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Taiwan Travel Act

Introduced: May 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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May 4, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 4, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taiwan Travel Act

This bill states that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) allow officials at all levels of the U.S. government to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts, (2) allow high-level Taiwanese officials to enter the United States under respectful conditions and to meet with U.S. officials, and (3) encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and any other instrumentality established by Taiwan to conduct business in the United States.

Officials at all levels of the U.S. government are authorized to travel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts.

The Department of State shall report to Congress regarding travel by U.S. executive branch officials to Taiwan.

What's happening now May 4, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1