[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 821 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 821

To provide for increased reporting regarding Department of State Taiwan 
                              guidelines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for increased reporting regarding Department of State Taiwan 
                              guidelines.

    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 Assurance Implementation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED REPORTING REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF STATE TAIWAN 
              GUIDELINES.

    Section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (subtitle B of 
title III of division FF of Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat. 3100) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and any successor 
        document or related document that includes guidance on 
        relations with Taiwan'' after ``memorandum''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Periodic Reviews and Updated Reports.--
            ``(1) In general.--For as long as the Department of State 
        maintains guidance that governs relations with Taiwan as 
        described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall--
                    ``(A) not less than once every five years, conduct 
                a review of the Department of State's guidance that 
                governs relations with Taiwan, including the periodic 
                memorandum entitled, `Guidelines on Relations with 
                Taiwan' and related documents, and reissue such 
                guidance to executive branch departments and agencies; 
                and
                    ``(B) not later than 90 days after completing a 
                review required by paragraph (1)(A), submit an updated 
                report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives.
            ``(2) Matters to be included.--The updated reports required 
        under paragraph (1)(B) shall include--
                    ``(A) all the information required under subsection 
                (c);
                    ``(B) a description of how the updated guidance 
                meets the goals and objectives described in subsection 
                (b); and
                    ``(C) an identification of self-imposed 
                restrictions on relations with Taiwan lifted by the 
                Secretary of State in the most recent updated guidance, 
                including the periodic memorandum entitled `Guidelines 
                on Relations with Taiwan' and related documents.''.
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