TIGER Act
Bill: H.R.4868 | Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian (R-TX)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Taiwan Interparliamentary Group Establishment and Relations Act or the TIGER Act
This bill establishes a group consisting of Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to meet annually with representatives from Taiwan's parliament to discuss areas of mutual interest between the United States and Taiwan. It also repeals a provision providing for a group of Senators to meet annually with representatives from China's National People's Congress to discuss issues of common interest involving the United States and China.

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.

    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 ``Taiwan Interparliamentary Group 
Establishment and Relations Act'' or the ``TIGER Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP BETWEEN CONGRESS 
              AND LEGISLATURE OF TAIWAN.

    (a) Meetings.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President pro tempore of the Senate shall each appoint members to serve 
on an interparliamentary group which will meet annually with 
representatives of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan to discuss areas of 
mutual interest between the United States and Taiwan, including--
            (1) deterring military aggression by the People'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.
            (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 applicable 
        accounts of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) 50 percent shall be derived from the contingent 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 
repealed.
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