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Taiwan Representative Office Act
To direct the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office the ``Taiwan Representative Office'', and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of State to negotiate with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECO) to rename itself the "Taiwan Representative Office" in Washington, D.C. It establishes as U.S. policy the provision of de facto diplomatic treatment equivalent to foreign countries toward Taiwan, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act. If the office is renamed, all references to TECO in U.S. law and government documents would be updated to reference the Taiwan Representative Office. The bill includes a provision stating it does not restore full diplomatic relations or change the U.S. position on Taiwan's international status.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
7 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- May 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- May 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 5, 2025
Mr. Bacon (for himself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office the “Taiwan Representative Office”, and for other purposes.
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 Representative Office Act”.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF AND REFERENCES TO TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE.
(a) Statement of Policy.—It shall be the policy of the United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8; 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and the Six Assurances, originally conveyed to Taiwan by President Ronald Reagan in 1982—
(1) to provide the people of Taiwan with de facto diplomatic treatment equivalent to foreign countries, nations, states, governments, or similar entities; and
(2) consistent with the policy described in paragraph (1), to rename the “Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office” in the United States as the “Taiwan Representative Office”.
(b) Renaming.—The Secretary of State shall seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office in the District of Colombia as the “Taiwan Representative Office”.
(c) References.—If the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office is renamed as the Taiwan Representative Office, any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States Government to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office shall be deemed to be a reference to the Taiwan Representative Office, including for all official purposes of the Government of the United States, all courts of the United States, and any proceedings thereof.
(d) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be construed as—
(1) entailing the restoration of diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan); or
(2) altering the position of the United States with respect to the international status of Taiwan. <all>
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