,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg1
 #bjaf,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,inhofe1 and ,mr4 ,gardner7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
encourage visits between the ,united    
,states and ,taiwan at all levels1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,taiwan  
,travel ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress  
makes the following findings3  7#a7 ,the
 ,taiwan ,relations ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 
#ccja et seq471 enacted in #aigi1 has   
continued for #cg years to be the       
cornerstone of relations between the    
,united ,states and ,taiwan and has     
served as an anchor for peace and       
security in the ,western ,pacific area4 
7#b7 ,the ,taiwan ,relations ,act       
declares that peace and stability in the
 ,western ,pacific area are in the      
political1 security1 and economic       

interests of the ,united ,states and are
 matters of international concern4  7#c7
 ,the ,united ,states considers any     
effort to determine the future of       
,taiwan by other than peaceful means1   
including by boycotts or embargoes1 a   
threat to the peace and security of the 
,western ,pacific and of grave concern  
to the ,united ,states4  7#d7 ,taiwan   
has succeeded in a momentous transition 
to democracy beginning in the late      
#aihjs and has been a beacon of         
democratic practices in ,asia1 and      
,taiwan's democratic achievements       
inspire many countries and people in the
 region4  7#e7 ,visits to a country by  
,united ,states cabinet members and     
other high-ranking officials are an     
indicator of the breadth and depth of   
ties between the ,united ,states and    
that country4  7#f7 ,since the enactment
 of the ,taiwan ,relations ,act1        
relations between the ,united ,states   
and ,taiwan have suffered from a lack of
 communication due to the self-imposed  

restrictions that the ,united ,states   
maintains on high-level visits with     
,taiwan4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress2      
statement of policy  7a7 ,sense of      
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 the ,united ,states         
,government should encourage visits     
between the ,united ,states and ,taiwan 
at all levels2 and  7#b7 the ,united    
,states ,government must not place any  
restrictions on the travel of officials 
at any level of the ,united ,states     
,government to ,taiwan to meet their    
,taiwanese counterparts or on the travel
 of high-level officials of ,taiwan to  
enter the ,united ,states to meet with  
officials of the ,united ,states4  7b7  
,statement of policy ,it should be the  
policy of the ,united ,states-- 7#a7 to 
allow officials at all levels of the    
,united ,states ,government1 including  
cabinet-level national security         
officials1 general officers1 and other  
executive branch officials1 to travel to
 ,taiwan to meet their ,taiwanese       

counterparts2  7#b7 to allow high-level 
officials of ,taiwan to enter the       
,united ,states1 under conditions which 
demonstrate appropriate respect for the 
dignity of such officials1 and to meet  
with officials of the ,united ,states1  
including officials from the ,department
 of ,state and the ,department of       
,defense and other cabinet agencies2 and
  7#c7 to permit the ,taipei ,economic  
and ,cultural ,representative ,office1  
and any other instrumentality           
established by ,taiwan1 to conduct      
business in the ,united ,states1        
including activities that involve       
participation by ,members of ,congress1 
officials of ,federal1 ,state1 or local 
governments of the ,united ,states1 or  
any high-level official of ,taiwan4