{"id":6007,"date":"2019-06-01T09:38:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T09:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2019-06-01T09:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T09:38:45","slug":"public-law-115-135-taiwan-travel-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007","title":{"rendered":"Public Law 115-135 &#8211; Taiwan Travel Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[115th Congress Public Law 135]<br \/>\n[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-pdf-viewer\" src=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PLAW-115publ135.pdf\" height=\"1000\" width=\"100%\" title=\"PLAW 115publ135\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PLAW-115publ135.pdf\" title=\"PLAW 115publ135\">PLAW 115publ135<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[[Page 132 STAT. 341]]<\/p>\n<p>Public Law 115-135<br \/>\n115th Congress<\/p>\n<p>An Act<\/p>\n<p>To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels,<br \/>\nand for other purposes. &lt;&lt;NOTE: Mar. 16, 2018 &#8211; [H.R. 535]&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the<br \/>\nUnited States of America in Congress assembled, &lt;&lt;NOTE: Taiwan Travel<br \/>\nAct.&gt;&gt;<br \/>\nSECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.<\/p>\n<p>This Act may be cited as the &#8220;Taiwan Travel Act&#8221;.<br \/>\nSEC. 2. FINDINGS.<\/p>\n<p>Congress finds the following:<br \/>\n(1) The Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.),<br \/>\nenacted in 1979, has continued for 37 years to be a cornerstone<br \/>\nof relations between the United States and Taiwan and has served<br \/>\nas an anchor for peace and security in the Western Pacific area.<br \/>\n(2) The Taiwan Relations Act declares that peace and<br \/>\nstability in the Western Pacific area are in the political,<br \/>\nsecurity, and economic interests of the United States and are<br \/>\nmatters of international concern.<br \/>\n(3) The United States considers any effort to determine the<br \/>\nfuture of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by<br \/>\nboycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the<br \/>\nWestern Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.<br \/>\n(4) Taiwan has succeeded in a momentous transition to<br \/>\ndemocracy beginning in the late 1980s and has been a beacon of<br \/>\ndemocracy in Asia, and Taiwan&#8217;s democratic achievements inspire<br \/>\nmany countries and people in the region.<br \/>\n(5) Visits to a country by United States Cabinet members and<br \/>\nother high-ranking officials are an indicator of the breadth and<br \/>\ndepth of ties between the United States and such country.<br \/>\n(6) Since the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act,<br \/>\nrelations between the United States and Taiwan have suffered<br \/>\nfrom insufficient high-level communication due to the self-<br \/>\nimposed restrictions that the United States maintains on high-<br \/>\nlevel visits with Taiwan.<br \/>\nSEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY.<\/p>\n<p>(a) Sense of Congress.&#8211;It is the sense of Congress that the United<br \/>\nStates Government should encourage visits between officials from the<br \/>\nUnited States and Taiwan at all levels.<br \/>\n(b) Statement of Policy.&#8211;It should be the policy of the United<br \/>\nStates to&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[[Page 132 STAT. 342]]<\/p>\n<p>(1) allow officials at all levels of the United States<br \/>\nGovernment, including Cabinet-level national security officials,<br \/>\ngeneral officers, and other executive branch officials, to<br \/>\ntravel to Taiwan to meet their Taiwanese counterparts;<br \/>\n(2) allow high-level officials of Taiwan to enter the United<br \/>\nStates, under conditions which demonstrate appropriate respect<br \/>\nfor the dignity of such officials, and to meet with officials of<br \/>\nthe United States, including officials from the Department of<br \/>\nState and the Department of Defense and other Cabinet agencies;<br \/>\nand<br \/>\n(3) encourage the Taipei Economic and Cultural<br \/>\nRepresentative Office, and any other instrumentality established<br \/>\nby Taiwan, to conduct business in the United States, including<br \/>\nactivities which involve participation by Members of Congress,<br \/>\nofficials of Federal, State, or local governments of the United<br \/>\nStates, or any high-level official of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Approved March 16, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY&#8211;H.R. 535:<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):<br \/>\nJan. 9, considered and passed House.<br \/>\nFeb. 28, considered and passed Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;all&gt;<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-share-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007&text=Public+Law+115-135+%E2%80%93+Taiwan+Travel+Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007&title=Public+Law+115-135+%E2%80%93+Taiwan+Travel+Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007&description=Public+Law+115-135+%E2%80%93+Taiwan+Travel+Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[115th Congress Public Law 135] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] PLAW 115publ135 [[Page 132 STAT. 341]] Public Law 115-135 115th Congress An Act To encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels, and for other purposes.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6007\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-and-private-laws-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6009,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007\/revisions\/6009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}