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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3972 
To support the diplomatic, economic, and physical space of Taiwan, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. BACON, Mr. CASE, 
and Mr. WOMACK) 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To support the diplomatic, economic, and physical space 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Taiwan Peace and Stability Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and statement of policy. 
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TITLE I—SUPPORTING TAIWAN’S MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION 
IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress on Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the inter-
national community. 
Sec. 103. Strategy to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in inter-
national organizations. 
Sec. 104. Expanding United States-Taiwan development cooperation. 
Sec. 105. Appropriate congressional committees. 
TITLE II—ADVANCING TAIWAN’S ECONOMIC SPACE 
Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on expanding U.S. economic relations with Tai-
wan. 
Sec. 202. Legal framework for expanding economic relations with Taiwan. 
Sec. 203. Appropriate congressional committees. 
TITLE III—ENHANCING DETERRENCE OVER TAIWAN 
Sec. 301. Sense of Congress on peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. 
Sec. 302. Strategy to enhance deterrence over a cross-Strait conflict. 
Sec. 303. Supporting Taiwan’s investment in asymmetric capabilities. 
Sec. 304. Advancing Taiwan’s territorial defense force concept. 
Sec. 305. Strengthening Taiwan’s civilian defense professionals. 
Sec. 306. Appropriate congressional committees. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States has consistently sought 
to advance peace and stability in East Asia as a cen-
tral element of U.S. foreign policy toward the region. 
(2) Peace and stability in East Asia has pro-
vided the necessary environment for the tremendous 
economic growth experienced by the region and re-
mains critical to the continued development and 
prosperity of all people in the Indo-Pacific. 
(3) The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 (Public 
Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and the ‘‘Six As-
surances’’, provided by the United States to Taiwan 
in July 1982, are the cornerstones of U.S.-Taiwan 
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relations and continue to guide U.S. policy toward 
Taiwan. 
(4) The Taiwan Relations Act states that it is 
the policy of the United States to— 
‘‘(A) preserve and promote extensive, close, 
and friendly commercial, cultural, and other re-
lations between the people of the United States 
and the people on Taiwan, as well as the people 
on the China mainland and all other peoples of 
the Western Pacific area; 
‘‘(B) 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 concern; 
‘‘(C) make clear that the United States de-
cision to establish diplomatic relations with the 
People’s Republic of China rests upon the ex-
pectation that the future of Taiwan will be de-
termined by peaceful means; 
‘‘(D) consider any effort to determine the 
future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, 
including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to 
the peace and security of the Western Pacific 
area and of grave concern to the United States; 
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‘‘(E) provide Taiwan with arms of a defen-
sive character; and 
‘‘(F) maintain the capacity of the United 
States to resist any resort to force or other 
forms of coercion that would jeopardize the se-
curity, or the social or economic system, of the 
people on Taiwan.’’. 
(5) The Government of the People’s Republic of 
China (PRC), especially since the election of Tsai 
Ing-Wen in 2016, has conducted a coordinated cam-
paign to weaken Taiwan diplomatically, economi-
cally, and militarily in a manner that threatens to 
erode U.S. policy and create a fait accompli on ques-
tions surrounding Taiwan’s future. 
(6) In order to ensure the longevity of U.S. pol-
icy and preserve the ability of the people of Taiwan 
to determine their future independently, it is nec-
essary to reinforce Taiwan’s diplomatic, economic, 
and physical space. 
(b) It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) maintain the position that peace and sta-
bility in the Western Pacific are in the political, se-
curity, and economic interests of the United States, 
and are matters of international concern; and 
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