[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 22

 Providing that the President should seek a public renunciation by the 
People's Republic of China of any use of force, or threat to use force, 
 against Taiwan, and that the United States should help Taiwan in case 
   of threats or a military attack by the People's Republic of China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1999

   Mr. Andrews (for himself and Mr. Chabot) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Providing that the President should seek a public renunciation by the 
People's Republic of China of any use of force, or threat to use force, 
 against Taiwan, and that the United States should help Taiwan in case 
   of threats or a military attack by the People's Republic of China.

Whereas in March of 1996 the political leadership of the People's Republic of 
        China used provocative military maneuvers, including missile launch 
        exercises in the Taiwan Strait, in an attempt to intimidate the people 
        of Taiwan during their historic, free, and democratic presidential 
        elections;
Whereas the People's Republic of China refuses to renounce the use of force 
        against Taiwan;
Whereas the House of Representatives passed a resolution by a vote of 411-0 in 
        June 1998 urging the President to seek, during his July 1998 summit 
        meeting in Beijing, a public renunciation by the People's Republic of 
        China of any use of force, or threat of use of force, against democratic 
        Taiwan;
Whereas senior United States executive branch officials have called upon the 
        People's Republic of China to renounce the use of force against Taiwan;
Whereas the use of force, and the threat to use force, by the People's Republic 
        of China against Taiwan threatens peace and stability in the region;
Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act, enacted in 1979, states that ``[i]t is the 
        policy of the United States . . . to consider 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''; and
Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act states that it is the policy of the United 
        States to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That--
            (1) the President of the United States should seek a public 
        renunciation by the People's Republic of China of any use of 
        force, or threat to use force, against Taiwan; and
            (2) the United States should help Taiwan defend itself in 
        case of threats or a military attack by the People's Republic 
        of China against Taiwan.
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