To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines.
Latest action · Mar 23, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
- Passed HouseMar 22, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill modifies an existing requirement for the Department of State to review and report on its guidance to federal agencies on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship has been unofficial since 1979, when the United States established diplomatic relations with China and broke them with Taiwan.)
Current law requires the State Department to conduct a one-time review of its guidance governing relations with Taiwan and report to Congress on this review. Under this bill, the State Department must review that guidance and report to Congress every two years while the guidance is in effect.
The reports to Congress must (1) describe how the guidance takes into account certain considerations, such as the sense of Congress that Taiwan is governed by a representative government peacefully constituted through free and fair elections; and (2) identify opportunities and plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 145 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed404–7 | Mar 22, 2023 |
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2023 to Mar 21, 2023; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Feb 24, 2023 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | Feb 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Mar 21, 2023 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2023Markup Feb 28, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2023 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Mar 22, 2023Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 22, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1311-1313)
- Mar 22, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1159.
- Mar 22, 2023At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1311–H1313Text printed H1311Recorded votes H1317require | Ann Wagner R-MO, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Gregory W. Meeks D-NY | Mar 22, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 9, 2023H.R. 1159, A bill to amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan GuidelinesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 28, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 36, February 24, 2023, page H875.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-3 | FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP179 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Feb 28, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1512 | Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 2, 2025 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2023Referred in Senate
- Mar 22, 2023Engrossed in House
- Feb 24, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
