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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4868 
To provide for annual meetings of an interparliamentary group consisting 
of Members of Congress and representatives of the Legislative Yuan 
of Taiwan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2021 
Mr. BABIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for annual meetings of an interparliamentary 
group consisting of Members of Congress and representa-
tives of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan, 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 Inter-
parliamentary Group Establishment and Relations Act’’ or 
the ‘‘TIGER Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP BETWEEN CONGRESS AND LEGISLA-
TURE OF TAIWAN. 
(a) MEETINGS.—The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate 
shall each appoint members to serve on an interparliamen-
tary group which will meet annually with representatives 
of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan to discuss areas of mu-
tual interest between the United States and Taiwan, in-
cluding— 
(1) deterring military aggression by the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China and countering the malign 
influence of the Chinese Communist Party in both 
the United States and Taiwan; 
(2) strengthening security cooperation between 
the United States and Taiwan; and 
(3) enhancing bilateral trade between the 
United States and Taiwan. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) HOUSE.—The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall appoint 6 Members of the 
House to serve on the group under this section, 
based on recommendations made by the Majority 
Leader and the Minority Leader of the House, and 
shall designate one of the Members as the co-chair 
of the group. 
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(2) SENATE.—The President pro tempore of 
the Senate shall appoint 6 Senators to serve on the 
group under this section, based on recommendations 
made by the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader of the Senate, and shall designate one of the 
Senators as the co-chair of the group. 
(c) SOURCE OF FUNDING.—Of the amounts obligated 
and expended to carry out this section— 
(1) 50 percent shall be derived from the appli-
cable accounts of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be derived from the contin-
gent fund of the Senate. 
(d) REPEAL
OF EXISTING INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP BETWEEN SENATE AND PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA.—Section 153 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations 
and Offsets Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 276n) is hereby re-
pealed. 
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