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HOUSE 535115th CongressBecame Public Law No: 115-135.

Taiwan Travel Act

Last Action
3/16/2018

Actions

  • 2018-03-16Became Public Law No: 115-135.
  • 2018-03-16Became Public Law No: 115-135.
  • 2018-03-16Signed by President.
  • 2018-03-16Signed by President.
  • 2018-03-05Presented to President.
  • 2018-03-05Presented to President.
  • 2018-03-01Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2018-02-28Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1290-1291)
  • 2018-02-28Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1290-1291)
  • 2018-02-12Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 310.
  • 2018-02-12Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment. Without written report.
  • 2018-02-12Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment. Without written report.
  • 2018-02-07Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2018-01-10Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • 2018-01-09Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Showing 15 of 20 actions. Full history on Congress.gov.

CRS Summary

As of 2018-03-16 (49)

Taiwan Travel Act

(Sec. 3) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should encourage visits between U.S. and Taiwanese officials at all levels.

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

Cosponsors (20)

  • ED ROYCE (R-CA)
  • BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
  • ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
  • Ann Wagner (R-MO)
  • Ted Yoho (R-FL)
  • ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL)
  • Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
  • Ted Poe (R-TX)
  • Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
  • Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
  • Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
  • Gregg Harper (R-MS)
  • Albio Sires (D-NJ)
  • ROBERT BRADY (D-PA)
  • Dina Titus (D-NV)
  • PETE SESSIONS (R-TX)
  • Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
  • David Rouzer (R-NC)
  • Mike Bishop (R-MI)
  • Charles Fleischmann (R-TN)

Subjects

  • Asia
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Federal officials
  • Taiwan
  • Travel and tourism

Became law: Pub. L. 115-135

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