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H.R. 1512 · House bill · 119th Congress
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.)
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.
This Act may be cited as the “Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act”.
Section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (subtitle B of title III of division FF of Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3100) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting “and any successor document or related document that includes guidance on relations with Taiwan” after “memorandum”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) Periodic reviews and updated reports.—
(1) In general.— For as long as the Department of State maintains guidance that governs relations with Taiwan as described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall—
(A) not less than every five years, conduct a review of the Department of State’s guidance that governs relations with Taiwan, including the periodic memorandum entitled, “Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan” and related documents, and reissue such guidance to executive branch departments and agencies; and
(B) not later than 90 days after completing a review required by paragraph (1)(A), submit an updated report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Matters to be included.— The updated reports required under paragraph (1)(B) shall include—
(A) all the information required under subsection (c); and
(B) a description of how the updated guidance meets the goals and objectives described in subsection (b).”.