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<dc:title>119 HR 1512 IH: To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2025-02-21</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1512</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250221">February 21, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="W000812">Mrs. Wagner</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="C001078">Mr. Connolly</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="L000582">Mr. Lieu</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HFA00">Committee on Foreign Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State&#8217;s Taiwan Guidelines.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H147AC82D9C9946D68A21637302DDB59F" style="OLC">
<section id="H96B502BC0F4F460F9410CBAB4A06C531" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Periodic reviews and updated reports of the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines under the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; 134 Stat. 3100) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0469F994CEA840C591DEA16FF2B134D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end before <quote>; and</quote> the following: <quote>and any successor document or related document disseminating such guidance</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF393FF88F534AF5B4806EBE534FBCDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC635D80026BA4962BE9123D5A8DD66DE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE0AA20CEDBAE48389335E61FF8FCCC09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Periodic reviews and updated reports</header> <paragraph id="HEC146A03CACB476CA2F03E378828CA93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For as long as the Department of State’s guidance that governs relations with Taiwan described in subsection (a) remains in effect, the Secretary of State shall conduct periodic reviews as described in subsection (a) and submit updated reports as described in subsection (c) not less frequently than every two years following the submission of the initial report described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC20ADD65540E4CA6B6CB0D528A37EC0D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such updated reports shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H0D9334E0F77A4A908BE232C514E60AB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of how the guidance meets the goals and objectives described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76F504F2253F4F589383119D7B68B3A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identification of opportunities and plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> </legis-body></bill>

