United StatesTaiwan Assurance Implementation Act
What it does
This bill modifies an existing requirement for the Department of State to review and report on its guidance to federal agencies on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship has been unofficial since 1979, when the United States established diplomatic relations with China and broke them with Taiwan.)
More detail
Current law requires the State Department to conduct a one-time review of its guidance governing relations with Taiwan and report to Congress on this review. Under this bill, the State Department must review that guidance and report to Congress every two years while the guidance is in effect.
The reports to Congress must (1) describe how the guidance takes into account certain considerations, such as the sense of Congress that Taiwan is governed by a representative government peacefully constituted through free and fair elections; and (2) identify opportunities and plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Dec 2Signed by President.Became Law
- Dec 2Became Public Law No: 119-45.Minor
- Nov 21Presented to President.To President
- Nov 19Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 18Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.Minor
- Nov 18Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8208)Passed Senate
- May 6Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- May 5Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 5Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1822-1823)
- May 5DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1512.
- May 5Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1822: 1)Passed House
- May 5On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1822)
- May 5Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 21Introduced in House
- Feb 21Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.Introduced