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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3084 

To establish the Taiwan Fellowship Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2021 

Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CASE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish the Taiwan Fellowship Program, 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 Fellowship 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

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

9 8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) affirmed United States 

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


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1 friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations be2 tween the people of the United States and the people 

3 on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China main4 land and all other peoples of the Western Pacific 

5 area’’. 

6 (2) Consistent with the Asia Reassurance Ini7 tiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409), the 

8 United States has grown its strategic partnership 

9 with Taiwan’s vibrant democracy of 23,000,000 peo10 ple. 

11 (3) Despite a concerted campaign by the Peo12 ple’s Republic of China to isolate Taiwan from its 

13 diplomatic partners and from international organiza14 tions, including the World Health Organization, Tai15 wan has emerged as a global leader in the 

16 coronavirus global pandemic response, including by 

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

18 other medical equipment to the United States. 

19 (4) The creation of a United States fellowship 

20 program with Taiwan would support— 

21 (A) a key priority of expanding people-to22 people exchanges, which was outlined in Presi23 dent Donald J. Trump’s 2017 National Secu24 rity Strategy; 


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1 (B) President Joseph R. Biden’s commit2 ment to Taiwan, ‘‘a leading democracy and a 

3 critical economic and security partner’’, as ex4 pressed in his March 2021 Interim National Se5 curity Strategic Guidance; and 

6 (C) April 2021 guidance from the Depart7 ment of State based on a review required under 

8 the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (subtitle B 

9 of title III of division FF of Public Law 116– 

10 260) to ‘‘encourage U.S. government engage11 ment with Taiwan that reflects our deepening 

12 unofficial relationship’’. 

13 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

14 (1) to further strengthen the United States-Tai15 wan strategic partnership and broaden under16 standing of the Indo-Pacific region by temporarily 

17 assigning officials of agencies of the United States 

18 Government to Taiwan for intensive study in Man19 darin Chinese and placement as Fellows with the 

20 governing authorities on Taiwan or a Taiwanese 

21 civic institution; 

22 (2) to expand United States Government exper23 tise in Mandarin Chinese language skills and under24 standing of the politics, history, and culture of Tai25 wan and the Indo-Pacific region by providing eligible 


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1 United States personnel the opportunity to acquire 

2 such skills and understanding through the Taiwan 

3 Fellowship Program established under section 3; 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. 3. TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

10 means, in the case of the executive branch of United 

11 States Government, or in the case of a legislative 

12 branch agency specified in paragraph (2), the head 

13 of the respective agency. 

14 (2) AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERN15 MENT.—The term ‘‘agency of the United States 

16 Government’’ includes the Government Account17 ability Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the 

18 Congressional Research Service, and the United 

19 States-China Economic and Security Review Com20 mission of the legislative branch, as well as any 

21 agency of the executive branch. 

22 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the Senate; 

3 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

4 the Senate; 

5 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives; and 

7 (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

8 the House of Representatives. 

9 (4) DETAILEE.—The term ‘‘detailee’’ means an 

10 employee of an agency of the United States Govern11 ment on loan to the American Institute in Taiwan, 

12 without a change of position from the agency at 

13 which such employee is employed. 

14 (5) IMPLEMENTING PARTNER.—The term ‘‘im15 plementing partner’’ means any United States orga16 nization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter17 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

18 under section 501(a) of such Code that— 

19 (A) is selected through a competitive proc20 ess; 

21 (B) performs logistical, administrative, and 

22 other functions, as determined by the Depart23 ment of State and the American Institute of 

24 Taiwan, in support of the Taiwan Fellowship 

25 Program; and 


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1 (C) enters into a cooperative agreement 

2 with the American Institute in Taiwan to ad3 minister the Taiwan Fellowship Program. 

4 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP PRO5 GRAM.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 

7 shall establish the ‘‘Taiwan Fellowship Program’’ 

8 (hereafter referred to in this section as the ‘‘Pro9 gram’’) to provide a fellowship opportunity in Tai10 wan of up to two years for eligible United States 

11 citizens through the cooperative agreement estab12 lished in paragraph (2). The Department of State, 

13 in consultation with the American Institute in Tai14 wan and the implementing partner, may modify the 

15 name of the Program. 

16 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The American Institute 

18 in Taiwan shall use amounts authorized to be 

19 appropriated pursuant to subsection (f)(1) to 

20 enter into an annual or multi-year cooperative 

21 agreement with an appropriate implementing 

22 partner. 

23 (B) FELLOWSHIPS.—The Department of 

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1 menting partner, shall award to eligible United 

2 States citizens, subject to available funding— 

3 (i) not fewer than five fellowships dur4 ing the first two years of the Program; and 

5 (ii) not fewer than ten fellowships 

6 during each of the remaining years of the 

7 Program. 

8 (3) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; IMPLE9 MENTING PARTNER.—Not later than 30 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the American 

11 Institute in Taiwan, in consultation with the Depart12 ment of State, shall— 

13 (A) begin negotiations with the Taipei 

14 Economic and Cultural Representative Office, 

15 or with another appropriate entity, for the pur16 pose of entering into an agreement to facilitate 

17 the placement of fellows in an agency of the 

18 governing authorities on Taiwan; and 

19 (B) begin the process of selecting an im20 plementing partner, which— 

21 (i) shall agree to meet all of the legal 

22 requirements required to operate in Tai23 wan; and 

24 (ii) shall be composed of staff who 

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1 aging exchange programs in the Indo-Pa2 cific region. 

3 (4) CURRICULUM.— 

4 (A) FIRST YEAR.—During the first year of 

5 each fellowship under this subsection, each fel6 low should study— 

7 (i) the Mandarin Chinese language; 

8 (ii) the people, history, and political 

9 climate on Taiwan; and 

10 (iii) the issues affecting the relation11 ship between the United States and the 

12 Indo-Pacific region. 

13 (B) SECOND YEAR.—During the second 

14 year of each fellowship under this section, each 

15 fellow, subject to the approval of the Depart16 ment of State, the American Institute in Tai17 wan, and the implementing partner, and in ac18 cordance with the purposes of this Act, shall 

19 work in— 

20 (i) a parliamentary office, ministry, or 

21 other agency of the governing authorities 

22 on Taiwan; or 

23 (ii) an organization outside of the gov24 erning authorities on Taiwan, whose inter25 ests are associated with the interests of the 


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1 fellow and the agency of the United States 

2 Government from which the fellow had 

3 been employed. 

4 (5) FLEXIBLE FELLOWSHIP DURATION.—Not5 withstanding any requirement under this section, the 

6 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Amer7 ican Institute in Taiwan and, as appropriate, the im8 plementing partner, may award fellowships that have 

9 a duration of between nine months and two years, 

10 and may alter the curriculum requirements under 

11 paragraph (4) for such purposes. 

12 (6) SUNSET.—The Program shall terminate ten 

13 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 (c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—A United 

16 States citizen is eligible for a fellowship under this 

17 section if he or she— 

18 (A) is an employee of the United States 

19 Government; 

20 (B) has received at least one exemplary 

21 performance review in his or her current United 

22 States Government role within at least the last 

23 three years prior to the beginning the fellow24 ship; 


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1 (C) has at least two years of experience in 

2 any branch of the United States Government; 

3 (D) has a demonstrated professional or 

4 educational background in the relationship be5 tween the United States and countries in the 

6 Indo-Pacific region; and 

7 (E) has demonstrated his or her commit8 ment to further service in the United States 

9 Government. 

10 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF FELLOWS.—Each re11 cipient of a fellowship under this section shall agree, 

12 as a condition of such fellowship— 

13 (A) to maintain satisfactory progress in 

14 language training and appropriate behavior in 

15 Taiwan, as determined by the Department of 

16 State, the American Institute in Taiwan and, as 

17 appropriate, its implementing partner; 

18 (B) to refrain from engaging in any intel19 ligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf 

20 of the United States Government; and 

21 (C) to continue Federal Government em22 ployment for a period of not less than four 

23 years after the conclusion of the fellowship or 

24 for not less than two years for a fellowship that 

25 is one year or shorter. 


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1 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF IMPLEMENTING

2 PARTNER.— 

3 (A) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—The imple4 menting partner, in close coordination with the 

5 Department of State and the American Insti6 tute in Taiwan, shall— 

7 (i) make efforts to recruit fellowship 

8 candidates who reflect the diversity of the 

9 United States; 

10 (ii) select fellows for the Program 

11 based solely on merit, with appropriate su12 pervision from the Department of State 

13 and the American Institute in Taiwan; and 

14 (iii) prioritize the selection of can15 didates willing to serve a fellowship lasting 

16 one year or longer. 

17 (B) FIRST YEAR.—The implementing part18 ner should provide each fellow in the first year 

19 (or shorter duration, as jointly determined by 

20 the Department of State and the American In21 stitute in Taiwan for those who are not serving 

22 a two-year fellowship) with— 

23 (i) intensive Mandarin Chinese lan24 guage training; and 


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1 (ii) courses in the politic, culture, and 

2 history of Taiwan, China, and the broader 

3 Indo-Pacific. 

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 subpara9 graph (B) to the extent that a fellow has Man10 darin Chinese language skills, knowledge of the 

11 topic described in subparagraph (B)(ii), or for 

12 other related reasons approved by the Depart13 ment of State and the American Institute in 

14 Taiwan. If any of the training requirements are 

15 waived for a fellow serving a two-year fellow16 ship, the training portion of his or her fellow17 ship may be shortened to the extent appro18 priate. 

19 (D) OFFICE; STAFFING.—The imple20 menting partner, in consultation with the De21 partment of State and the American Institute 

22 in Taiwan, shall maintain an office and at least 

23 one full-time staff member in Taiwan— 


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1 (i) to liaise with the American Insti2 tute in Taiwan and the governing authori3 ties on Taiwan; and 

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

5 point of contact for the recipients of fellow6 ships under this section and their depend7 ents. 

8 (E) OTHER FUNCTIONS.—The imple9 menting partner should perform other functions 

10 in association in support of the Program, in11 cluding logistical and administrative functions, 

12 as prescribed by the Department of State and 

13 the American Institute in Taiwan. 

14 (4) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

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

16 comply with the requirements under this section 

17 shall reimburse the American Institute in Tai18 wan for— 

19 (i) the Federal funds expended for the 

20 fellow’s participation in the fellowship, as 

21 set forth in subparagraphs (B) and (C); 

22 and 

23 (ii) interest accrued on such funds 

24 (calculated at the prevailing rate). 


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1 (B) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fellow 

2 who violates subparagraph (A) or (B) of para3 graph (2) shall reimburse the American Insti4 tute in Taiwan in an amount equal to the sum 

5 of— 

6 (i) all of the Federal funds expended 

7 for the fellow’s participation in the fellow8 ship; and 

9 (ii) interest on the amount specified in 

10 clause (i), which shall be calculated at the 

11 prevailing rate. 

12 (C) PRO RATA REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fel13 low who violates paragraph (2)(C) shall reim14 burse the American Institute in Taiwan in an 

15 amount equal to the difference between— 

16 (i) the amount specified in subpara17 graph (B); and 

18 (ii) the product of— 

19 (I) the amount the fellow re20 ceived in compensation during the 

21 final year of the fellowship, including 

22 the value of any allowances and bene23 fits received by the fellow; multiplied 

24 by 


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1 (II) the percentage of the period 

2 specified in paragraph (2)(C) during 

3 which the fellow did not remain em4 ployed by the United States Govern5 ment. 

6 (5) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

7 after the selection of the first class of fellows under 

8 this Act, and annually thereafter for ten years, the 

9 Department of State shall offer to brief the appro10 priate congressional committees regarding the fol11 lowing issues: 

12 (A) An assessment of the performance of 

13 the implementing partner in fulfilling the pur14 poses of this section. 

15 (B) The number of applicants each year, 

16 the number of applicants willing to serve a fel17 lowship lasting one year or longer, and the 

18 number of such applicants selected for the fel19 lowship. 

20 (C) The names and sponsoring agencies of 

21 the fellows selected by the implementing part22 ner and the extent to which such fellows rep23 resent the diversity of the United States. 

24 (D) The names of the parliamentary of25 fices, ministries, other agencies of the governing 


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1 authorities on Taiwan, and nongovernmental in2 stitutions to which each fellow was assigned. 

3 (E) Any recommendations, as appropriate, 

4 to improve the implementation of the Program, 

5 including added flexibilities in the administra6 tion of the program. 

7 (F) An assessment of the Program’s value 

8 upon the relationship between the United States 

9 and Taiwan or the United States and Asian 

10 countries. 

11 (6) ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The financial records 

13 of any implementing partner shall be audited 

14 annually in accordance with generally accepted 

15 auditing standards by independent certified 

16 public accountants or independent licensed pub17 lic accountants who are certified or licensed by 

18 a regulatory authority of a State or another po19 litical subdivision of the United States. 

20 (B) LOCATION.—Each audit under sub21 paragraph (A) shall be conducted at the place 

22 or places where the financial records of the im23 plementing partner are normally kept. 

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1 countants conducting an audit under subpara2 graph (A)— 

3 (i) all books, financial records, files, 

4 other papers, things, and property belong5 ing to, or in use by, the implementing 

6 partner that are necessary to facilitate the 

7 audit; and 

8 (ii) full facilities for verifying trans9 actions with the balances or securities held 

10 by depositories, fiscal agents, and 

11 custodians. 

12 (D) REPORT.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six 

14 months after the end of each fiscal year, 

15 the implementing partner shall provide a 

16 report of the audit conducted for such fis17 cal year under subparagraph (A) to the 

18 Department of State and the American In19 stitute in Taiwan. 

20 (ii) CONTENTS.—Each audit report 

21 shall— 

22 (I) set forth the scope of the 

23 audit; 

24 (II) include such statements, 

25 along with the auditor’s opinion of 


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1 those statements, as may be necessary 

2 to present fairly the implementing 

3 partner’s assets and liabilities, surplus 

4 or deficit, with reasonable detail; 

5 (III) include a statement of the 

6 implementing partner’s income and 

7 expenses during the year; and 

8 (IV) include a schedule of— 

9 (aa) all contracts and coop10 erative agreements requiring pay11 ments greater than $5,000; and 

12 (bb) any payments of com13 pensation, salaries, or fees at a 

14 rate greater than $5,000 per 

15 year. 

16 (iii) COPIES.—Each audit report shall 

17 be produced in sufficient copies for dis18 tribution to the public. 

19 (d) TAIWAN FELLOWS ON DETAIL FROM GOVERN20 MENT SERVICE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

22 (A) DETAIL AUTHORIZED.—With the ap23 proval of the Secretary of State, an agency 

24 head may detail, for a period of not more than 

25 two years, an employee of the agency of the 


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1 United States Government who has been award2 ed a fellowship under this Act, to the American 

3 Institute in Taiwan for the purpose of assign4 ment to the governing authorities on Taiwan or 

5 an organization described in subsection 

6 (b)(4)(B)(ii). 

7 (B) AGREEMENT.—Each detailee shall 

8 enter into a written agreement with the Federal 

9 Government before receiving a fellowship, in 

10 which the fellow shall agree— 

11 (i) to continue in the service of the 

12 sponsoring agency at the end of fellowship 

13 for a period of at least four years (or at 

14 least two years if the fellowship duration is 

15 one year or shorter) unless such detailee is 

16 involuntarily separated from the service of 

17 such agency; and 

18 (ii) to pay to the American Institute 

19 in Taiwan any additional expenses incurred 

20 by the United States Government in con21 nection with the fellowship if the detailee 

22 voluntarily separates from service with the 

23 sponsoring agency before the end of the 

24 period for which the detailee has agreed to 

25 continue in the service of such agency. 


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1 (C) EXCEPTION.—The payment agreed to 

2 under subparagraph (B)(ii) may not be re3 quired of a detailee who leaves the service of 

4 the sponsoring agency to enter into the service 

5 of another agency of the United States Govern6 ment unless the head of the sponsoring agency 

7 notifies the detailee before the effective date of 

8 entry into the service of the other agency that 

9 payment will be required under this subsection. 

10 (2) STATUS AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.—A 

11 detailee— 

12 (A) is deemed, for the purpose of pre13 serving allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, 

14 and other benefits, to be an employee of the 

15 sponsoring agency; 

16 (B) is entitled to pay, allowances, and ben17 efits from funds available to such agency, which 

18 is deemed to comply with section 5536 of title 

19 5, United States Code; and 

20 (C) may be assigned to a position with an 

21 entity described in subsection (b)(4)(B)(i) if ac22 ceptance of such position does not involve— 

23 (i) the taking of an oath of allegiance 

24 to another government; or 


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1 (ii) the acceptance of compensation or 

2 other benefits from any foreign govern3 ment by such detailee. 

4 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPONSORING AGEN5 CY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The agency of the 

7 United States Government from which a 

8 detailee is detailed should provide the fellow al9 lowances and benefits that are consistent with 

10 Department of State Standardized Regulations 

11 or other applicable rules and regulations, in12 cluding— 

13 (i) a living quarters allowance to cover 

14 the cost of housing in Taiwan; 

15 (ii) a cost of living allowance to cover 

16 any possible higher costs of living in Tai17 wan; 

18 (iii) a temporary quarters subsistence 

19 allowance for up to seven days if the fellow 

20 is unable to find housing immediately upon 

21 arriving in Taiwan; 

22 (iv) an education allowance to assist 

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1 narily provided without charge by public 

2 schools in the United States; 

3 (v) moving expenses to transport per4 sonal belongings of the fellow and his or 

5 her family in their move to Taiwan, which 

6 is comparable to the allowance given for 

7 American Institute in Taiwan employees 

8 assigned to Taiwan; and 

9 (vi) an economy-class airline ticket to 

10 and from Taiwan for each fellow and the 

11 fellow’s immediate family. 

12 (B) MODIFICATION OF BENEFITS.—The 

13 American Institute in Taiwan and its imple14 menting partner, with the approval of the De15 partment of State, may modify the benefits set 

16 forth in subparagraph (A) if such modification 

17 is warranted by fiscal circumstances. 

18 (4) NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY.—The American 

19 Institute in Taiwan, the implementing partner, and 

20 any governing authorities on Taiwan or nongovern21 mental entities in Taiwan at which a fellow is de22 tailed during the second year of the fellowship may 

23 not be held responsible for the pay, allowances, or 

24 any other benefit normally provided to the detailee. 


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1 (5) REIMBURSEMENT.—Fellows may be de2 tailed under paragraph (1)(A) without reimburse3 ment to the United States by the American Institute 

4 in Taiwan. 

5 (6) ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS.—Detailees 

6 may be paid by the American Institute in Taiwan 

7 for the allowances and benefits listed in paragraph 

8 (3). 

9 (e) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year prior to 

10 the sunset of the Program pursuant to subsection (b)(6), 

11 the Comptroller General of the United States shall trans12 mit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

13 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

14 Representatives a report that includes the following: 

15 (1) An analysis of United States Government 

16 participants in the Program, including the number 

17 of applicants and the number of fellowships under18 taken, the places of employment. 

19 (2) An assessment of the costs and benefits for 

20 participants in the Program and for the United 

21 States Government of such fellowships. 

22 (3) An analysis of the financial impact of the 

23 fellowship on United States Government offices that 

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1 (4) Recommendations, if any, on how to im2 prove the Program. 

3 (f) FUNDING.— 

4 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

6 American Institute in Taiwan— 

7 (A) for fiscal year 2022, $2,900,000, of 

8 which $500,000 should be used by an appro9 priate implementing partner to launch the Pro10 gram; and 

11 (B) for fiscal year 2023, and each suc12 ceeding fiscal year, $2,400,000. 

13 (2) PRIVATE SOURCES.—The implementing 

14 partner selected to implement the Program may ac15 cept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of serv16 ices or property in carrying out such program, sub17 ject to the review and approval of the American In18 stitute in Taiwan. 

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