IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 910 
Commending the people of Taiwan on holding free and fair democratic presi-
dential and legislative elections, and congratulating Madame Tsai Ing- 
wen on her re-election to the presidency of Taiwan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2020 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. BERA, and Mr. CHABOT) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the people of Taiwan on holding free and fair 
democratic presidential and legislative elections, and con-
gratulating Madame Tsai Ing-wen on her re-election to 
the presidency of Taiwan. 
Whereas the people of the United States and Taiwan enjoy 
extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and 
other relations founded in shared strategic interests and 
cemented by a commitment to democratic values; 
Whereas Taiwan is a free, democratic, and prosperous nation 
of more than 23,000,000 people and an important con-
tributor to peace and stability around the world, and its 
transformation into a robust democracy and a strong free 
market economy with a vibrant civil society offers a 
model for others in the Indo-Pacific; 
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Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8; 22 
U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), signed into law on April 10, 1979, 
codified the basis for continued commercial, cultural, se-
curity, and other relations between the people of the 
United States and the people of Taiwan, serves as the 
foundation to preserve and promote continued bilateral 
bonds, and states that it is the policy of the United 
States— 
(1) to preserve and promote extensive, close, and 
friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between 
the people of the United States and the people of Tai-
wan, as well as the people on the China mainland and all 
other peoples of the Western Pacific area; 
(2) to declare that peace and stability in the area 
are in the political, security, and economic interests of 
the United States, and are matters of international con-
cern; 
(3) to make clear that the United States decision to 
establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic 
of China rests upon the expectation that the future of 
Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means; 
(4) to consider any effort to determine the future of 
Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boy-
cotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of 
the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the 
United States; 
(5) to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive char-
acter; and 
(6) to maintain the capacity of the United States to 
resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that 
would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic 
system, of the people of Taiwan; 
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Whereas the United States and Taiwan have built a strong 
economic partnership in which— 
(1) the United States is Taiwan’s second largest 
trading partner; and 
(2) Taiwan is the 10th largest trading partner of the 
United States and a key destination for United States 
agricultural exports; 
Whereas the people of the United States and the people of 
Taiwan share deep cultural and personal ties, as exempli-
fied by the large flow of visitors and exchanges each year 
and the over 23,000 Taiwanese students who study in the 
United States; 
Whereas the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei 
Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the 
United States signed a memorandum of understanding in 
June 2015 establishing the Global Cooperation and 
Training Framework, under which Taiwan, the United 
States, and Japan jointly sponsor training programs to 
share Taiwan’s expertise with partners around the world, 
including in the areas of public health, law enforcement, 
disaster relief, energy cooperation, women’s empower-
ment, digital economy and cybersecurity, media literacy, 
and good governance; 
Whereas, in 2019, the United States and Taiwan also 
launched Indo-Pacific Democratic Governance Consulta-
tions, to help Indo-Pacific countries address governance 
challenges, and a new Pacific Islands Dialogue, to help 
meet the development needs of Taiwan’s diplomatic part-
ners in the Pacific; 
Whereas Taiwan has the expertise, willingness, and capability 
to engage further in international efforts to mitigate 
global challenges related to such issues as public health, 
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aviation safety, crime, and terrorism, but its participation 
in such efforts has been constrained by conditions im-
posed by the People’s Republic of China; 
Whereas successive Congresses have directed the executive 
branch to develop strategies to obtain meaningful partici-
pation for Taiwan in international organizations, such as 
the World Health Organization, the International Civil 
Aviation Organization, and the International Criminal 
Police 
Organization 
(commonly 
known 
as 
‘‘INTERPOL’’); 
Whereas the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–409) states that— 
(1) it is United States policy ‘‘to support the close 
economic, political, and security relationship between Tai-
wan and the United States’’; and 
(2) the President should— 
(A) ‘‘conduct regular transfers of defense arti-
cles to Taiwan that are tailored to meet the existing 
and likely future threats from the People’s Republic 
of China, including supporting the efforts of Taiwan 
to develop and integrate asymmetric capabilities, as 
appropriate, including mobile, survivable, and cost- 
effective capabilities, into its military forces’’; and 
(B) ‘‘encourage the travel of high-level United 
States officials to Taiwan, in accordance with the 
Taiwan Travel Act’’; 
Whereas, in presidential elections held on January 11, 2020, 
the incumbent President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, won a 
second four-year term with the most votes for a presi-
dential candidate since Taiwan began direct elections, 
winning 57.1 percent of the presidential vote; and 
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Whereas President Tsai stated in her acceptance speech: 
‘‘This election has shown that the Taiwanese people hope 
the international community will witness our commitment 
to democratic values and will respect our national iden-
tity. We also hope that Taiwan will be given a fair oppor-
tunity to participate in international affairs.’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the people of Taiwan on holding 
free and fair democratic elections on January 11, 
2020; 
(2) congratulates Madame Tsai Ing-wen on her 
re-election to the presidency of Taiwan, wishes her 
well on her inauguration on May 20, 2020, and 
pledges to deepen the relationship between the peo-
ples of the United States and Taiwan in her second 
term; 
(3) encourages the President to send a high- 
level official delegation for President Tsai’s second 
inauguration, consistent with United States law; 
(4) calls upon the United States Government to 
advocate for Taiwan’s active participation in inter-
national organizations, including the World Health 
Organization, the International Civil Aviation Orga-
nization, and the International Criminal Police Or-
ganization; and 
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(5) encourages United States financial support 
to enhance Taiwan’s international participation 
through the Global Cooperation and Training 
Framework in recognition of our shared commitment 
to an open, free, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region 
and beyond. 
Æ 
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