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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6047 
To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. POE of Texas) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan 
at all levels, 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 Travel Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 
et seq.), enacted in 1979, has continued for 37 years 
to be the cornerstone of relations between the 
United States and Taiwan and has served as an an-
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chor for peace and security in the Western Pacific 
area. 
(2) The Taiwan Relations Act declares that 
peace and stability in the Western Pacific area are 
in the political, security, and economic interests of 
the United States and are matters of international 
concern. 
(3) The United States considers any effort to 
determine the future of Taiwan by other than peace-
ful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a 
threat to the peace and security of the Western Pa-
cific and of grave concern to the United States. 
(4) Taiwan has succeeded in a momentous tran-
sition to democracy beginning in the late 1980s and 
has been a beacon of democratic practices in Asia, 
and Taiwan’s democratic achievements inspire many 
countries and people in the region. 
(5) Through the Taiwan Relations Act, the 
United States treats Taiwan as a sovereign, inde-
pendent country. 
(6) Visits to a country by United States cabinet 
members and other high-ranking officials are an in-
dicator of the breadth and depth of ties between the 
United States and such country. 
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(7) Since the enactment of the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, relations between the United States and 
Taiwan have suffered from a lack of communication 
due to the self-imposed restrictions that the United 
States maintains on high-level visits with Taiwan. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should encourage visits be-
tween the United States and Taiwan at all levels. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It should be the policy 
of the United States— 
(1) to allow high-level officials of Taiwan to 
enter the United States, under conditions which 
demonstrate appropriate respect for the dignity of 
such officials, and to meet with officials of the 
United States, including officials from the Depart-
ment of State and the Department of Defense; and 
(2) to permit the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
Representative Office, and any other instrumentality 
established by Taiwan, to conduct official business in 
the United States, including activities which involve 
participation by Members of Congress, officials of 
Federal, State, or local governments of the United 
States, or any high-level official of Taiwan. 
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