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Pub. L. 119-45 · H.R. 1512 · 119th Congress

Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act

Signed into law Dec 2, 2025 · International Affairs

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What this law does

  • Requires the State Department to review its guidance on U.S. relations with Taiwan and report to Congress every two years, instead of once.
  • Requires the reports to explain how the guidance considers Congress's view that Taiwan has a freely elected representative government.
  • Requires the reports to identify plans to lift self-imposed limits on U.S. relations with Taiwan.
1 subject in this law: Taiwan relations

Plain-language list by Voting On, based only on the official summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service and the bill's titles. Read the official summary.

How it became law

  1. IntroducedFeb 21, 2025 · House
  2. 73 daysPassed HouseMay 5, 2025
  3. 197 daysPassed SenateNov 18, 2025
  4. 3 daysPresented to the PresidentNov 21, 2025
  5. 11 daysSigned into lawDec 2, 2025
284days, introduction to signature
73days to pass the House
197more days to pass the Senate
Nowent back to a chamber after changes
Novetoed

Official summary

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.)

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.

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.

Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 21, 2025).

Who wrote it

Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]

3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans. 2 signed on the day it was introduced, 1 joined later.

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CosponsorSigned on
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]Feb 21, 2025Original cosponsor
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]Feb 21, 2025Original cosponsor
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]Feb 24, 2025

Recorded votes

No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.

What was added

Amendments adopted (0)

No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.

Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (2)

  • 1. Short title
  • 2. Increased reporting regarding Department of State Taiwan guidelines

What was removed

Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (1)

  • 1. Periodic reviews and updated reports of the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines under the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020

Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (Feb 21, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.

Proposed but not adopted

No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.

Full action history

Show all 21 official actions
Dec 2, 2025Signed by President.
Dec 2, 2025Signed by President.
Dec 2, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-45.
Dec 2, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-45.
Nov 21, 2025Presented to President.
Nov 21, 2025Presented to President.
Nov 19, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 18, 2025Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 18, 2025Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 18, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 18, 2025Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8208)
May 6, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 5, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 5, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1822: 1)
May 5, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1822)
May 5, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1512.
May 5, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1822-1823)
May 5, 2025Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
Feb 21, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.