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4	4	STSESSION S. 1216
5	5	To support Taiwan’s international space, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	MARCH31, 2025
8	8	Mr. V
9	9	ANHOLLEN(for himself, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. KIM) introduced the fol-
10	10	lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For-
11	11	eign Relations
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To support Taiwan’s international space, and for other
14	14	purposes.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Allies Fund 4
19	19	Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
21	21	Congress makes the following findings: 7
22	22	(1) Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy 8
23	23	of more than 23,000,000 people and an important 9
24	24	contributor to peace and stability around the world. 10
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28	28	(2) The People’s Republic of China has engaged 1
29	29	in a years-long campaign to diplomatically isolate 2
30	30	Taiwan on the world stage. 3
31	31	(3) Since 2013, the Gambia, Sa˜o Tome´and 4
32	32	Prı´ncipe, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Burkina 5
33	33	Faso, El Salvador, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, 6
34	34	Nicaragua, Honduras, and, most recently in 2024, 7
35	35	Nauru have severed diplomatic relations with Tai-8
36	36	wan in favor of diplomatic relations with the Peo-9
37	37	ple’s Republic of China. 10
38	38	(4) The People’s Republic of China has used 11
39	39	economic and diplomatic intimidation against coun-12
40	40	tries pursuing unofficial relations with Taiwan, in-13
41	41	cluding Lithuania, Czechia, and the United States. 14
42	42	(5) The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 (Public 15
43	43	Law 96–8) states that it is the policy of the United 16
44	44	States ‘‘to maintain the capacity of the United 17
45	45	States to resist any resort to force or other forms 18
46	46	of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the 19
47	47	social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan’’. 20
48	48	(6) The Taiwan Allies International Protection 21
49	49	and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 22
50	50	(Public Law 116–135) states that the United States 23
51	51	Government should— 24
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55	55	(A) ‘‘support Taiwan in strengthening its 1
56	56	official diplomatic relationships as well as other 2
57	57	partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific 3
58	58	region and around the world’’; and 4
59	59	(B) ‘‘consider, in certain cases as appro-5
60	60	priate and in alignment with United States in-6
61	61	terests, increasing its economic, security, and 7
62	62	diplomatic engagement with nations that have 8
63	63	demonstrably strengthened, enhanced, or up-9
64	64	graded relations with Taiwan’’. 10
65	65	SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 11
66	66	It is the sense of Congress that the United States 12
67	67	Government should— 13
68	68	(1) advocate, as appropriate, for Taiwan’s pres-14
69	69	ence on the global stage, including at international 15
70	70	organizations; 16
71	71	(2) promote the preservation and expansion of 17
72	72	Taiwan’s official diplomatic relations with countries 18
73	73	around the world; 19
74	74	(3) expand Taiwan’s unofficial relations with 20
75	75	countries around the world; 21
76	76	(4) encourage countries with unofficial relations 22
77	77	with Taiwan to deepen their engagement; and 23
78	78	(5) advance the economic development of coun-24
79	79	tries that support democratic partners like Taiwan. 25
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83	83	SEC. 4. TAIWAN ALLIES FUND. 1
84	84	(a) A
85	85	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 2
86	86	amounts made available under the Countering PRC Influ-3
87	87	ence Fund for each of the fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 4
88	88	2028, there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 5
89	89	for each such fiscal year to support Taiwan’s international 6
90	90	space. 7
91	91	(b) E
92	92	LIGIBLECOUNTRIES.—Amounts available pur-8
93	93	suant to the authorization of appropriations under sub-9
94	94	section (a) may be used in countries that— 10
95	95	(1) maintain official relations with Taiwan or 11
96	96	have meaningfully strengthened unofficial relations 12
97	97	with Taiwan; 13
98	98	(2) have been subject to coercion or pressure by 14
99	99	the People’s Republic of China due to their relations 15
100	100	with Taiwan; and 16
101	101	(3) lack the economic or political capability to 17
102	102	effectively respond to such coercion or pressure by 18
103	103	the People’s Republic of China without the support 19
104	104	of the United States. 20
105	105	(c) U
106	106	SE OFFUNDS.—Amounts available pursuant to 21
107	107	the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 22
108	108	may be used to support any of the following activities in 23
109	109	the countries described in subsection (b): 24
110	110	(1) To support health initiatives that provide 25
111	111	alternatives to the Health Silk Road. 26
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115	115	(2) To build the capacity and resilience of civil 1
116	116	society, media, and other nongovernmental organiza-2
117	117	tions in countering the influence and propaganda of 3
118	118	the People’s Republic of China. 4
119	119	(3) To diversify supply chains away from the 5
120	120	People’s Republic of China. 6
121	121	(4) To provide alternatives to People’s Republic 7
122	122	of China development assistance and project financ-8
123	123	ing. 9
124	124	(5) To advance Taiwan’s meaningful participa-10
125	125	tion in international fora and multilateral organiza-11
126	126	tions. 12
127	127	(6) To work with the private sector to provide 13
128	128	United States or allied alternatives to People’s Re-14
129	129	public of China information and communications 15
130	130	technology infrastructure and components. 16
131	131	(d) L
132	132	IMITATION ONFUNDS.—A country described in 17
133	133	subsection (b) may not receive more than $5,000,000 of 18
134	134	funds made available pursuant to the authorization of ap-19
135	135	propriations under subsection (a) during any fiscal year. 20
136	136	(e) I
137	137	MPLEMENTATION.— 21
138	138	(1) I
139	139	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 22
140	140	consultation with the Administrator for the United 23
141	141	States Agency for International Development, the 24
142	142	Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, and 25
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146	146	the heads other relevant Federal agencies, shall co-1
147	147	ordinate and carry out activities described in sub-2
148	148	section (c). 3
149	149	(2) A
150	150	UTHORITIES.—Amounts available pursu-4
151	151	ant to the authorization of appropriations under 5
152	152	subsection (a) may be considered foreign assistance 6
153	153	under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 7
154	154	U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for purposes of making avail-8
155	155	able the administrative authorities in that Act and 9
156	156	may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 10
157	157	available for any provision of the Foreign Assistance 11
158	158	Act of 1961 to carry out the purposes of this sec-12
159	159	tion, except that such funds shall remain available 13
160	160	until expended. 14
161	161	(3) C
162	162	OORDINATION WITH TAIWAN .—In order to 15
163	163	maximize cost efficiency and eliminate duplication, 16
164	164	the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ad-17
165	165	ministrator for the United States Agency for Inter-18
166	166	national Development, should work with the Director 19
167	167	of the American Institute in Taiwan to ensure co-20
168	168	ordination with relevant parties of Taiwan, as appro-21
169	169	priate. 22
170	170	(4) C
171	171	OST-SHARING WITH TAIWAN .—The Sec-23
172	172	retary of State should convey to relevant parties of 24
173	173	Taiwan, as appropriate, that Taiwan should con-25
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177	177	tribute commensurate assistance to countries de-1
178	178	scribed in subsection (b). 2
179	179	(5) R
180	180	EPORT.— 3
181	181	(A) I
182	182	N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 4
183	183	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 5
184	184	annually thereafter for two years, the Secretary 6
185	185	of State shall submit to the appropriate con-7
186	186	gressional committees a report on activities de-8
187	187	scribed in this section that were carried out 9
188	188	during the preceding fiscal year. 10
189	189	(B) E
190	190	LEMENTS.—Each report required by 11
191	191	subparagraph (A) shall include— 12
192	192	(i) with respect to each activity de-13
193	193	scribed in subsection (c)— 14
194	194	(I) the amount of funding for the 15
195	195	activity; 16
196	196	(II) the goal to which the activity 17
197	197	relates; and 18
198	198	(III) an assessment of the suc-19
199	199	cess of the activity to meet the goal to 20
200	200	which the activity relates; and 21
201	201	(ii) with respect to this subsection— 22
202	202	(I) the amount of funding for the 23
203	203	activity provided by Taiwan during 24
204	204	the preceding year, if any; and 25
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208	208	(II) an assessment of whether 1
209	209	the funding described in subclause (I) 2
210	210	is commensurate with funding pro-3
211	211	vided by the United States. 4
212	212	(f) R
213	213	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-5
214	214	tion may be construed to apply to or limit United States 6
215	215	foreign assistance not provided using amounts available 7
216	216	pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under sub-8
217	217	section (a). 9
218	218	(g) A
219	219	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 10
220	220	D
221	221	EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-11
222	222	gressional committees’’ means— 12
223	223	(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 13
224	224	Senate; and 14
225	225	(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 15
226	226	House of Representatives. 16
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