[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 311 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 311

                   To amend the Taiwan Relations Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Solomon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To amend the Taiwan Relations Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Self-Defense Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

    Section 3 of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3302) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) supersede any 
provision of the Joint Communique of the United States and China of 
August 17, 1982.''.
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