- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5985. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1252. REQUIREMENT TO PERMIT DIGNITARIES AND SERVICE
MEMBERS FROM TAIWAN TO DISPLAY THE FLAG OF
TAIWAN.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary
of Defense shall permit members of the Armed Forces and
representatives from Taiwan or the Taipei Economic and
Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) to display, for the
purposes set forth in subsection (b), the following symbols:
(1) the flag of Taiwan; and
(2) the corresponding emblems or insignia of military
units.
(b) Purposes.—The purposes referred to in subsection (a)
are—
(1) the wearing of official uniforms;
(2) conducting ceremonies or functions; and
(3) appearances on Department of State and Department of
Defense social media accounts promoting engagements with
Taiwan.
(c) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed as a change to the One China Policy of the United
States, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (22
U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), the three United States-People's
Republic of China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances.