An act to encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes
PL 115-135 (H.R.535), enacted 03/16/2018

132 STAT. 341 
PUBLIC LAW 115–135—MAR. 16, 2018 
Public Law 115–135 
115th Congress 
An Act 
To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, 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 Travel Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), 
enacted in 1979, has continued for 37 years to be a cornerstone 
of relations between the United States and Taiwan and has 
served as an anchor for peace and security in the Western 
Pacific area. 
(2) The Taiwan Relations Act declares that peace and sta-
bility in the Western Pacific area are in the political, security, 
and economic interests of the United States and are matters 
of international concern. 
(3) The United States considers 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. 
(4) Taiwan has succeeded in a momentous transition to 
democracy beginning in the late 1980s and has been a beacon 
of democracy in Asia, and Taiwan’s democratic achievements 
inspire many countries and people in the region. 
(5) Visits to a country by United States Cabinet members 
and other high-ranking officials are an indicator of the breadth 
and depth of ties between the United States and such country. 
(6) Since the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act, rela-
tions between the United States and Taiwan have suffered 
from insufficient high-level communication due to the self- 
imposed restrictions that the United States maintains on high- 
level visits with Taiwan. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States Government should encourage visits between 
officials from the United States and Taiwan at all levels. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It should be the policy of the United 
States to— 
Taiwan Travel 
Act. 
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132 STAT. 342 
PUBLIC LAW 115–135—MAR. 16, 2018 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 535: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018): 
Jan. 9, considered and passed House. 
Feb. 28, considered and passed Senate. 
(1) allow officials at all levels of the United States Govern-
ment, including Cabinet-level national security officials, general 
officers, and other executive branch officials, to travel to Taiwan 
to meet their Taiwanese counterparts; 
(2) allow high-level officials of Taiwan to enter the United 
States, under conditions which demonstrate appropriate respect 
for the dignity of such officials, and to meet with officials 
of the United States, including officials from the Department 
of State and the Department of Defense and other Cabinet 
agencies; and 
(3) encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural Represent-
ative Office, and any other instrumentality established by 
Taiwan, to conduct business in the United States, including 
activities which involve participation by Members of Congress, 
officials of Federal, State, or local governments of the United 
States, or any high-level official of Taiwan. 
Approved March 16, 2018. 
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