[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3707 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3707

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
To authorize funds for the construction of a facility in Taipei, Taiwan 
      suitable for the mission of the American Institute in Taiwan.

    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 ``American Institute in Taiwan 
Facilities Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
        (1) in the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3301 et 
    seq.), the Congress established the American Institute in Taiwan 
    (hereafter in this Act referred to as ``AIT''), a nonprofit 
    corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia, to carry out 
    on behalf of the United States Government any and all programs, 
    transactions, and other relations with Taiwan;
        (2) the Congress has recognized AIT for the successful role it 
    has played in sustaining and enhancing United States relations with 
    Taiwan;
        (3) the Taipei office of AIT is housed in buildings which were 
    not originally designed for the important functions that AIT 
    performs, whose location does not provide adequate security for its 
    employees, and which, because they are almost 50 years old, have 
    become increasingly expensive to maintain;
        (4) the aging state of the AIT office building in Taipei is 
    neither conducive to the safety and welfare of AIT's American and 
    local employees nor commensurate with the level of contact that 
    exists between the United States and Taiwan;
        (5) AIT has made a good faith effort to set aside funds for the 
    construction of a new office building, but these funds will be 
    insufficient to construct a building that is large and secure 
    enough to meet AIT's current and future needs; and
        (6) because the Congress established AIT and has a strong 
    interest in United States relations with Taiwan, the Congress has a 
    special responsibility to ensure that AIT's requirements for safe 
    and appropriate office quarters are met.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated the sum of $75,000,000 to AIT--
        (1) for plans for a new facility and, if necessary, residences 
    or other structures located in close physical proximity to such 
    facility, in Taipei, Taiwan, for AIT to carry out its purposes 
    under the Taiwan Relations Act; and
        (2) for acquisition by purchase or construction of such 
    facility, residences, or other structures.
    (b) Limitations.--Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may 
only be used if the new facility described in that subsection meets all 
requirements applicable to the security of United States diplomatic 
facilities, including the requirements in the Omnibus Diplomatic 
Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) and 
the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as 
enacted by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1501A-
451), except for those requirements which the Director of AIT certifies 
to the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
are not applicable on account of the special status of AIT. In making 
such certification, the Director shall also certify that security 
considerations permit the exercise of the waiver of such requirements.
    (c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.