Taiwan Representative Office Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 974 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 974

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2025

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

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                                 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.
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