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HCONRES 117 108th Congress House

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should reaffirm its unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act as the cornerstone of United States relations with Taiwan, and…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should reaffirm its unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act as the cornerstone of United States relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 3, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Mar 25, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 25, 2003
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 Latest action March 25, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Reaffirms the U.S. Government's commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8) as the cornerstone of U.S. relations with Taiwan.

Urges the President to direct all appropriate U.S. officials to raise concerns regarding China's military threats to Taiwan with China's officials and to seek from China's leaders an immediate and unequivocal public renunciation of any use of force, or threat to use force, against Taiwan. Urges the President to encourage further dialogue between democratic Taiwan and China.

Urges U.S. policy, in conformity with the Taiwan Relations Act, to publicly support a United States-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 6, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 9, 2003
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Apr 3, 2003
SCHROCK, EDWARD
· Apr 3, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 117: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should reaffirm its unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act as the cornerstone of United States relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-117/
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"H. Con. Res. 117: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should reaffirm its unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act as the cornerstone of United States relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-117/.
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H. Con. Res. 117, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-117/.
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[H. Con. Res. 117: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government should reaffirm its unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act as the cornerstone of United States relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-117/)
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