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.

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1513 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 10, 2023 Mr. RUBIO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotia- tions with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representa- tive Office to rename its office the ‘‘Taiwan Representa- tive Office’’, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF AND REFERENCES TO TAI- 3 WAN REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE. 4 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 5 of the United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations 6 Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and the Six Assurances, to 7 provide the people of Taiwan with de facto diplomatic 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:31 May 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1513.IS S1513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1513 IS treatment equivalent to foreign countries, nations, states, 1 governments, or similar entities, and, consistent with this 2 policy, to rename the ‘‘Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep- 3 resentative Office’’ in the United States as the ‘‘Taiwan 4 Representative Office’’. 5 (b) RENAMING.—The Secretary of State shall seek 6 to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and 7 Cultural Representative Office to rename its office in 8 Washington, DC, the ‘‘Taiwan Representative Office’’. 9 (c) REFERENCES.—If the Taipei Economic and Cul- 10 tural Representative Office is designated as the Taiwan 11 Representative Office, any reference in a law, map, regula- 12 tion, document, paper, or other record of the United 13 States Government to the Taipei Economic and Cultural 14 Representative Office shall be deemed to be a reference 15 to the Taiwan Representative Office, including for all offi- 16 cial purposes of the United States Government, all courts 17 of the United States, and any proceedings therein. 18 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 19 tion shall be construed as entailing restoration of diplo- 20 matic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) or 21 altering the position of the United States with respect to 22 the international status of Taiwan. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:26 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1513.IS S1513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS