Taiwan Representative Office Act

Bill: 119-s-974
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-03-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 974 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2025 Mr. Curtis (for himself and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office the Taiwan Representative Office , and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taiwan Representative Office Act . 2. Designation of and references to Taiwan Representative Office (a) Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act ( Public Law 96–8 ; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq. ) and the Six Assurances, originally conveyed to Taiwan by President Ronald Reagan in 1982— (1) to provide the people of Taiwan with de facto diplomatic treatment equivalent to foreign countries, nations, states, governments, or similar entities; and (2) consistent with the policy described in paragraph (1), to rename the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States as the Taiwan Representative Office . (b) Renaming The Secretary of State shall seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office in the District of Colombia as the Taiwan Representative Office . (c) References If the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office is renamed as the Taiwan Representative Office, any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States Government to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office shall be deemed to be a reference to the Taiwan Representative Office, including for all official purposes of the Government of the United States, all courts of the United States, and any proceedings thereof. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed as— (1) entailing the restoration of diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan); or (2) altering the position of the United States with respect to the international status of Taiwan.