Public Law 115-135. Taiwan Travel Act
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An Act To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes.Mar. 16, 2018[[H.R. 535](/us/bill/115/hr/535)] * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Taiwan Travel Act. ## SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE This Act may be cited as the “Taiwan Travel Act”. ## SEC. 2 FINDINGS Congress finds the following: ####
(1)The Taiwan Relations Act ([22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.](/us/usc/t22/s3301/etseq)), enacted in 1979, has continued for 37 years to be a cornerstone of relations between the United States and Taiwan and has served as an anchor for peace and security in the Western Pacific area. ####
(2)The Taiwan Relations Act declares that peace and stability in the Western Pacific area are in the political, security, and economic interests of the United States and are matters of international concern. ####
(3)The United States considers any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States. ####
(4)Taiwan has succeeded in a momentous transition to democracy beginning in the late 1980s and has been a beacon of democracy in Asia, and Taiwan’s democratic achievements inspire many countries and people in the region. ####
(5)Visits to a country by United States Cabinet members and other high-ranking officials are an indicator of the breadth and depth of ties between the United States and such country. ####
(6)Since the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act, relations between the United States and Taiwan have suffered from insufficient high-level communication due to the self-imposed restrictions that the United States maintains on high-level visits with Taiwan. ## SEC. 3 SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY ###
(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should encourage visits between officials from the United States and Taiwan at all levels. ###
(b)Statement of Policy It should be the policy of the United States to—132 STAT. 342 ####
(1)allow officials at all levels of the United States Government, including Cabinet-level national security officials, general officers, and other executive branch officials, to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts; ####
(2)allow high-level officials of Taiwan to enter the United States, under conditions which demonstrate appropriate respect for the dignity of such officials, and to meet with officials of the United States, including officials from the Department of State and the Department of Defense and other Cabinet agencies; and ####
(3)encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, and any other instrumentality established by Taiwan, to conduct business in the United States, including activities which involve participation by Members of Congress, officials of Federal, State, or local governments of the United States, or any high-level official of Taiwan. Approved March 16, 2018.
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U.S. Code
statutes-at-large
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- Public Law 115–135To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes
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- Public Law 116–260Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes
- Public Law 115–232To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 118–31To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–283To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–92To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–81To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
statute-compilations
- Sec. 1258SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN
- Sec. 1260DSENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENHANCEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES-TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP
- Sec. 1307SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATIONS
- Sec. 5512SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATIONS
- Sec. 5520REPORT ON TAIWAN TRAVEL ACT
- Sec. 209COMMITMENT TO TAIWAN
- Sec. 1246SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RELATIONS
- Sec. 1260STATEMENT OF POLICY AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
bill
- Sec. 1262Senior defense engagement with Taiwan
- Sec. 1258Sense of Congress on Taiwan
- Sec. 1243Sense of Senate on Taiwan
- Sec. 1262Senior defense engagement with Taiwan
- Sec. 1262Senior defense engagement with Taiwan
- Sec. 209Commitment to Taiwan
- Sec. 209Commitment to Taiwan
- Sec. 209Commitment to Taiwan
- Sec. 109Commitment to Taiwan
- Sec. 109Commitment to Taiwan
- Sec. 1243Sense of Senate on Taiwan
- Sec. 5Review of Department of State Taiwan guidelines
- Sec. 5Review of Department of State Taiwan guidelines
- Sec. 5Review of Department of State Taiwan guidelines
- Sec. 1248Sense of Congress on Taiwan
- Sec. 1248Sense of Congress on Taiwan
- Sec. 1248Sense of Congress on Taiwan
- Sec. 1257Sense of Senate on enhancement of the United States-Taiwan defense relationship
- Sec. 1257Sense of Senate on enhancement of the United States-Taiwan defense relationship
- Sec. 7Reporting requirements
- Sec. 1248Sense of Congress on Taiwan
- Sec. 1258Statement of policy and sense of Senate on the Taiwan Relations Act
- Sec. 1258Sense of Congress on enhancement of the United States-Taiwan defense relationship
- Sec. 1260Statement of policy and sense of Congress on the Taiwan Relations Act
- Sec. 1258Sense of Congress on enhancement of the United States-Taiwan defense relationship
- Sec. 1257Sense of Congress on enhancement of the United States-Taiwan defense relationship
- Sec. 1258Statement of policy and sense of Senate on the Taiwan Relations Act
- Sec. 1258Statement of policy and sense of Senate on the Taiwan Relations Act
- Sec. 206Enhancing the United States-Taiwan partnership
- Sec. 9Report on Taiwan Travel Act
- Sec. 1247Sense of Congress on Taiwan defense relations
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