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Last progress December 2, 2025 (2 months ago)
2 meetings related to this legislation
Requires the Secretary of State to review and reissue the Department of State’s guidance on relations with Taiwan at least once every five years and to submit an updated report within 90 days after each review. Each updated report must include previously required details, explain how the guidance meets statutory goals, and identify any previously self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan that were lifted. These review and reporting rules apply for as long as the Department maintains such guidance.
Amend Section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 by modifying subsection (c)(1) (text indicates an insertion after a listed item).
Add a new subsection (d) entitled 'Periodic reviews and updated reports' that applies for as long as the Department of State maintains guidance governing relations with Taiwan as described in subsection (a).
Not less than once every five years, the Secretary of State must conduct a review of the Department of State’s guidance that governs relations with Taiwan (including the periodic memorandum entitled 'Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan' and related documents) and reissue such guidance to executive branch departments and agencies.
Not later than 90 days after completing the five-year review, the Secretary of State must submit an updated report (text in the section shows the recipient text positions blank: 'submit an updated report to the and the .').
The updated report must include all information required under subsection (c).
Primary effects fall on the Department of State, which must adopt a recurring process to review, reissue, and report on its guidance for relations with Taiwan. That increases administrative workload (periodic review and a 90-day reporting deadline) and imposes recurring documentation requirements. Congress and other oversight bodies will receive more frequent, detailed updates about how guidance aligns with statutory goals and whether any self-imposed restrictions on interactions with Taiwan have been removed. Taiwan and broader U.S. allies and partners may be affected indirectly because the change increases visibility into U.S. policy posture and any shifts in diplomatic restraints; such transparency can influence diplomatic signaling, but the provision does not itself mandate changes in diplomatic actions or funding. Overall fiscal impact is likely small and limited to administrative costs within the Department of State.
Last progress March 3, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on March 3, 2025 by John Cornyn
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.