Sec. 5. Review of Department of State Taiwan guidelines
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 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. It is the sense of Congress that the Department of State’s guidance regarding relations with Taiwan— should be crafted with the intent to deepen and expand United States-Taiwan relations, and be based on the value, merits, and importance of the United States-Taiwan relationship; should be crafted giving due consideration to the fact that Taiwan is governed by a representative democratic government that is peacefully constituted through free and fair elections that reflect the will of the people of Taiwan, and that Taiwan is a free and open society that respects universal human rights and democratic values; and should ensure that the conduct of relations with Taiwan reflects the longstanding, comprehensive, and values-based relationship the United States shares with Taiwan, and contribute to the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes a description of— the results of the review pursuant to subsection
(a)of the Department of State’s guidance on relations with Taiwan, including a copy of the reissued Guidelines of Relations with Taiwan memorandum; and the implementation of the Taiwan Travel Act ( Public Law 115–135 ) and any changes to guidance on relations with Taiwan that are the result of such implementation.
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