[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5326-S5327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5847. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1254. MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN THE 
                   INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 
     should allow Taiwan to meaningfully participate in the 
     organization, including in ICAO triennial assembly sessions, 
     conferences, technical working groups, meetings, activities, 
     and mechanisms;
       (2) Taiwan is a global leader and hub for international 
     aviation, with a range of expertise, information, and 
     resources and the fifth busiest airport in Asia (Taoyuan 
     International Airport), and its meaningful participation in 
     ICAO would significantly enhance the ability of ICAO to 
     ensure the safety and security of global aviation; and
       (3) coercion by the Chinese Communist Party and the 
     People's Republic of China has ensured the systematic 
     exclusion of Taiwan from meaningful participation in ICAO, 
     significantly undermining the ability of ICAO

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     to ensure the safety and security of global aviation.
       (b) Plan for Taiwan's Meaningful Participation in the 
     International Civil Aviation Organization.--The Secretary of 
     State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, is 
     authorized--
       (1) to initiate a United States plan to secure Taiwan's 
     meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial 
     assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, 
     meetings, activities, and mechanisms; and
       (2) to instruct the United States representative to the 
     ICAO to--
       (A) use the voice and vote of the United States to ensure 
     Taiwan's meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO 
     triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working 
     groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; and
       (B) seek to secure a vote at the next ICAO triennial 
     assembly session on the question of Taiwan's participation in 
     that session.
       (c) Report Concerning Taiwan's Meaningful Participation in 
     the International Civil Aviation Organization.--Not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
     not later than April 1 of each year thereafter for the 
     following 6 years, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit an unclassified 
     report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives that--
       (1) describes the United States plan to ensure Taiwan's 
     meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO triennial 
     assembly sessions, conferences, technical working groups, 
     meetings, activities, and mechanisms;
       (2) includes an account of the efforts made by the 
     Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to ensure 
     Taiwan's meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO 
     triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working 
     groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms; and
       (3) identifies the steps the Secretary of State and the 
     Secretary of Commerce will take in the next year to ensure 
     Taiwan's meaningful participation in ICAO, including in ICAO 
     triennial assembly sessions, conferences, technical working 
     groups, meetings, activities, and mechanisms.
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