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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Fellowship 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 
8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) affirmed United States 
policy ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, close, and 
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friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations be-
tween the people of the United States and the people 
on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China main-
land and all other peoples of the Western Pacific 
area’’. 
(2) Consistent with the Asia Reassurance Ini-
tiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409), the 
United States has grown its strategic partnership 
with Taiwan’s vibrant democracy of 23,000,000 peo-
ple. 
(3) Despite a concerted campaign by the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to isolate Taiwan from its 
diplomatic partners and from international organiza-
tions, including the World Health Organization, Tai-
wan has emerged as a global leader in the 
coronavirus global pandemic response, including by 
donating more than 2,000,000 surgical masks and 
other medical equipment to the United States. 
(4) The creation of a United States fellowship 
program with Taiwan would support— 
(A) a key priority of expanding people-to- 
people exchanges, which was outlined in Presi-
dent Donald J. Trump’s 2017 National Secu-
rity Strategy; 
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(B) President Joseph R. Biden’s commit-
ment to Taiwan, ‘‘a leading democracy and a 
critical economic and security partner’’, as ex-
pressed in his March 2021 Interim National Se-
curity Strategic Guidance; and 
(C) April 2021 guidance from the Depart-
ment of State based on a review required under 
the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (subtitle B 
of title III of division FF of Public Law 116– 
260) to ‘‘encourage U.S. government engage-
ment with Taiwan that reflects our deepening 
unofficial relationship’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to further strengthen the United States-Tai-
wan strategic partnership and broaden under-
standing of the Indo-Pacific region by temporarily 
assigning officials of agencies of the United States 
Government to Taiwan for intensive study in Man-
darin Chinese and placement as Fellows with the 
governing authorities on Taiwan or a Taiwanese 
civic institution; 
(2) to expand United States Government exper-
tise in Mandarin Chinese language skills and under-
standing of the politics, history, and culture of Tai-
wan and the Indo-Pacific region by providing eligible 
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United States personnel the opportunity to acquire 
such skills and understanding through the Taiwan 
Fellowship Program established under section 3; and 
(3) to better position the United States to ad-
vance its economic, security, and human rights in-
terests and values in the Indo-Pacific region. 
SEC. 3. TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘‘agency head’’ 
means, in the case of the executive branch of United 
States Government, or in the case of a legislative 
branch agency specified in paragraph (2), the head 
of the respective agency. 
(2) AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘‘agency of the United States 
Government’’ includes the Government Account-
ability Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the 
Congressional Research Service, and the United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Com-
mission of the legislative branch, as well as any 
agency of the executive branch. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(4) DETAILEE.—The term ‘‘detailee’’ means an 
employee of an agency of the United States Govern-
ment on loan to the American Institute in Taiwan, 
without a change of position from the agency at 
which such employee is employed. 
(5) IMPLEMENTING PARTNER.—The term ‘‘im-
plementing partner’’ means any United States orga-
nization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code that— 
(A) is selected through a competitive proc-
ess; 
(B) performs logistical, administrative, and 
other functions, as determined by the Depart-
ment of State and the American Institute of 
Taiwan, in support of the Taiwan Fellowship 
Program; and 
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(C) enters into a cooperative agreement 
with the American Institute in Taiwan to ad-
minister the Taiwan Fellowship Program. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TAIWAN FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 
shall establish the ‘‘Taiwan Fellowship Program’’ 
(hereafter referred to in this section as the ‘‘Pro-
gram’’) to provide a fellowship opportunity in Tai-
wan of up to two years for eligible United States 
citizens through the cooperative agreement estab-
lished in paragraph (2). The Department of State, 
in consultation with the American Institute in Tai-
wan and the implementing partner, may modify the 
name of the Program. 
(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The American Institute 
in Taiwan shall use amounts authorized to be 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (f)(1) to 
enter into an annual or multi-year cooperative 
agreement with an appropriate implementing 
partner. 
(B) FELLOWSHIPS.—The Department of 
State, in consultation with the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan and, as appropriate, the imple-
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menting partner, shall award to eligible United 
States citizens, subject to available funding— 
(i) not fewer than five fellowships dur-
ing the first two years of the Program; and 
(ii) not fewer than ten fellowships 
during each of the remaining years of the 
Program. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENT; 
IMPLE-
MENTING PARTNER.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the American 
Institute in Taiwan, in consultation with the Depart-
ment of State, shall— 
(A) begin negotiations with the Taipei 
Economic and Cultural Representative Office, 
or with another appropriate entity, for the pur-
pose of entering into an agreement to facilitate 
the placement of fellows in an agency of the 
governing authorities on Taiwan; and 
(B) begin the process of selecting an im-
plementing partner, which— 
(i) shall agree to meet all of the legal 
requirements required to operate in Tai-
wan; and 
(ii) shall be composed of staff who 
demonstrate significant experience man-
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aging exchange programs in the Indo-Pa-
cific region. 
(4) CURRICULUM.— 
(A) FIRST YEAR.—During the first year of 
each fellowship under this subsection, each fel-
low should study— 
(i) the Mandarin Chinese language; 
(ii) the people, history, and political 
climate on Taiwan; and 
(iii) the issues affecting the relation-
ship between the United States and the 
Indo-Pacific region. 
(B) SECOND
YEAR.—During the second 
year of each fellowship under this section, each 
fellow, subject to the approval of the Depart-
ment of State, the American Institute in Tai-
wan, and the implementing partner, and in ac-
cordance with the purposes of this Act, shall 
work in— 
(i) a parliamentary office, ministry, or 
other agency of the governing authorities 
on Taiwan; or 
(ii) an organization outside of the gov-
erning authorities on Taiwan, whose inter-
ests are associated with the interests of the 
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fellow and the agency of the United States 
Government from which the fellow had 
been employed. 
(5) FLEXIBLE FELLOWSHIP DURATION.—Not-
withstanding any requirement under this section, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Amer-
ican Institute in Taiwan and, as appropriate, the im-
plementing partner, may award fellowships that have 
a duration of between nine months and two years, 
and may alter the curriculum requirements under 
paragraph (4) for such purposes. 
(6) SUNSET.—The Program shall terminate ten 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS.—A United 
States citizen is eligible for a fellowship under this 
section if he or she— 
(A) is an employee of the United States 
Government; 
(B) has received at least one exemplary 
performance review in his or her current United 
States Government role within at least the last 
three years prior to the beginning the fellow-
ship; 
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(C) has at least two years of experience in 
any branch of the United States Government; 
(D) has a demonstrated professional or 
educational background in the relationship be-
tween the United States and countries in the 
Indo-Pacific region; and 
(E) has demonstrated his or her commit-
ment to further service in the United States 
Government. 
(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF FELLOWS.—Each re-
cipient of a fellowship under this section shall agree, 
as a condition of such fellowship— 
(A) to maintain satisfactory progress in 
language training and appropriate behavior in 
Taiwan, as determined by the Department of 
State, the American Institute in Taiwan and, as 
appropriate, its implementing partner; 
(B) to refrain from engaging in any intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf 
of the United States Government; and 
(C) to continue Federal Government em-
ployment for a period of not less than four 
years after the conclusion of the fellowship or 
for not less than two years for a fellowship that 
is one year or shorter. 
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(3) 
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
IMPLEMENTING 
PARTNER.— 
(A) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—The imple-
menting partner, in close coordination with the 
Department of State and the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan, shall— 
(i) make efforts to recruit fellowship 
candidates who reflect the diversity of the 
United States; 
(ii) select fellows for the Program 
based solely on merit, with appropriate su-
pervision from the Department of State 
and the American Institute in Taiwan; and 
(iii) prioritize the selection of can-
didates willing to serve a fellowship lasting 
one year or longer. 
(B) FIRST YEAR.—The implementing part-
ner should provide each fellow in the first year 
(or shorter duration, as jointly determined by 
the Department of State and the American In-
stitute in Taiwan for those who are not serving 
a two-year fellowship) with— 
(i) intensive Mandarin Chinese lan-
guage training; and 
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(ii) courses in the politic, culture, and 
history of Taiwan, China, and the broader 
Indo-Pacific. 
(C) WAIVER
OF
REQUIRED
TRAINING.— 
The Department of State, in coordination with 
the American Institute in Taiwan and, as ap-
propriate, the implementing partner, may waive 
any of the training required under subpara-
graph (B) to the extent that a fellow has Man-
darin Chinese language skills, knowledge of the 
topic described in subparagraph (B)(ii), or for 
other related reasons approved by the Depart-
ment of State and the American Institute in 
Taiwan. If any of the training requirements are 
waived for a fellow serving a two-year fellow-
ship, the training portion of his or her fellow-
ship may be shortened to the extent appro-
priate. 
(D) 
OFFICE; 
STAFFING.—The 
imple-
menting partner, in consultation with the De-
partment of State and the American Institute 
in Taiwan, shall maintain an office and at least 
one full-time staff member in Taiwan— 
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(i) to liaise with the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan and the governing authori-
ties on Taiwan; and 
(ii) to serve as the primary in-country 
point of contact for the recipients of fellow-
ships under this section and their depend-
ents. 
(E) 
OTHER
FUNCTIONS.—The 
imple-
menting partner should perform other functions 
in association in support of the Program, in-
cluding logistical and administrative functions, 
as prescribed by the Department of State and 
the American Institute in Taiwan. 
(4) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any fellow who fails to 
comply with the requirements under this section 
shall reimburse the American Institute in Tai-
wan for— 
(i) the Federal funds expended for the 
fellow’s participation in the fellowship, as 
set forth in subparagraphs (B) and (C); 
and 
(ii) interest accrued on such funds 
(calculated at the prevailing rate). 
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(B) FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fellow 
who violates subparagraph (A) or (B) of para-
graph (2) shall reimburse the American Insti-
tute in Taiwan in an amount equal to the sum 
of— 
(i) all of the Federal funds expended 
for the fellow’s participation in the fellow-
ship; and 
(ii) interest on the amount specified in 
clause (i), which shall be calculated at the 
prevailing rate. 
(C) PRO RATA REIMBURSEMENT.—Any fel-
low who violates paragraph (2)(C) shall reim-
burse the American Institute in Taiwan in an 
amount equal to the difference between— 
(i) the amount specified in subpara-
graph (B); and 
(ii) the product of— 
(I) the amount the fellow re-
ceived in compensation during the 
final year of the fellowship, including 
the value of any allowances and bene-
fits received by the fellow; multiplied 
by 
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(II) the percentage of the period 
specified in paragraph (2)(C) during 
which the fellow did not remain em-
ployed by the United States Govern-
ment. 
(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the selection of the first class of fellows under 
this Act, and annually thereafter for ten years, the 
Department of State shall offer to brief the appro-
priate congressional committees regarding the fol-
lowing issues: 
(A) An assessment of the performance of 
the implementing partner in fulfilling the pur-
poses of this section. 
(B) The number of applicants each year, 
the number of applicants willing to serve a fel-
lowship lasting one year or longer, and the 
number of such applicants selected for the fel-
lowship. 
(C) The names and sponsoring agencies of 
the fellows selected by the implementing part-
ner and the extent to which such fellows rep-
resent the diversity of the United States. 
(D) The names of the parliamentary of-
fices, ministries, other agencies of the governing 
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authorities on Taiwan, and nongovernmental in-
stitutions to which each fellow was assigned. 
(E) Any recommendations, as appropriate, 
to improve the implementation of the Program, 
including added flexibilities in the administra-
tion of the program. 
(F) An assessment of the Program’s value 
upon the relationship between the United States 
and Taiwan or the United States and Asian 
countries. 
(6) ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The financial records 
of any implementing partner shall be audited 
annually in accordance with generally accepted 
auditing standards by independent certified 
public accountants or independent licensed pub-
lic accountants who are certified or licensed by 
a regulatory authority of a State or another po-
litical subdivision of the United States. 
(B) LOCATION.—Each audit under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be conducted at the place 
or places where the financial records of the im-
plementing partner are normally kept. 
(C) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.—The imple-
menting partner shall make available to the ac-
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countants conducting an audit under subpara-
graph (A)— 
(i) all books, financial records, files, 
other papers, things, and property belong-
ing to, or in use by, the implementing 
partner that are necessary to facilitate the 
audit; and 
(ii) full facilities for verifying trans-
actions with the balances or securities held 
by 
depositories, 
fiscal 
agents, 
and 
custodians. 
(D) REPORT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six 
months after the end of each fiscal year, 
the implementing partner shall provide a 
report of the audit conducted for such fis-
cal year under subparagraph (A) to the 
Department of State and the American In-
stitute in Taiwan. 
(ii) CONTENTS.—Each audit report 
shall— 
(I) set forth the scope of the 
audit; 
(II) include such statements, 
along with the auditor’s opinion of 
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those statements, as may be necessary 
to present fairly the implementing 
partner’s assets and liabilities, surplus 
or deficit, with reasonable detail; 
(III) include a statement of the 
implementing partner’s income and 
expenses during the year; and 
(IV) include a schedule of— 
(aa) all contracts and coop-
erative agreements requiring pay-
ments greater than $5,000; and 
(bb) any payments of com-
pensation, salaries, or fees at a 
rate greater than $5,000 per 
year. 
(iii) COPIES.—Each audit report shall 
be produced in sufficient copies for dis-
tribution to the public. 
(d) TAIWAN FELLOWS ON DETAIL FROM GOVERN-
MENT SERVICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) DETAIL AUTHORIZED.—With the ap-
proval of the Secretary of State, an agency 
head may detail, for a period of not more than 
two years, an employee of the agency of the 
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(C) EXCEPTION.—The payment agreed to 
under subparagraph (B)(ii) may not be re-
quired of a detailee who leaves the service of 
the sponsoring agency to enter into the service 
of another agency of the United States Govern-
ment unless the head of the sponsoring agency 
notifies the detailee before the effective date of 
entry into the service of the other agency that 
payment will be required under this subsection. 
(2) STATUS
AS
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEE.—A 
detailee— 
(A) is deemed, for the purpose of pre-
serving allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, 
and other benefits, to be an employee of the 
sponsoring agency; 
(B) is entitled to pay, allowances, and ben-
efits from funds available to such agency, which 
is deemed to comply with section 5536 of title 
5, United States Code; and 
(C) may be assigned to a position with an 
entity described in subsection (b)(4)(B)(i) if ac-
ceptance of such position does not involve— 
(i) the taking of an oath of allegiance 
to another government; or 
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(ii) the acceptance of compensation or 
other benefits from any foreign govern-
ment by such detailee. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPONSORING AGEN-
CY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The agency of the 
United States Government from which a 
detailee is detailed should provide the fellow al-
lowances and benefits that are consistent with 
Department of State Standardized Regulations 
or other applicable rules and regulations, in-
cluding— 
(i) a living quarters allowance to cover 
the cost of housing in Taiwan; 
(ii) a cost of living allowance to cover 
any possible higher costs of living in Tai-
wan; 
(iii) a temporary quarters subsistence 
allowance for up to seven days if the fellow 
is unable to find housing immediately upon 
arriving in Taiwan; 
(iv) an education allowance to assist 
parents in providing the fellow’s minor 
children with educational services ordi-
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narily provided without charge by public 
schools in the United States; 
(v) moving expenses to transport per-
sonal belongings of the fellow and his or 
her family in their move to Taiwan, which 
is comparable to the allowance given for 
American Institute in Taiwan employees 
assigned to Taiwan; and 
(vi) an economy-class airline ticket to 
and from Taiwan for each fellow and the 
fellow’s immediate family. 
(B) MODIFICATION
OF
BENEFITS.—The 
American Institute in Taiwan and its imple-
menting partner, with the approval of the De-
partment of State, may modify the benefits set 
forth in subparagraph (A) if such modification 
is warranted by fiscal circumstances. 
(4) NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY.—The American 
Institute in Taiwan, the implementing partner, and 
any governing authorities on Taiwan or nongovern-
mental entities in Taiwan at which a fellow is de-
tailed during the second year of the fellowship may 
not be held responsible for the pay, allowances, or 
any other benefit normally provided to the detailee. 
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(5) REIMBURSEMENT.—Fellows may be de-
tailed under paragraph (1)(A) without reimburse-
ment to the United States by the American Institute 
in Taiwan. 
(6) ALLOWANCES
AND
BENEFITS.—Detailees 
may be paid by the American Institute in Taiwan 
for the allowances and benefits listed in paragraph 
(3). 
(e) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year prior to 
the sunset of the Program pursuant to subsection (b)(6), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall trans-
mit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report that includes the following: 
(1) An analysis of United States Government 
participants in the Program, including the number 
of applicants and the number of fellowships under-
taken, the places of employment. 
(2) An assessment of the costs and benefits for 
participants in the Program and for the United 
States Government of such fellowships. 
(3) An analysis of the financial impact of the 
fellowship on United States Government offices that 
have detailed fellows to participate in the Program. 
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(4) Recommendations, if any, on how to im-
prove the Program. 
(f) FUNDING.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
American Institute in Taiwan— 
(A) for fiscal year 2022, $2,900,000, of 
which $500,000 should be used by an appro-
priate implementing partner to launch the Pro-
gram; and 
(B) for fiscal year 2023, and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year, $2,400,000. 
(2) PRIVATE
SOURCES.—The implementing 
partner selected to implement the Program may ac-
cept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of serv-
ices or property in carrying out such program, sub-
ject to the review and approval of the American In-
stitute in Taiwan. 
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