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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1512 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews |
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| 6 | 6 | | and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | AGNER(for herself, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. LIEU) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require |
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| 14 | 14 | | periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the De- |
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| 15 | 15 | | partment of State’s Taiwan Guidelines. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. PERIODIC REVIEWS AND UPDATED REPORTS 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S TAIWAN 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | GUIDELINES UNDER THE TAIWAN ASSUR-5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ANCE ACT OF 2020. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3100) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | before ‘‘; and’’ the following: ‘‘and any successor 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1512 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | document or related document disseminating such 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | guidance’’; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(d) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | ERIODICREVIEWS ANDUPDATEDREPORTS.— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | N GENERAL.—For as long as the Depart-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ment of State’s guidance that governs relations with 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Taiwan described in subsection (a) remains in effect, 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the Secretary of State shall conduct periodic reviews 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | as described in subsection (a) and submit updated 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | reports as described in subsection (c) not less fre-10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | quently than every two years following the submis-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sion of the initial report described in subsection (c). 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(2) M |
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| 44 | 44 | | ATTERS TO BE INCLUDED .—Such up-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | dated reports shall include— 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(A) a description of how the guidance 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | meets the goals and objectives described in 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b); 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(B) an identification of opportunities and 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on rela-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tions with Taiwan.’’. 21 |
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