohibit the availability of foreign assistance to certain countries that 

do not recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2023 

Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. TIFFANY, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mrs. 

MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the availability of foreign assistance to certain 

countries that do not recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan, 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 ‘‘Defund China’s Allies 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The global political influence campaign of 

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1 uted to numerous countries in Central America and 

2 the Caribbean switching political allegiances from 

3 Taiwan to China over the past several years. 

4 (2) Costa Rica was the first Central American 

5 country to abandon a political relationship with Tai6 wan in 2007. Panama chose to recognize the PRC 

7 in 2017. El Salvador chose to cut ties with Taiwan 

8 in 2018, over the latter’s unwillingness to fund a fi9 nancially unsustainable port. The Dominican Repub10 lic abandoned Taiwan that same year. In December 

11 2021, the dictatorial Marxist government of Daniel 

12 Ortega chose to sever ties with Taiwan, and in 

13 March 2023, President Castro of Honduras, a fellow 

14 Marxist, chose to do the same thing. 

15 (3) Given the proximity of these countries to 

16 the United States, these switches in political alle17 giances necessarily represent a more tangible threat 

18 to United States national security interests and 

19 must be confronted. 

20 (4) United States efforts to condemn these 

21 countries’ willing diplomatic shift toward a genocidal 

22 government is undermined by an incomprehensible 

23 adherence to the so-called ‘‘One China’’ policy, on 

24 terms dictated by the Chinese Communist Party. 


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1 (5) To pose a credible deterrence threat to the 

2 People’s Republic of China, the United States must 

3 first admit that the continuation of anachronistic 

4 foreign policy—based on the idea that the Chinese 

5 Communist Party is a responsible, good faith 

6 actor—is no longer a reasonable or even rational 

7 course of action. To that end, the United States 

8 must support full diplomatic relations with Taiwan 

9 and Taiwan’s full and unmitigated membership into 

10 the international community. 

11 (6) Good-faith assumptions about the Chinese 

12 Communist Party that have lingered since the 1970s 

13 have proven false. China has demonstrated its un14 willingness to work collaboratively with the inter15 national community, including through its efforts to 

16 hijack the global market and the rules-based inter17 national order. China’s continued assault on the nat18 ural rights of the individual—including through the 

19 ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs and other popu20 lations—highlight Beijing’s cruelty and its indiffer21 ence to the concept of basic human decency. 

22 (7) The Chinese Communist Party has repeat23 edly utilized violence and the threat of violence to co24 erce Taiwan and undermine Taiwan’s democratically 

25 elected government, in clear contradiction of existing 


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1 United States law (the Taiwan Relations Act), which 

2 reads: ‘‘the United States decision to establish diplo3 matic relations with the People’s Republic of China 

4 rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan 

5 will be determined by peaceful means’’. 

6 (8) The CCP’s ongoing efforts to delegitimize 

7 Taiwan, if not checked, increases the risk of armed 

8 conflict by threatening to completely isolate Taiwan 

9 from any political support; as a result, the United 

10 States government must work to deter these malign 

11 efforts and mitigate their effectiveness, including by 

12 committing to the following: 

13 (A) Establishing full diplomatic ties with 

14 Taiwan. 

15 (B) Imposing restrictions on foreign assist16 ance on countries, particularly those in the 

17 Western Hemisphere, who choose to offer full 

18 political support to the People’s Republic of 

19 China. 

20 (C) Working with allies and partners who 

21 maintain unofficial relations with Taiwan (in22 cluding through Representative offices) to pur23 sue full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. 


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1 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that not later than 30 

3 days after the enactment of this Act, the President should 

4 establish full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. 

5 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, with respect to each country listed in sub8 section (c), no Federal funds may be made available in 

9 the form of foreign assistance (including humanitarian as10 sistance or security assistance) to such country during the 

11 period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 

12 and ending on the date described in subsection (b) for 

13 such country. 

14 (b) TERMINATION.—The date described in this sub15 section, with respect to a country, is the earlier of— 

16 (1) the date that is 30 days after the date on 

17 which the President certifies to the Congress that 

18 such country has resumed or established full diplo19 matic relations with Taiwan; or 

20 (2) the date that is 10 years after the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act. 

22 (c) COUNTRIES SPECIFIED.—The countries listed in 

23 this subsection are the following: 

24 (1) Honduras. 

25 (2) Nicaragua. 

26 (3) Dominica. 


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1 (4) Antigua and Barbuda. 

2 (5) Grenada. 

3 (6) Cuba. 

4 (7) Bahamas. 

5 (8) Barbados. 

6 (9) Jamaica. 

7 (10) Trinidad and Tobago. 

8 (11) Panama. 

9 (12) Costa Rica. 

10 (13) The Dominican Republic. 

11 (14) El Salvador. 

12 (15) Bolivia. 

13 (16) Uruguay. 

14 (17) Guyana. 

15 (18) Suriname. 

16 (19) Venezuela. 

17 (20) Solomon Islands. 

18 (21) Kiribati. 

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