H. R. 3707
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To authorize funds for the construction of a facility in Taipei, Taiwan suitable
for the mission of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Institute in Taiwan
Facilities Enhancement Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) in the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3301
et seq.), the Congress established the American Institute in
Taiwan (hereafter in this Act referred to as ‘‘AIT’’), a nonprofit
corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia, to carry
out on behalf of the United States Government any and all
programs, transactions, and other relations with Taiwan;
(2) the Congress has recognized AIT for the successful
role it has played in sustaining and enhancing United States
relations with Taiwan;
(3) the Taipei office of AIT is housed in buildings which
were not originally designed for the important functions that
AIT performs, whose location does not provide adequate secu-
rity for its employees, and which, because they are almost
50 years old, have become increasingly expensive to maintain;
(4) the aging state of the AIT office building in Taipei
is neither conducive to the safety and welfare of AIT’s American
and local employees nor commensurate with the level of contact
that exists between the United States and Taiwan;
(5) AIT has made a good faith effort to set aside funds
for the construction of a new office building, but these funds
will be insufficient to construct a building that is large and
secure enough to meet AIT’s current and future needs; and
(6) because the Congress established AIT and has a strong
interest in United States relations with Taiwan, the Congress
has a special responsibility to ensure that AIT’s requirements
for safe and appropriate office quarters are met.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized
to be appropriated the sum of $75,000,000 to AIT—
(1) for plans for a new facility and, if necessary, residences
or other structures located in close physical proximity to such
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facility, in Taipei, Taiwan, for AIT to carry out its purposes
under the Taiwan Relations Act; and
(2) for acquisition by purchase or construction of such
facility, residences, or other structures.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a) may only be used if the new facility described in that subsection
meets all requirements applicable to the security of United States
diplomatic facilities, including the requirements in the Omnibus
Diplomatic Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C.
4801 et seq.) and the Secure Embassy Construction and
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted by section 1000(a)(7)
of Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1501A–451), except for those
requirements which the Director of AIT certifies to the Committee
on International Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are not applicable
on account of the special status of AIT. In making such certification,
the Director shall also certify that security considerations permit
the exercise of the waiver of such requirements.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.