{"format":1,"id":"117-s-812","congress":117,"number":"S. 812","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-124","introduced":"2021-03-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-04-27","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h138","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":425,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll138.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2021-08-06","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5989-5990; text: CR S5989-5990)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-05-13"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-124.","date":"2022-05-13"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-13","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of State to include additional information in its annual reports concerning Taiwan's participation at the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer. The report shall describe changes and improvements to the State Department's plan to support Taiwan's observer status at the WHA, following any meetings at which Taiwan did not participate under such status. (China has opposed Taiwan's participation in the WHA.)"}],"words":70},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Adds a requirement to the Secretary of State's existing report to Congress on efforts to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the World Health Assembly.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text/enr#H4CB77FF3773049A989348415B3D89C97:~:text=1.%20Participation%20of%20Taiwan%20in%20the%20World"}]},"core_areas":["Taiwan's observer status at the World Health Assembly","Secretary of State reporting to Congress"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 1(c) of Public Law 108–235 by adding a paragraph that requires the report to include an account of changes and improvements the Secretary of State has made to the United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the World Health Assembly.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text/enr#H4CB77FF3773049A989348415B3D89C97:~:text=1.%20Participation%20of%20Taiwan%20in%20the%20World"}},{"text":"Limits that added account to the period following any annual World Health Assembly meeting at which Taiwan did not obtain observer status.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text/enr#H4CB77FF3773049A989348415B3D89C97:~:text=1.%20Participation%20of%20Taiwan%20in%20the%20World"}},{"text":"Applies the amendment beginning with the first report under section 1(c) of Public Law 108–235 that is submitted after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text/enr#H4CB77FF3773049A989348415B3D89C97:~:text=1.%20Participation%20of%20Taiwan%20in%20the%20World"}},{"text":"States congressional findings that Taiwan was not invited to attend the World Health Assembly as an observer in 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text/enr#H4CB77FF3773049A989348415B3D89C97:~:text=1.%20Participation%20of%20Taiwan%20in%20the%20World"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/812/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-812.png","v":"7cf24564f57b","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 812, 117th Congress: A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes. House: 425 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 13 May 2022."}}