{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1159","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1159","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-24","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-03-22","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h145","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines","result":"Passed","yea":404,"nay":7,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll145.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2023-03-23"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-03-22","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill modifies an existing requirement for the Department of State to review and report on its guidance to federal agencies on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship has been unofficial since 1979, when the United States established diplomatic relations with China and broke them with Taiwan.)"},{"k":"p","t":"Current law requires the State Department to conduct a one-time review of its guidance governing relations with Taiwan and report to Congress on this review. Under this bill, the State Department must review that guidance and report to Congress every two years while the guidance is in effect."},{"k":"p","t":"The reports to Congress must (1) describe how the guidance takes into account certain considerations, such as the sense of Congress that Taiwan is governed by a representative government peacefully constituted through free and fair elections; and (2) identify opportunities and plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan."}],"words":145},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of State to review the Department of State's guidance governing relations with Taiwan, and submit updated reports, at least every two years.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh#HEB4F191381F249A3BFEA650953BDB943"}]},"core_areas":["Periodic review of Department of State guidance on relations with Taiwan","Updated reports on the Taiwan guidance under the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State, for as long as the Department of State's guidance governing relations with Taiwan remains in effect, to conduct periodic reviews of that guidance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh#HEB4F191381F249A3BFEA650953BDB943"}},{"text":"Requires updated reports to be submitted not less frequently than every two years following the submission of the initial report.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh#HEB4F191381F249A3BFEA650953BDB943"}},{"text":"Requires each updated report to describe how the guidance meets the goals and objectives listed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) of section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh#HEB4F191381F249A3BFEA650953BDB943"}},{"text":"Requires each updated report to identify opportunities and plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh#HEB4F191381F249A3BFEA650953BDB943"}},{"text":"Adds \"any successor document or related document disseminating such guidance\" to subsection (c)(1) of section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh#HEB4F191381F249A3BFEA650953BDB943"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-03-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1159/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1159.png","v":"0cffd0e34179","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1159, 118th Congress: To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines. House: 404 Yea, 7 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Mar 2023."}}